Misl or sikh confederacy literal meaning (“fighting clan or fighting band”) which ruled over Punjab region after decline of Mughal Empire, however most of them were founded by Jats.[citation needed]
Qanungo, Kalika Ranjan; Kānūnago, Kālikā Rañjana (1960). Studies in Rajput History. S. Chand. p.60. whereas the Jats lived in the Jangal-desh (a portion of ancient Kuru-Jangal region), which covers Bikanir and some portion of the Jodhpur State.
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Irvine, W. (1971). Later Mughal. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. p.118. Retrieved 30 July 2022. Once Daud was sent against the village of Bankauli, in pargana Chaumahla, with which his employer was at feud. Along with the plunder taken on this occasion Daud obtained possession of a Jat boy seven or eight years of age, whom he caused to be circumcised and then adopted under the name of Ali Muhammad Khan.
Ḥusain, M.; Pakistan Historical Society (1957). A History of the Freedom Movement: 1707-1831. A History of the Freedom Movement: Being the Story of Muslim Struggle for the Freedom of Hind-Pakistan, 1707-1947. Pakistan Historical Society. p.304. Retrieved 30 July 2022. Amongst other prisoners he obtained a young Jat boy of eight years . Daud took a fancy to him and adopted him as his son and named him ' Ali Muhammad Khan.
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Singh, Jagbir (2002). The Jat rulers of Upper Doab: three centuries of Aligarh Jat nobility; (a regional micro history of Thenuas); (aṃtarveda ke jāṭa śāṣaka) (1. publed.). Jaipur: Aavishkar Publishers, Distributors. ISBN978-81-7910-016-5.
Singh, Jagbir (2002). The Jat rulers of Upper Doab: three centuries of Aligarh Jat nobility; (a regional micro history of Thenuas); (aṃtarveda ke jāṭa śāṣaka) (1. publed.). Jaipur: Aavishkar Publishers, Distributors. ISBN978-81-7910-016-5.
Low, D. A. (1991). Political Inheritance of Pakistan (illustrateded.). Springer. p.35. ISBN9781349115563. Retrieved 12 October 2022. Other Sidhu Jat families established the state of Faridkot, the jagirs of Kaithal and Arnauli, and a host of lesser fiefs.