Description of Major Muslim Communities in India: The Rayeen

In this post, I will look at the Rayeen, another community that is found in the Doab and Rohilkhand regions of western Uttar Pradesh. Like other group such as the Bhatti and Kamboh, which I have looked in my other blogs, the Rayeen have roots in the Punjab. Early British ethnologists, such as William Crook took the position that the Rayeen were one and the same as the Arain community of Punjab. Briefly I will raise an issue of some sensitivity, the use of the term Rayeen by members of the Kunjra community. The Kunjra are a widespread group of Muslims, traditionally associated with vegetable growing and selling, who are found throughout North India. The Rayeen, who are found mainly in Bareilly, Pilibhit, Udhamsingh Nagar are much smaller group, and have rejected the claim of the Kunjra to be called Arain. According to the 1901 Census of Uttar Pradesh, there were 14,698, found in the regions I have just mentioned, and much larger group of Kunjra 85,738, with a much larger geographic distribution. It does seem from the records, that at least right up to the mid-20th Century, both groups maintained a distinct identity.

The Rayeen of Uttar Pradesh are clearly the same community as the Arain of Punjab. There circumstances of migration relate the Chalisa famine of the 1780s in Punjab. The effect of the Chalisa famines was to depopulate many regions of India, especially the semi-arid of the Ghaghar valley, the original homeland of the Rayeen community. The Ghaggar valley is now situated in what is Sirsa District of Haryana. One of among many of the tribal tradition of the Sirsa Rayeen was that they were originally Hindu Rajputs, expelled from Uchh, near Multan, by their enemies and escaped by abandoning their military rank and took to market gardening, the tribal occupation of their neighbours the true Arains. Therefore, the Sirsawal Arains are distinct from the Arains of the Sutlej, who were found largely in the central districts of Punjab, like Jallandhar, Amritsar and Lahore.

After leaving Ucch, they settled on the banks of the Ghaggar, where the tribe was remained for the next four hundred years. Then the famine of 1783 A.D occurred, at which according to early British sources they held the whole of the Ghaggar valley from Bhatner (present day Hanumangarh) up to Tohana in Fatehabad. The famine combined with the attacks of the marauding Bhatti Rajputs, weakened their hold on the land, and they finally broke before the Chalisa famine of 1783 A.D. and many of them emigrated to Bareilly, Pihbhit, and Rampur in what is now Uttar Pradesh.
William Crook, the colonial ethnographer claimed that they are by origin Kambohs:

Mr. Ibbetson says: The Satlaj Arains in Sirsa say that they are, like the Arains of Lahore and Montgomery, connected by origin with the Hindu Kambohs. Mr. Wilson thinks it probable that both classes are really Kambohs who have become Muslims, and that the Ghaggar Arains emigrated in a body from Multan, while the others moved gradually up the Sutlej into their present place.

Another British account, this time by Horace Arthur Rose also makes reference to the distinction between the Sultluj and Ghaghar Arains in Punjab.

In Sirsa the Sutlej Arains meet those of the Ghaggar. The two do not intermarry, but the Arains of the Ghaggar valley say they were Rajputs living on the Panjnad near Multan who were ejected some four centuries ago by Saiyad Jalal-ul-din of Uch. They claim some sort of connection with Jaisalmer. Till the great famines of 1759 and 1783 A. D. they are said to have held all the lower valleys of the Choya and Ghaggar, but after the latter date the Bhattis harassed the Sumnis, the country became disturbed, and many of the Arains emigrated across the Ganges and settled near Bareli and Rampur. They marry only with the Ghaggar and Bareli Arains.

It is interesting to note, that Rose mentions that Ghaghar Arain had still maintained intermarage with those of Pilibhit and Bareilly. While Crook’s point that Arain and Kamboh have a common origin is hard to prove, but it is worth mentioning that the settlement area of both the Rayeen and Kamboh overlaps to some degree, with a substantial presence in Rohilkhand and the Doab. But what mitigates against the theory of common origin is the fact the two communities, despite a close proximity, consider themselves as quite distinct.

Among the Pilibhit Rayeen, there is a traditions that they Arabs, and get their name from the Rayee mountains, located somewhere in Arabia. This probably picks of the tradition among the Punjab Arain, that there name is distortion of Araheeai, which means a resident of Ariha, better known as the city of Jericho in the West Bank. According to this tradition, a group of Arabs soldiers from Jericho accompanied Mohammad Bin Qassim in his conquest of Sindh. From here, they then spread to Ucch. Its interesting there are references to the city of Ucch in almost all the accounts of the Rayeen community. It is very likely, a group of cultivators left the Sutlej valley and settled in the Ghaggar. From the tribal myths, we have some fairly consistent information, the Chalisa famine and attacks by the Bhattis forcing them leave Haryana and move across to Uttar Pradesh. In the 19th Century, the Rayeen were the early colonist in the Nainital Terai region, where they cleared the jungles and built their villages. The majority of the community are still found in the Terai region.

 

Distribution of Rayeen in the United Provinces by District According to 1901 Census of India

 

District	Population
Pilibhit	4,807
Nainital	3,927
Bareilly	2,908
Saharanpur	1,258
Muzaffarnagar	528
Rampur	459
Moradabad	392
Bijnor	214
Dehra Dun	90
Meerut	44
Other districts	161
Total Population	14,698

Looking at the Census returns, it is clear that majority of the Rayeen population were found in the Rohilkhand region, with a second cluster found in Saharanpur and Muzzafarnagar in the Doab.
The Rayeen are still largely found in Bareilly, Pilibhit, Udham Singh Nagar (carved out of Nainital), Nainital, Rampur and Saharanpur districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Villages in Pilibhit District
Starting with Pilibhit District, they are found in the villages of Guna Jawahar, Sardarnagar, Karghaina, Sukatia, Dheram, Udaipur, Harraypur, Dang, Dayyabojh, Barapura, Pipaliya, Gaibojh, Amariya, Madhopur, Patti, Bhainsaha, Turkania, Dhundri, Sirsi and Nurpur. There are also several villages located north of the town of Bisalpur including Khameria, and near Jahanabad.

Villages in Bareilly District

In Bareilly District,they occupied several villages near the town of Baheri like Arsiabojh, Mundia Nabibakhsh, Mundia Jageer, Mundia Naseer, Ekgrah, Pipra, Paiga, Dhakia, Gunah, Dayyabojh, Suketia , Guleria, Pipelia, Fardi Rayeen.

Villages in Udham Singh Nagar (formerly part of Nainital District)

In Udham Singh Nagar District they are settled in the town of Sitarganj, Kichha and Rudrapur especially in the villages of Naugwan, Malpura, Kachhi Khamaria, Baroda, Bandia, Sisai, Lalpur, and Sirauoli.

