Tarkhan

Sikh Tarkhan followers of Sikhism belonging to the Tarkhan Ethnic group. also related to Vishwakarma god

Tarkhan are Craftsman and Draftsman, In the Mongol Empire, the darkhans were exempted from taxation, socage and requisitioning. Genghis Khan made those who helped his rise Tarkhans. The families of the darkhans played crucial roles later when the succession crisis occurred in Yuan dynasty and Ilkhanate. Abaqa Khan made an Indian Darkhan after he had led his mother and her team all the way from Central Asia to Persia safely. A wealthy merchant of Persia was made of Darkhan by Ghazan for his service during the early defeat of the Ilkhan. In Russia, the Khans of the Golden Horde assigned important tasks to the Darkhan. A jarlig of Temür Qutlugh authorized rights of the tarkhan of Crimea.

Tarkhan Politicians

Jassa Singh Ramgarhia was a prominent Sikh leader during the period of the Sikh Confederacy. Jassa Singh Ramgarhia is not to be confused with Jassa Singh Ahluwalia; both were prominent Misldars of separate powerful Sikh army groups, the Mughal government decided, at the insistence of Zakarya Khan, to stop the persecution of the Sikhs and made an offer of a grant to them. The title of Nawab was conferred upon their leader, with a jagir consisting of the three parganas of Dipalpur, Kanganval and Jhabal.

Tarkhan Clans

Assi, Bachu, Bassan, Bahra, Bharaj, Bhogal, Bhurji, Bilkhu, Birdi, Chaggar, Chana, Deerhe, Devgan, Dhiman, Dhulpar, Flora, Jandu, Jheeta, Jhita, Jutla, Lall, Lohar, Lotay, Kundi, Mankoo, Matharu, Marway, Mudhar, Nandra, Notay, Pachal, Panesar, Rayat, Phull, Ramgarhia, Rooprai, Sagoo, Saund, Sehmi, Sembhi, Sira, Sev, Slatch, Sokhi, Ubhi, Vilku, Virdi