Qaimkhani

Qaimkhani (also spelled Qayam Khani, Kayamkhani or as Kaimkhani) is a Muslim community of India. Most of them migrated to the southern part of Sindh in Pakistan after partition. They were notable for ruling the Fatehpur and Jhunjhunu regions of Rajasthan from the 1300s to the 1700s.^[1][2]

Qaimkhani
قائم خانی
Religions	Islam
Languages	Urdu, Sindhi, Rajasthani
Country	India, Pakistan
Region	Sindh, Rajasthan
Feudal title	Raja

History

They claim to be descended from Chauhan Rajputs who converted from Hinduism to Islam in the 14th century during the reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq.^[3][4] As per the historian Dirk H. A. Kolff, Qaimkhanis have Turkic origins.^[5]

They ruled between 1384 and 1731 with Fatehpur, Rajasthan as the capital, Kayamkhanis ruled in Alipura, Fatehpur, Jhunjhunu and Singhana.^{[6][need quotation to verify]}