Villages in Bijnor District
In Bijnor District they are settled in the town of Najibabad (Mohalla Rampura), Kiratpur, Jalalabad, and Sahanpur Estate specially in the village of Alipura, Puranpur, Mojampur tulsi, Rammanwala, Chukhapur, Chandanpur, Ghawaryi(Khadar), Chilkiya, Taharpur and Rasulpur

Rampur District

In Rampur they are present in Mandanpur and Bhaisodi.

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Description of Major Muslim Communities in India: The Khokhar

In this post I return to the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), and look at one of the lesser known communities, that of the Khokhar. There are in fact two distinct communities of Khokhars in UP, those of Sambhal and Kot. While the Khokhar of Punjab are well known, very little has been written about the Khokhars of UP, and this post will try to provide some information. These two settlements are quite distant from each other, the distance between Sambhal and Kot being almost 500 kilometres. Each group of Khokhars have their own origin stories and I will treat them separate. The Sambhal Khokhar are really a sub-group within Ranghar community of western Uttar Pradesh. Just a brief note about the Khokhars, they are a well known tribe from the Punjab, whose homeland is the the Salt Range

As in common among Punjabi tribal groupings, the Khokhar have a number of origin stories. According to one of tradition, the Khokhars are connected with the Awans, making Khokhar one of Qutub Shah’s sons, the semi-mythical ancestor of the Awn tribe. Many Khokhar groups in the Salt Range now call themselves Khokhar Qutb Shahis, literally descendants of Qutub Shah. Another Khokhar tradition makes them descended from Zahhak , a mythical figure from ancient Iran, who’s descendent Rustam Raja arrived in Punjab sometime in the beginning of the Common Era and was nicknamed Khokhar. What is clear is by the arrival of Mohammad Ghori, the Khokhars were in possession of the Salt Range, and when Ghori tried to conquer the region he was murdered by them. The Khokhars remained rebellious throughout the Delhi Sultanate period, and it is very likely both the colonies of Khokhar now present in UP are result of deportations from the Punjab. I will first look at the Khokhar of Sambhal, who accept a Punjabi origin.

Denzil Ibbetson, the 19th Century colonial scholar of Punjab, commenting on the returns of 1881 Census of Punjab, noted the following in connection with the Khokhars:

Under the head Khokhar only represent a fraction of the Khokhars in the Panjab. The Khokhars are ordinarily considered a Rajput tribe, and most of the Khokhars of the districts have so returned themselves. Many of the Khokhars of western districts again, and all those of the frontier, have been re turned as Jats; while only in the Rawalpindi and Multan divisions are separate figures shown for the Khokhar caste. How far this inclusion is due to Khokhars having actually returned themselves as Rajput or Jat by caste and Khokhar by tribe, and how far to the action of the divisional offices, I cannot say exactly till the detailed clan tables are ready.

Its clear that the Khokhar of Punjab are a quasi-Rajput tribe, their historic homeland is located between the valleys of the Chenab and Jhelum, home such tribes as the Bandial, Ghanjera and Rehan, all of whom are clans of the Khokhar, and I have looked at elsewhere. The most important Khokhar family is that of the Rajahs of Ahmedabad, located in Jhelum District. It is this family that produced the famous Muslim League leader Rajah Ghazanfar Ali Khan.

The use of the tem Pathan in the Fatehpur region where Kot is located often also covers Rajput and quasi-Rajput groups. So the use of the term by the Khokhars of Kot must seen in that way.

Khokhar of Sambhal

The city of Sambhal, now a district headquarters is long associated with the Khokhar tribe, who were substantial landowners throughout the late Mughal and Rohila rule of the region. According to tribal traditions, the Khokhars of Sambhal are said to who have come from the Bulandshahr District and to have settled near Sambhal in the days of the Mughal emperor Babar. The Khokhars first arrived in Bulandshahr, at the invitation of Sikander Lodhi, who was the Sultan of Delhi between 1489 and 1517 It said that these Khokhars came from Koh-Jud, a name used for the Salt Range in medieval Muslim writing in India. Interestingly, Sambhal was one of the capitals of Sikander Lodhi. With overthrow of the Lodhi, there ancestor was given the jagir of Sambhal by the Mughal Emperor Babur. This came with the title of Chadhary, which was hereditary in the family till end of British rule in India in 1947. The Khokhars of Sambhal have always had close relations with the Lalkhani Rajputs of Bulandshar and Aligarh. They are said to have been guest of the Lalkhanis in Bulandshar during their stay there before moving to Sambhal.

Khokhar of Kot

The Khokhars of Kot, a town in Fatehpur District have a very different origin myth. First of all the Khokhars of Kot have been in UP for much longer, according to their traditions, the tribe settled in Kot during the rule of Allaudin Khilji ( r . 1296–1316). They are said to be descended from four brothers, of whom the eldest was Malik Bhil or Babar, who were granted the estate of Kot, which at that time was held by a Bhar Raja. In this eastern region, the Bhar, a local ethnic group were the local rulers. The Khokhars were sent by Ala.-ud-din to supress the Bhars, which they did. The dispute is to the origin of these Khokhars. Unlike the Sambhal branch, the Khokhars of Kot have no tradition of a Punjabi origin. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the Khokhars made strong claims of a Pashtun origin. However, more recently, a small number of Khokhar are claiming an Uzbek origin. What’s interesting is the author of the Gazetteer of Fatehpur makes reference to an inscription making reference to the Khokhar conquest to 590 Hijra (1203/1204 CE). This would be mean that the Khokhars arrived in the region around the reign of Shahabuddin Mohammad Ghori. If we accept either of the traditions, the Khokhars of Kot have long been settled in the Fatehpur region. They were effectively the local rulers, but by the arrival of the British, they landholdings were extremely small. The Khokhars of Kot call themselves Pathans, which in eastern Uttar Pradesh does not donate a ethnicity, rather a status. What is interesting is that over the almost millennia in India, they have maintained the name Khokhar, which is clearly associated with the Salt Range region of Punjab. It is very likely, they are Punjabi Muslim tribe, who served in either in the army of Shahabuddin Mohammad Ghori or Allaudin Khilji. Once settled in eastern UP, as they became large landowners, they acquired the status of being Pathans.
Outside Kot, they are found in the villages of Arhaiya, Urha, Shahnagar, Rahmatpur, Sheopuri, Kali, Ghazipur and Parwezpur.

