Jetpur is a Kathi estate cluster where the estate is split between brothers and loss of line devolving the property to the main line. The Vala Kathis entered the province through Devlia Mohota and Chital before erupting on Jetpur area. Two versions exist over its founding – Tarikh-i-Sorath says that the estate was given to Vira Vala by Bahadur Khan, the first Nawab of Junagarh and the other, it was conquered by Vala Kathis with the help of Bagsara Kathis from Vaiji Khaso of Mitiala. The third version states that after Chital was seized from Sarvaiya Rajputs by the Kathis in 1735, the Nawab of Junagarh settled them in Jetpur in 1760 to tackle the turbulent Kolis and other tribes in that area.
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