Dulla Bhatti

Rai Abdullah Khan Bhatti popularly known through his moniker Dulla or Dullah Bhatti, is a folk hero in Punjabi folklore. He is said to have led a revolt against Mughal rule during the reign of Emperor Akbar. Dulla Bhatti is entirely absent from the recorded history of the time, and the only evidence of his existence comes from Punjabi folk songs. The deeds of Bhatti are recounted in folklore and took the form of social banditry. According to Ishwar Dayal Gaur, although he was "the trendsetter in peasant insurgency in medieval Punjab", he remains "on the periphery of Punjab's historiography".