Bharai Caste

In this post I shall look at the Bharain, also known as Shaikh Sarwari, an interesting community found mainly in the Punjab. Bharain started off as followers of Syed Ahmad Sultan, popularly known as Sakhi Sarwar. He was a 12th-century Sufi saint of the Punjab region, and is also known by various other appellations such as Sultan (king), Lakhdata (bestower of millions), Lalanvala (master of rubies), Nigahia Pir (the saint of Nigaha) and Rohianvala (lord of the forests). Sakhi Sarwar is said to have migrated from Baghdad, Iraq, and settled in Shahkot near Multan in 1120 AD. He settled in Dera Ghazi Khan, where he was killed on 1181 AD and buried at the place now known as Sakhi Sarwar. Strictly speaking the Bharais do not form a caste, but are an occupational group or spiritual brotherhood. The Bharain are a therefore what are referred to as a sectarian caste, where membership is based on a devotion of to a saint, and not by birth. Horace Rose, the early 20th Century ethnologist of the Punjab made reference to several castes such as the Dogar, Habri, Rawat, Dom, Rajput, Mochi, Gujar, Tarkhan and last, but not least, Jat joining the Bharai brotherhood. However, after a few generations, most sectarian castes start to take on the characteristics of a regular caste. After a generation or two, marriages only occur within the caste. And this is exactly what has happened to the Bharai.

The Bharai were traditionally priests of the Sultani sect, a syncretic sect with combined elements of Hinduism and Islam, with Sakhi Sarwar traditionally said to have founded the sect. Most Sultanis were members of the Hindu Jat community, but the Bharai were always Muslim, and belonged largely to the Muslim Jat or Muslim Rajput castes. The term Bharai itself is said to be derived from the Punjabi words chauhi bharnā, literally to keep a vigil in the memory of Sakhi Sarwar. The Jat Bharai in central Punjab claim descent from one Garba Jat, a Hindu attendant at Sakhi Sarwar’s shrine, who was in a dream was asked by the saint to embrace Islam. On his conversion he was called Shaikh Garba. The Jat Bharais have several gots: — Dhillon, Deo, Rewal Garewal, Man, Randhawa, Jham, Karhi and Badecha, all very well-known Jat tribes. However, by the beginning of the 20th Century, the Sultani sect saw a severe decline. As a result, many Bharai have been reduced to poverty. The decline of Sultani is very much connected with the sharpening religious tensions in the Punjab, which eventually led to partition of the region. Most Bharai are now day labourers, and heavily stigmatised. There remains a presence of Bharai in Indian Punjab, which is unique for a Muslim community.

There are various theories as to the origin of the word Bharai. Horace Rose, refers to the following legend:

One Bukan Jat was a devotee of Sakhi Sarwar who one day said to him tujhe piri di, ‘the saint’s mouth has fallen on thee’, whence the name Pirhai. Another account says that after leaving Dhaunkal, Sakhi Sayyid Ahmad went to Multan and rested for a while at Parahin, a place south of Shahkot, which was the home of his mother’s ancestors, Rihan Jats by caste. At Multan an Afghan chief had a daughter to whose hand many of the Shahkot youths aspired, but none were deemed worthy. One day, however, the Afghan invited Sayyid Ahmad to a feast and begged him to accept his daughter in marriage. This offer the saint accepted, and the sihra below, which was composed on this occasion, is still sung with great reverence. The mirasi, however, neglected to attend the wedding punctually, and when he did appear, rejected the saint’s present of a piece of blue cloth, 1-1/4 yards in length, at the instigation of the Jats and Pathans, saying it was of no use to him. Hearing this the Sayyid gave it to Shaikh Buddha, a Jat who had been brought up with him, saying: “This is a bindi (badge), tie it round your head, and beat a drum. We need no mirasi, and when yon are in any difficulty remember me in these words: — Daimji Rabdia sawāria, bohar Kali Kakki-wādlia — Help me in time of trouble, thou owner of Kali Kakki ! You and your descendants have come under our protection, panāh, and you shall be called pāndhi.” This term became corrupted into Parahin in time”.

In addition to the story narrated here, there are also several other traditions as to the origin of the Bharai. According of these stories, Sayyid Ahmed incurred the enmity of the Jats and Pathans of Shahkot and left that place for Afghanistan, accompanied by Bibi Bai, Rānā Mian, and his younger brother. Twenty-five miles from Dera Ghazi Khan as they had run out of water. The Sayyid mounted his mare Kali Kakki and at every step she took water came up. His pursuers, however, were close at hand, and when they overtook him the Sakhi was slain, and buried where he fell. The spot is known as Nigaha and a site of a spring in what is otherwise an arid region.

Years later Isa, a merchant of Bukhara, and a devotee of Sakhi Sarwar, was voyaging in the Indian Ocean when a storm arose. Isa asked for the saint’s aid and the ship was saved. On his arrival in India, Isa journeyed to Multan, where he learnt that the saint had been killed. On reaching Nigaha he found no traces of his tomb, but no fire could be kindled on the spot, and in the morning as they loaded the camels their legs broke. Sakhi Sarwar descended from the hill on his mare, holding a spear in his hand, and warned the merchant that he had desecrated his tomb and must rebuild it at a cost of 1-1/4 lakhs Rupees. He was then to bring a blind man, a leper, and a eunuch from Bukhara and entrust its supervision to them. One day when the blind man stumbled near the tomb he saved himself by clutching at some kahi grass where-upon his sight was restored and his descendants are still known as the Kahi. The eunuch was also cured and his descendants are called Shaikh. The leper too recovered, and his descendants, the Kalang, are still found in Nigaha. To commemorate their cures all three beat a drum, and Sakhi Sarwar appeared to them, saying; “He who is my follower will ever beat the drum and remain barahi (sound) nor will he ever lack anything.” Hence the pilgrims to Nigaha became known as Bharais.

Recent scholarship in rural Punjab, for example by Nicolas Martin has shown how marginal the present position of the Bharai is. Most are now in an extremely poor position, and suffer from discrimination.

Badhan / Wadhan, Hayal, Kanjial and Rachyal tribes

In this post, I will look at three tribes, namely the Badhan, Hayal, Kunjial and Rachyal, who are found mainly in the southern region of Azad Kashmir, and neighbouring districts of Punjab namely Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Gujrat and Sialkot. In Indian administered Kashmir, there are concentration in Rajouri and the Mendhar Tehsil of Poonch. I will use this post to give a brief description of the Jat population within the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Most of the Jat population was found either in the Duggar Region, about 15% or in the Chibhal Region the remaining 85%. Although the Chibhal region, took its name from the Chib clan of the Rajputs who were the traditional rulers of this area, the Jat population was almost twice that of the Rajputs. The Chibs converted to Islam in mid-17th Century, and other Rajput sub-castes followed suit. It is very likely that most of the Jat also converted at that time. However it is worth pointing out that the Jat and Rajput tribes tended to have a common origin, with CLAIMS TO Rajputhood based mostly on whether a clan had achieved political power or not. Outside Mirpur and Bhimber tehsils, there were several Jat communities in Rajouri (then part of Reasi) and Poonch. Separate from these, were the Jats of the Jammu and Kathua (Duggar) region, who were Punjabi speaking, belonging mainly to the Badhan, Bajwa, Kahlown, Nagra and Randhawa clans, and were really an overspill of the Jats of Sialkot and Gurdaspur. Most of the Muslim Jat villages were located in Ranbir Singh Pura and Bishnah tehsils of Jammu and Samba districts. Below is a breakdown of the total Jat population according to the 1931 Census:

