Jat Sikh

[12] Initially, some Jats started to follow the teachings of Guru Nanak, which did much to remove social barriers created by the sāvarṇa caste society.

[14]: 93 While followers important to Sikh tradition like Baba Buddha were among the earliest significant historical Sikh figures, and significant numbers of conversions occurred as early as the time of Guru Angad (1504–1552),[15] the first large-scale conversions of Jats is commonly held to have begun during the time of Guru Arjan (1563–1606).

[17] When Guru Arjan compiled the Adi Granth, three verses (in Asa and Dhanashree ragas) attributed to Bhagat Dhanna (born 1415), a Jat, were included in the scripture.

[19][full citation needed][20] Dharam Singh, one of the inaugural Panj Piare quintet, was a Jat.

[24] According to censuses in gazetteers published during the colonial period in the early 20th century, further waves of Jat conversions, from Hinduism to Sikhism, continued during the preceding decades.

He has unflinching faith in Guru Gobind Singh, yet at the same time he is imbued with traits typical of a Jat.

[29]Major A. E. Barstow comments, that due to their diet and their fondness for wrestling and weightlifting, they possessed good physical attributes for soldiery.

[39] The purpose for this was to provide protection for members of a clan by watching over each-other and uniting as a common group against any potential adversary.

[48] However, the practice of recognising and being cognizant of smaller sub-divisions of a got (clan) has since died-out in the present-age and is no longer commonly practised among Jat Sikhs.

[38] According to Joyce Pettigrew, the Jat Sikh clans traditionally claim patrilineal descent from a Rajput ancestor and purport to have settled in the Punjab in the 16th century.

[38] The fact that many Sidhus were ruling polities increased the prestige of the clan in the eyes of their fellow Sikhs.