Contents

Preface .........................................................................7

1. Geography, Culture and Traditions of Mewat....... 19

2. Origin of the Meo Community ............................. 35

3. Khanzadas of Mewat .............................................57

4. Meo’s Conversion to Islam and Tabligh Movement ................................................... 65

5. Sufi Saints of Mewat................................................ 89

6. Meo’s Retribution under Balban .........................101

7. Raja Bahadur Nahar Khan ....................................109

8. Raja Jalal Khan ........................................................127

9. Raja Hasan Khan.....................................................141

10. Rulers of Firozpur Jhirka.....................................153

11. Narukas of Alwar ...................................................161

12. Jats of Deeg and Bharatpur..................................173

13. Badgujars of Ghasera............................................189

14. Stories as told by Mirasis......................................195

15. Meos and the Uprising of 1857 ..........................201

16. Uncrowned Kings of Mewat ...............................215

Bibliography.........................................................................243