District	Muslim	Hindu	Sikh	Total
Jammu	9,258	7,014	506	16,778
Kathua	175	1,549	47	1,771
Udhampur	100	152		252
Reeasi	2,443	27	12	2,482
Mirpur	103,095	14,460	4,951	122,506
Poonch Jagir	4,808	65		4,873
Other Districts	204	131	103	438
Total	120,083	23,371	5,619	149,073

As the 1931 census shows, most of the Jat population numbering about 122,506, of whatever religion were found in the old Mirpur District, where the Jats formed more than a third of the total population of 344,747. Most of these areas now forms part of Azad Kashmir, except the area around Nawshera, traditionally part of Bhimber Tehsil, which is now under Indian administration. Most of the Hindu and Sikh Jat population was found in the Deva-Batala area, now part of the modern day district of Bhimber. The division of the Chibhal region in 1948 led to the migration of the Hindu and Sikh population, while the Muslim Jats left the area around Nowshera that came under Indian control. Similarly, the Muslim Jats of Jammu and Kathua also immigrated to Pakistan. There is still a small Muslim Jat population in Rajouri and Mendhar in Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir.

The Jat of Jammu and Kashmir are further sub-divided into numerous clans called gots or gotras. Technically members of a Jat got are supposed to be descended from a traditional common ancestor by agnatic descent, i.e. through male line only. Another interesting thing about the various Jat tribes in Chibhal is that there name often ends in al, which is patronymic, for example, the sons of Kals, are the Kalyal and so on, very similar to the Arabic Bin or Slavic ovich or ov. The aals started off as clans of a larger tribe, so the Kanjial are a branch of the Janjua, who have now evolved into a separate tribe. Unlike the Jats of the Punjab plains, where one large clan often has several villages, in the Chibhal we have numerous clans often occupying the same village. In my other posts, I have looked at and posted about Jat tribes that have a presence in the Chibhal, such as the Bangyal, Gujjral,, Kanyal, Kalyal, Bhakral (or Pakhreel), Matyal, Nagyal and Thathaal.

Badhan

I start off this post by looking at the Badhan, sometimes pronounced as Wadhan, also known as Pakhai, who are generally considered as a Jat tribe, but have also claimed to be Rajput. Like many Punjabi tribes, there are several traditions as to the origin of the tribe. There are in fact two origin stories, one connected with eastern Badhan, those found in Gujrat, Sialkot/Narowal, and historically in Jammu and Gurdaspur, and the western group found in Sudhnoti, Kotli, Jhelum and Rawalpindi (mainly Kahuta). Under the various censuses carried by the British in the early 20th Century, the Badhan of central Punjab generally registered them themselves as Jats, and this included those of Jammu, while in Pothohar and Mirpur/Poonch, most Badhan registered themselves as Rajputs.
I shall off by looking at the traditions of the eastern Badhan first. Among many Sialkot Badhans, Jats, that they were a branch of the mythical Saroa Rajputs and descended from Kala, a resident of Jammu. However, a more common traditions was that the Badhan, there ancestor was descended from of Gillpal (Gilpal), son of a Rajput King, Pirthipal, Raja of Garh Mithila and a Waria (Baryah) Rajput by a Bhular Jat wife. This would make the Badhan a branch of the Gill tribe, and indeed the Sikh Badhan Jatts of Gurdaspur and Jammu do not marry the Gills, as they consider themselves to be a branch of the Gills. Judge or Juj was the second son of Gillpal, was the ancestor of Badhan Gills. The tribe gets its name from Badhan, the great grandson of Juj.
The western Badhan have an entirely different tradition. According to them, there ancestor Badhan was a Janjua Rajput of Kahuta, who settled among the Sudhans. In fact, in the Sudhnoti region of Poonch, the Badhan are often confused with the Sudhans, and a few Badhans actually claim themselves to be a branch of the Sudhans. In Sudhnoti, the occupy several villages near the Jhelum river. A smaller section also claims to be Qutabshahi Awans. What is clear is that in this western region, the Badhan occupy a quasi-Jat status, while among the eastern group, a claim to be Jat is generally accepted.

 

In Rawalpindi, there are several Badhan villages such as Parhali (in Tehsil Kahuta) and Rawat. In Sudhnuti, important Badhan villages include Basari, Rakar, Neeryan, Sahr Kakota, Noursa, Hamrata, and Kohala.

Distribution of Badhan in Jammu and Kashmir by District According to 1911 Census of India

The bulk of the Badhan population was found in the Poonch Jagir. However, the figures for Mirpur are slightly misleading, as many of Badhan in Mirpur registered themselves as Jats.

District	Population
Reeasi	79
Mirpur	1,393
Poonch Jagir	4,607
Muzafarabad	505
Total Population	6,596

 

Distribution of Badhan who declared themselves as Jat in Punjab by District According to 1901 Census of India

 

District	Population
Rawalpindi	246
Jhelum	248
Total Population	494

 

Hayal

The Hayal are little known tribe, found entirely in Kallar Syedan Tehsil, who claim Chaughtai Mughal ancestry. They are found in the villages of Burra Haya, Hayal Pindoral and Mohra Hayal. In Mirpur District, Hayyal, who classify themselves as Jats, are found in the villages of Kangra and Chappar.

Kanjial

The Kanjial are found mainly in Gujrat, Bhimber, Mirpur and Jhelum districts. According to tribal traditions, there ancestor was a Ghalla, a Janjua Rajput, who had three sons, Bhakari, their ancestor, Natha (ancestor of the Nathial) and Kunjah (ancestor of the Kunjial). However, some traditions make Rai Kunjah to be a Bhatti.
In Mirpur, Kanjial villages include Andrah Kalan, Khandora and other villages in the Islamgarh Tehsil of Mirpur.

Rachyal

Finally, I will look at the Rachyal, sometimes spelt Richyal, who are a Jat tribe, found mainly in the Kotli and Mirpur districts of Azad Kashmir. Like the Kahlotra already mentioned, the Rachyal are a clan of Dogras, whose roots like in the Chamba region of what is now Himachal Pradesh. There ancestor was a Ranchan Dev, a Hindu Rajput of the Kashyap gotra, who said to have converted to Islam in the 16th Century. Generally, among the Rajputs of the Himachal region, each clan was connected with a Hindu rishi, who was traditional spiritual ancestor. Looking at Kashyapa, he is one of Saptarishi, the seven famed rishis and considered to be author of many hymns and verses of the Rigveda (1500-1200 BCE). It is likely that the Rachyal are branch of the Katoch Rajputs, as they belonged to the Kashyap gotra.

