Murad Fatyana
| Murad Fatyana | |
|---|---|
| Ghazi Mehar Sardar | |
| Born | Garh Fatyana |
| Died | 1869 |
| House | Fatyana |
| Dynasty | Sial |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Murad Fatyana (Jangli: مراد فتیاݨہ) was a Muslim freedom fighter and chieftain of the Fatyana sub-tribe of Sials.
Role in the Gugera Rebellion
Murad Fatyana was a close associate of Ahmad Khan Kharal. He along with Ahmad Khan Kharal and Sarang Kharal managed to organise a decent force to battle the East India Company.[1][2][3]
Approximately 10 separate detachments were dispatched to pursue Ahmad Khan Kharal. During a subsequent skirmish, British forces killed Ahmad Khan Kharal and Sarang Kharal.[1]
After Kharal's death the Bar tribes desperately sought revenge from the East India Company. Bar tribes led by Fatyana vowed to do the exact same with Lord Berkley, and in a successful attack Fatyana killed Lord Berkeley and 50 other British-Indian troops.[1][4][2][3]
The encounter is depicted in a ballad, which recounts Murad Fatiana's attack on Berkeley as follows:[5]
Murad Fatyana says to Savi (his mare): "I have given you unprecedented service; I have given you the best to eat. Take me once to the English Berkeley. I want to smash his black baggi (horse-driven cart) into pieces." His mare replies: "In the name of Allah, mount my back and I will fly." Then Murad, son of Dalail, moved forward on his mare. The British fired at him and hit his left arm. He still moved forward and appeared like a lion. Then he said to Berkeley, "O Englishman! I shall take revenge for Ahmad Khan." He struck Berkeley with his pike, and the latter fell from his horse as a dyer loops out a skein from his cauldron. Murad says: "We have to face whatever is our fate, but you will never again hold your court in Gugera."
References
- 1 2 3 Shafqat Tanveer Mirza (1991). Resistance Themes In Punjabi Literature.
- 1 2 Sargana, Turab-ul-Hassan; Yasmin, Robina (2021). "Peoples' History: Some Ignored Heroes of the War of 1857". Pakistan Perspective. 26 (2). ISSN 2707-899X.
- 1 2 Mutiny Records Reports Vol.8; Pt.2. 1911.
- ↑ Gupta, Neerja A. (29 April 2025). The Role of the Indian Diaspora in the Indian National Freedom Movement. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-0364-4543-0.
- ↑ Sargana, Turab ul Hassan (2020). Punjab and the war of independence 1857-1858: from collaboration to resistance (1st ed.). Karachi: Oxford University Press. pp. 128–129. ISBN 978-0-19-070184-0.