Pir Muhammad Chattha

Pir Muhammad Chattha (Punjabi: پیر محمد چٹھہ) was a Punjabi Muslim general and chieftain of the Chattha clan of Jats. He succeeded his father Nur Muhammad Chattha.

Reign

He is known to be a bitter enemy of Sukherchakia Misl. ‘Chatthian di Var’ existed in oral form which was first recorded by the late Prof. Qazi Fazl-i-Maq and published.

The poem makes no mention of the first Chattha chief, Nur Mohammad. It starts with Pir Mohammad Chattha and Charat Singh. Charat Singh, the rising Sikh leader, had developed some enmity with Pir Mohammad about whom the poet says:

اک پیر محمد نام سی دھن جمدی مائی

تے خوشی قبیلہ اپنا سبھ بھیناں بھائی

رسول نگر دا اچودھری، بھو دشمن پائی

Pir Muhammad Chattha built many forts after his name including Kot Mian Khan, Alipur, Naiwala, Kot Salim, Kot Ali Muhammad and Fatehpur.