According to tribal folklore, once the Rachyals converted to Islam they were forced out of Chamba and its surroundings and we see them migrating to Sialkot, Sheikhupura, and Jhang areas of Punjab in Pakistan. The tribe then re-entered the Jammu state via Dhuki village through Sarai-Alamgir (near Kharian, Punjab, Pakistan) which lies in district of Mirpur around three hundred years ago. They then moved to Mangla and eventually to a place called Ladna near now Chakswari. From here the Rachyals spread farther west and the estate of Panyam came into existence. Most of the Rachyal are still found either in Chakswari or Panyam, where several of their villages are found such as Pothi,and Chamba. Some Rachyals villages are found further north near Naar, Rajdhani, Poonch and Rajouri.

Description of Major Muslim Communities in India: Muslim Kamboh

In this post, I return to the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), and the Muslim communities that inhabit it. In particular, I will look at the Muslim Kambohs, a Muslim community that is part of the wider Kamboh ethnic group of South Asia. They are also known as Zubairi. The Muslim Kamboh are found mainly in the Rohilkhand and Doab region. They are largely Sunni, although Amroha is home to a smaller Shia population, and speak Urdu. They are fairly small community, but played a major role in the history of Western Uttar Pradesh. Like the Gujjar and Bhattis discussed in my earlier posts, they are likely to have been immigrants from the Punjab.

Origin

There are a number of different traditions as to the origin of the Kamboh. Some Kamboh claim Afghan origin, others claim Arab origin, while others simply claim to be Muslim converts from the Hindu Kamboh caste.

• Those who claim Indian ancestry claim descent from Raja Sodakhsh of Kamboja, an ancient Indian kingdom. The Rajah was a descendent of the god Chandra Verman, and the Kambojas are referred to in the Mahabharata. They are said to have inhabited Afghanistan, which was known as Kamboja desa, or land of the Kamboh.

• Those who claim Afghan origin, claim to belong to the famous Kayani dynasty of ancient Iran. The word Kamboh is said to be a compound of the word Kai Ambo, after an ancestor. The descendents of this king were known as the Kamboh, and Ghazni in Afghanistan was a centre of their power.

• Those who claim Arab ancestry claim descent from Zubayr ibn al-Awam, the first cousin of the Prophet Mohammad. According to this tradition, the original homeland of the Kamboh was Multan and not Afghanistan.

It seems clear is that most Uttar Pradesh Kamboh have strong traditions of migrating from Punjab. Some groups, such as those of Bareilly claim that they were part of the army of Shahbaz Khan Kamboh, a general in the army of the Mughal Emperor Jehangir. He was asked to pacify a rebellion in Assam, and said to have come from Jalandhar in Punjab. Many in his army were Punjabi Kamboh, who instead of returning to Punjab settled in various locations in western Uttar Pradesh.

The exact circumstances of the Kamboh migration to Uttar Pradesh are unclear. However, towards the end of the Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526), we hear increasing references to the Kamboh as playing an important role in the politics. During the Lodhi and Moghul rule. Miyan Jumman Khan Kamboh was “Hajib-i-Khas” (Special Lord of Bed Chamber),Umar Khan Kamboh was Amir-i-Akhur (Minister of Cavalry department)[ and Miyan Ladan Khan Kamboh was an Imam and Royal Nadim of Sikandar Lodhi, Shaikh Itmad-ul-Malik Sambhal was Amir-i-Arz (Paymaster General) and then Prime Minister of Sher Shah Suri. Numerous other Kamboj are known to have occupied very key military and civil positions during Lodhi, Pashtun and the Moghul reign in India. Irfan Habib writes:

The Sayyids and the Kambohs among the Indian Muslims were specially favoured for high military and civil positions during Moghul rule”.
The Kambo, Indian Shaikhzadas and local Saiyid nobles rose to prominence during the period under review” (i.e. Lodi dynasty of Delhi).

According to the historian Muhammad Umar writes:

“The (Muslim) Kamboh distinguished themselves by their courage, generosity and high spirits. They were famous for their excellent manners and were particularly gifted with wisdom and nobility….In terms of social stratification, the Kambohs were counted among the Shaikhs…..Among the Indian Muslims, the Kambohs were regarded as the noblest of all. However, perhaps with a view to maintaining the purity of their descent, or because of pride of nobility, they confined their matrimonial relationships within their own groups and did not establish marriage connections with other Muslim groups including even the Saiyids and the Mughals. Some members of this clan like Shahbaz Khan Kamboh, Nawab Abu Muhammad Khan, Bahadur Khan and Nawab Khair Andesh Khan rose to high positions during the reign of Mughals”

Hindu origin

The tradition of a Hindu origin seems more prevalent among the Kamboh of Saharanpur District. According to tribal myths, they originally  lived about Mathura and were Kshatriyas. When Parasu Rama was slaughtering the Kshatriyas, he found their ancestor Bhup  Rae armed and ready resist. He, therefore, proposed  slaying him; and on Bhup Rae saying that he was not a Kshatriya,Parasu Ram is said to have replied that he was demenour was that of a  Kshatriyas. Bhup Rae at once objected that he was not qaim buu (of any fixed  odour) at all and was saved. He was afterwards was known as Qaimbn,
which gradually got changed into Kamboh. This legend was recorded in the late 19th Century by the ethnologist William Crooke, at the time most Hindu and Sikh Kamboh were making claims to Kshatriya.  What was clear was that both in Punjab, where the majority of Kambohs lived, and in western UP, they were seem by their neighbours as quasi-kshatriya.

 

Those who claim a Hindu origin, claim their conversion to Islam occurred during the early years of Islam in India, one of the groups of this clan embraced Islam at the instance of Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya Suhrawardi (of Multan) and his son Shaikh Sadruddin. Their tradition refers to their migration from Multan to Saharanpur under during the rule of the Lodhi dynasty. It is interesting that Saharanpur District is also home to a large community of Hindu Kambohs. These Kamboh have largely remained affiliated with agriculture. In this district, they are believed to be one of sub caste of Jatts. This region may be the site of their earliest settlement in Uttar Pradesh.

 

Arab origin

The tradition of an Arab origin is more common among the Kamboh of Etah and Bareilly districts. They generally now prefer to be known as Zubairi. Zubairi literally means in Arabic a descendant of Zubair, and the Zubairi Kamboh claim descent Zubair ibn al-Awam. Zubair ibn al-Awam was the first cousin of the Prophet but was also one of his closest companions. He was known for his valor and bravery and is remembered as the conqueror of Egypt in 19 AH, and embraced martyrdom in 36 AH. Zubair was laid to rest in Basra, near the borders of Kuwait and Iraq. This town was named as Al-Zubair. Zubair had twelve sons and nine daughters. Three of his famous sons were Abdullah, Musab and Urwah. Abdullah was a Muslim caliph at Makkah, Musab was the governor of Kufa in 73 AH and Urwa was the first Muslim historian.

After almost fifty years of the conquest of Sindh by Muhammad Bin Qasim, Zuberis started migrating from Makkah and Medina towards Sindh. Most of them settled at place near modern Dadu. By the end of 4th century AH, Zuberis started migrating from Sindh to Multan. During 14th century AD, portion of Zuberi clan migrated to Delhi. Sheikh Samauddin Zuberi was a famous Sufi who led this migration. Afterwards Zuberi family flourished in Lahore, Panipat, Delhi and Sambhal. During the regime of Mughal Emperor Akbar, Zuberis also settled in Meerut.

Kamboh of Marehra, Etah District

The Kambohs of Marehra in Etah District claim to be Arab descent, and often call themselves Zubairi. There ancestor was Shaikh
Khwajah Imad-ud-din Muhammad , a native of Multan, who was a courtier of the first Mughal Emperor Babur (20 April 1526 – 26 December 1530). Babur appointed him amil (administrator) of Marehra around 1527.In 1542, during the reign of Sher Shah, the Khwaja’s two sons were appointed to the offices of chaudary and kanunjo of the pargana (lowest administrative unit), when theses post were created. These posts remained with the descendants of the original holders until the occupation of country by the British, when the office of was abolished.The Mughal Emperor Akbar conferred the proprietary rights on Marehra to Fateh Khan and Umar Khan, grandsons of the Khwaja. The town was divided into eleven muhallas or wards, the most noteworthy of which was the Kamboh muhalla.

Kamboh of Meerut District

The Muslim Kambohs of Meerut, in Uttar Pradesh have a tradition that they belonged to a distinguished Kamboh family of Ghazni which had come to India in early eleventh century in the invading army of Sulatn Mahmud of Ghazni (rule: 997 AD – 1030 AD). According to their own accounts the name “Kamboh” of the family is derived from that of their original home, Kamboja, the ancient name for Afghanistan. The Muslaman Kambohs of Meerut stated that that one of their ancestors, Hasan Mahmudi Kamboh was the Wazir (minister) of Sultan Mahmud Ghazni and came to India in first decade of eleventh century AD in the army of the Sultan. Their ancestors succeeded in capturing the city of Meerut from Raja Mai of Meerut Hassan Mahmudi Kamboh built the Jama Masjid in the city and around it stand buried the Kamboh heroes from Ghazni who fell in the attack on Meerut. The Masjid was later repaired in 16th century during the rule of Mughal Emperor Humayun. The early members of the Kamboh family built the Sangi Mahal which was later known as Permit House and another elegant palace known as Rangi Mahal– the remains of both these once-elegant palaces are still in existence.

Kamboh of Amroha and Moradabad

The Kambohs of Amroha all claim to come from Afghanistan. They traditionally resided in two mohallahs, the Saddu muhalla Kamboh who were Shia and those of Badshahi Chabutra wo were Sunni. The Saddu muhalla Kambohs claimed descent from from Hakim Imam-ud-din Khan, who arrived in Amroha the end of the eighteenth century from Meerut . The Sunni Kambohs claim descent from Muhtashim Khan, who came to Amroha at a somewhat earlier date. This family is related to the Sunni Kambohs of Moradabad, whose ancestor, Karim Bakhsh arrived in Moradabad from Dehli , during the rule of the Awadh Nawab Asaf-ud-daula. The Awadhi authorities appointed him chakladar . When Awadh rule was replaced by the British in the beginning of the 19th Century, he was made tehsildar. These Moradabad Kambohs were substantial landowners. In addition to the Muslim Kambohs, the old district of Moradabad (now Amroha, Moradabad and Sambhal) was also home to a large community of Hindu Kambohs.

Distribution of Muslim Kamboh in Uttar Pradesh by District According to 1891 Census of India

 

District	Hindu	Muslim
Saharanpur	3,271	689
Muzaffarnagar	920	8
Dehra Dun	290	5
Meerut	760	480
Bulandshahr		11
Aligarh		38
Agra		1
Farrukhabad		67
Mainpuri		2
Etawah		2
Etah		437
Bijnor	274	16
Badaun		11
Moradabad	308	294
Shahjahanpur		19
Kanpur		7
Fatehpur		62
Banda		17
Hamirpur		2
Allahabad		50
Jhansi		24
Jalaun		23
Ghazipur		8
Gorakhpur		6
Basti		13
Nainital	309
Lucknow		9
Sitapur		10
Barabanki		2
Bahraich		9
Total Population in UP	6,222	2,322

As the census showed, the bulk of the Muslim Kamboh population was found in four pockets, the agrarian community of Saharanpur, which shared much in common with the Muslim Jats and Rajput neighbours, the urban groups found in Meerut, Aligarh, Bareilly, Amroha and Marehra, who were very similar to the other Ashraf Muslims, found in western Uttar Pradesh.

Distribution of Muslim Kamboh in the United Provinces by District According to 1901 Census of India

District	Population
Saharanpur	710
Meerut	430
Etah	378
Aligarh	306
Moradabad	224
Muzaffarnagar	214
Bareilly	178
Dehra Dun	28
Other districts	133
Total Population	2,601

The main difference between the two census is the omission of the Kamboh of Bareilly, who were an important community. The Kamboh of Aligarh were largely recent immigrants from other historic centres of the tribe, gravitating towards the city on account of the university.

Description of Major Muslim Communities in India: Muslim Bhumihar / Kamsar Pathan

In this post, I look another major Indian Muslim community, found mainly in eastern Uttar Pradesh and parts of north western Bihar. There preferred self-designation now is Kamsari Pathan, although history they were known as Muslim Babhan, or Muslim Bhumihar. The Kamsari are a community of rural Muslims, who are descended from the Hindu Bhumihar community.

To start off with, I will briefly discuss the origin of the Bhumihar community, from whom the Kamsar trace their descent. The Bhumihars claim Brahmin status, and are also referred to as Bhumihar Brahmin. In Bihar, they are also known as Babhan and they have also been called Bhuinhar. The word Bhumihar is itself of relatively recent origin, first used in the records of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1865. It derives from the word bhoomi (“land”), referring to the caste’s landowner status. The term Bhumihar Brahmin was adopted by the community in the late-19th century to emphasize their claim of belonging to the priestly Brahmin class. The alternate name “Babhan” has been described as a distorted colloquial term for “Brahmin. As with many castes in India, there are numerous myths regarding the origins of the Bhumihar community. One legend claims that their ancestors were Brahmins who were set up to take the place of the Kshatriyas slain by Parashurama but some non-Bhumihars have implied that they are the mixed-race offspring of Brahmin men and Kshatriya women. Other legends state that they are the offspring of a union between Rajput men and Brahmin women, or that they derive from Brahman-Buddhists who lost their high position in Hindu society.

With regards to Ghazipur District, the terms Bhumihar and Rajput are somewhat elastic, since the line of demarcation between these two communities is often extremely vague, both claiming a common origin in several instances, such as the case of the Kamsar Pathans. The Kamsar Pathans, who are found mainly in the Ghazipur District of eastern Uttar Pradesh. According to tribal traditions, they ancestor was a Kam Deo, a Sikarwar Rajput who came from the region of Agra. According to tribal traditions, Kam Deo served in force led by his brother Dham Deo, a leader of four thousand troops and fought alongside Rana Sanga of Mewar, who led a large Rajput alliance against the Mughal Emperor in the battle of Khanwa, a place near Agra in 1527. The Mughals were victorious and the Rajput army was scattered. Dham Deo and his elder brother Kam Deo came down to Ghazipur with their families and followers. The refuges are said to have settled in a territory between Karmnasha and Ganges in what is now Ghazipur district, Dham Deo and his followers settled in Gahmar, while Kam Deo settled in Zamania. Kam Deo’s descendants intermarried with other settled Bhumihars in the region, and founded the clan of Kinwar Bhumihars.
Subsequent to their arrival, both brothers and their followers entered into the service of Tikam Deo, the Cheru tribal chieftain of Birpur and eventually overthrew him, seizing his capital and occupying his estate At the time of the arrival of the refugees, the Cheru were said to be the rulers of most of Ghazipur. After a couple of generation, the community split into three main branches; after the founders Rajdhar Rai, Mukund Rai, and Pithaur Rai. Rajdhar Rai captured Birpur and one of his subdivisions settled in the Bara taluka of Zamania, and converted to Islam. There is however some dispute as to when the conversion to Islam. According to some traditions, the conversion occurred during the period of Lodhi rule over Ghazipur district, while others traditions point to a much later date during the rule of Sher Shah Suri. The first to convert to Islam was a Narhar Dev, later called Narhar Khan after his accepting of Islam.

The Kamsari are now mainly a community of peasant cultivators, but historically were in possession of most of the Bara of Ghazipur District. They speak Bhojpuri, although most also understand Urdu. The Kamsar now occupy a compact territory near the town of Bara, between the Ganges river and the Bihar state border. The most important settlement in Kamsar region of Dildarnagar Kamsar. Each of their settlement contains an informal caste council known as a panchayat, which enforces communal norms as well as resolving intra-community disputes. This region is also known as Kamsar-O-Bar, and the following villages Usia, Rakasaha, Tajpur Kurrah, Gorasara, Mania, Khajuri, Kusi, Bhaksi, Jaburna, Dewaitha, Fufuao, Bahuara, Saraila, Chitarkoni, Akhini come in the Bar sub region. Other then the Kamsar, there are several lineages of Muslim Bhumihar found in Munger and Muzaffarpur of Bihar, where they are called as Diwani Pathan.

Distribution of Muslim Bhumihar in the United Provinces by District According to 1901 Census of India

 

District	Population
Ghazipur	2,365
Mirzapur	36
Other districts	605
Total Population	3,006

 

Naipal and Wattu tribes

In this post, I will look at two communities of Punjabi Muslims, namely the Naipal and Wattu, that were found along the banks of the Sutlej, in what is now Okara, Kasur and Bahawalnagar districts in Pakistan, and Ferozepur in India. After the partition of Punjab in 1947, the Wattu and Naipal of Ferozepur immigrated to Pakistan. Both these tribes connect themselves to the Bhatti, and like them were largely pastoral until the arrival of the British in the 19th Century.

Naipal

I start with the very localized tribe of the Naipal, who were found entirely Ferozepur District. The Naipal clan get their name from Naipal, son of Bhuni, who belonged to the Bhatti tribe, were historically found on the Sutlej just north of the city Ferozepur. They came from Sirsa in the reign of Muhammad Shah (ruler 1719-1748), and once held the river valley as far down as that town, but were driven higher up by the Dogars, and in the Naipal in turn expelled the Gujars. Sometime during the middle of the 18th Century, the Naipals occupied the Makhu ilaqa, then probably a complete waste. It is said to have been named Makkah by a faqir, one Muhammad, who had been there, but its name was corrupted into Makhu. Like their neighbours, the Dogar, Gujjar and Wattu, they were largely pastoral.

By middle of the 18th Century, Mugha1 authority had collapsed in the Sutlej valley and the Naipals became independent until Jassa Singh, the Ahluwalia (1718-1783), chief of Kapurthala took possession of their territory around 1770, and established a thana at Makhu and created the ilaqa of that name. By the early 19th Century, Ahluwalia rule was replaced by the British. Groups of the Naipal began to immigrate to the Ahluwalia ruled Kapurthala State, establishing their settlement in 1857. The Naipal were almost independent under the Ahluwalia rulers, and to have paid a small rent in kind only when the kardar was strong enough to compel them to it, which has not often the case.

By the mid 19th Century, the Naipal were settled as farmers, and began to intermarry neighbouring Muslim Jat tribes such as the Sidhu. They have lost more of their Hindu origin than either the Dogars or Gujars, and in their marriage connections they follow the Muslim law, near blood relations being permitted to enter into the marriage. Most Naipals were owner cultivators, almost every member of the tribe holding land in ownership, and not cultivating it under a few tribal chiefs as tenants, like their neighbours the Dogars.
At the time of partition in 1947, the Naipal territory was allocated to India, leading to the migration of the entire tribe to Pakistan Punjab.

Wattoo

The Wattoo, sometines writen as Wattu, are one of the main Rajput tribes of the Sutlej valley, who are closely connected to the Bhatti. Their historic homeland lay adjacent to Bhattiana, the region that now forms parts of Hissar, Sirsa and Ferozpur. Like other Punjabi tribes, the Watto have several origin myths.

In the old Sirsa territory, modern day western Haryana, the Wattoo traditions refer to a Raja Junher, a descendant of the Bhatti Raja Salvahan of Sialkot, was settled in Bhatner, wher he had two sons Achal and Batera, who were.was settled in Bhatner. The descendants of Batera include the Sidhu and Barar Jats. The former again had two sons Jaipal and Raipal, of whom Jaipal was the ancestor of the Bhatti proper, and Raipal of the Wattoo. The Wattoo are said to have been converted to Islam by Baba Farid, during the rule of their chief Khiwa, who ruled at Haveli in Okara, and was succeeded by the famous Wattu chief, Lakhe Khan. Wattoo territory at the beginning of the 19th Century included lands on both banks of the Sutlej in the Sirsa district, and the adjoining parts of Montgomery and Bahawalpur state, from Baggehi 16 miles above Fazilka, to Phulahi 70 miles below it. Above them was the territory of the Dogars, below them the Joiya. In the late 18th Century, after the Chalissa famine, the Wattoo left what is now Okara and settled in the lands of Sirsa and Rania, which was ruled by Bhatti Nawabs. This migration occurred under the leadership Fazil Dalel Rana. Another branch moved into what is Bahawalnagar District. In the Sutlej valley, the Wattoo were the most important group of Hitharis. Other groups also began to move into the Ravi river valley clashing with both the Kharals and Bhattis of the Bhatiore.

Another Wattoo traditions makes them descendants of Rajah Salvahan son Pital, who quarrelled with hie brothers and went th Bhatner (now known as Hanumangarh) in Rajasthan. Twelve generatione later Adham, owing to a feud with tho Panwar Rajputs, immigrated into the
Punjab and earned his title of Wattoo by subduing the pride of that race.The word watt or vat has various meanings, and Wattoo very likely meens a borderer. The Wattoos have a number of clans (muhins), e.g. Ladhoka, Bazidke,
Salim-Shahi, etc, all named after a particular ancestor.The principal clans of the Wattoos in Bahawalpur are:

i) Salim-ke (I) Qaim-ke, (2) Amruke, (3) Bare-ke.
ii. Sahru, with a sub-sept Darweshke.
iii. Gaddhoke, (1) Ratte-ke, (2) Bithe-ke, (3) Dhaddi-ke, (4) Daddd-ke.
iv. Rahmanke
v. Malike
vi. Miana
viii Jasoke
ix. Ahloke

The Wattoo were pastoralist par excellence, and this shown by a quote by the colonial ethnographer W.E. Purser:

priding themselves upon their politeness and hospitality. They are of only moderate industry, profuse in expenditure on special occasions, indifferent to education and exceedingly fond of cattle

In Bahhwalpur they have a different origin, with the Wattoos originally coming from Jaisalmeer and settled in the Punjab, advancing as far as Batala, which according to this tradition they founded. They then dispersed along both banks of the Sutlej. Their conversion to Islam occurred during the rule of Firoz Shah Tughlak (1351 to 1388) after which period they were incorporated into the Sultanate of Delhi. With the collapse of Muslim rule, the Wattoo suffered greatly at the hands of Sidhu-Bar Sikhs to whom they remained tributary until Nawab Muhammad Bahawal Khan II (4 June 1772 – 13 August 1809) expelled the Sidhu-Barars from the Wattu territory and annexed it to Bahawalpur.

Prior to the partition of India, there were sizeable colonies in Fazilka in what is now Punjab, India and Sirsa in what is now Haryana. All of these communities migrated to Pakistan in 1947.

The Wattoo tribe is now found in the following districts; Okara District, Pakpattan District, Bahawalnagar District, Shekhupura District, Multan District, and Nankana Sahib District.

Description of Major Muslim Communities in India: Bhale Sultan

In this post, I stick with the state of Uttar Pradesh, and look at the Bhale Sultans, a community of Khanzadas found in Uttar Pradesh. There name is a combinationation of the Sanskrit, Bhala, a kind of arrow or spear and the Arabic word Sultan meaning lord. The Bhala in medieval India was a type of spear given only to army commanders, and possession signified leadership. So technically, any army commander was a Bhale Sultan, but the title is now restricted to a specific community of Hindu Thakurs and Muslim Khanzadas found in the Awadh region and Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh. In fact, when we talk of the Bhale Sultan, we are really talking about two distinct communities, those of Bulandshahr and those of Awadh, each with their own origin myths. In the introduction to my article on the Ahbans, I discuss the exact meaning of the word Khanzada, and I ask the reader to look at that post.

Bhale Sultan of Bulandshahr

In Bulandshahr, the Bhale Sultans are found mainly in villages around the ancient town of Khurja. According to tribal traditions, there ancestor was Sidhrao Jai Sinh, a Solanki Rajput of Anhilwada Pattan in what is now Gujarat. A descendent of Sidhrao, Sarang Deo, a nephew of the then Solanki Raja of Gujarat, settled in the ancient city of Baran (now known as Bulandshahr), which was then part of a principality ruled by the Dor clan of Rajputs. These Solanki were then granted an estate of eight villages by Prithvi Raj Chauhan, as a reward for services rendered during the Mahoba war. Most of the country was inhabited by the Meo community, who Sarang Deo and his followers conquered. His grandson, Hamir Singh, obtained from Shah ab-ud-din Ghori the title of Bhala Sultan or lord of the lance.” From then on the clan became known as Bhale Sultan. Kirat Singh was seventh in descent from Hamir Singh, and his descendant, Khan Chand, seven generations later, converted to Islam during the rule of Khizr Khan and took the name of Malha Khan. His son, Lad Khan and his nephew, Narpat Singh, who divided the property between them, moved from their homes at Arniyan and Kakaur to Khurja during the reign of Akbar and received the office of Chaudhri. Over time, the Bhale Sultan, both the Muslim branch descended from Lad Khan and Hindu branch descended from Narpat Singh became effective rulers of Khurja. At their height, the Muslim branch owned forty-four villages and the Hindus of the same clan thirty-two villages and-a-half. However, with rise of Kheshgi Pathans of Khurja, the Bhale Sultan power declined, with further losses when the British conquered the Doab in the early 19th Century.

Bhale Sultan of Awadh

In Awadh, there are several communities of Bhale Sultans, each with their own origin myths. The most important are those communities found in Faizabad and Sultanpur.

Among the Bhala Sultan of Sultanpur, there is a tradition that four hundred years ago Rai Barar, son of Amba Rai, brother of the then Raja of Morarmau, commanded a troop of cavalry recruited entirely from the Bais clan in the service of the Mughals, and was deputed to exterminate the trouble sum Bhars (an indigenous community) in the Isauli Pargana in present day Sultanpur District. Having accomplished his task, he returned to Delhi and presented himself at the head of his troop before the Emperor, who, struck with their manly bearing, exclaimed, “Aao, Bhale Sultan” meaning “come, spear of the Sultan”. Palhan Deo, great grandson of Rai Barar, is said to have been converted to Islam during the rule of Sher Shah Suri. From this branch of the Bhale Sultan descended the taluqdar families of Deogaon, Mahona and Unchgaon. In addition, the more minor Muslim Bhale Sultan formed the main landowning group in the north-west corner of Sultanpur district, then forming the parganas of Isauli, Musafirkhana and Jagdispur

In Faizabad, the Bhale Sultan claim descent from Rao Mardan Sinh, who is said to be a Bais Rajput, of Dundiya Khera, who was a horse-dealer by profession. During a visit Gajanpur, in Isauli Pargana, of the Sultanpur District, where there was a fort of the Rajbhars, which the Thakur is said to have captured. His son, Rao Barar, entered the service of the Sultan of Delhi, and as he was a good horseman and clever spearman, he obtained the title of Bhale Sultan. One of his descendants, Baram Deo, obtained the title Khanzada from a Sultan of Delhi, and from that period his descendants have been called Khanzada.

While a little known tradition, in Rae Bareli claims that they were Ahirs who were raised to the rank of Rajputs by Tilok Chand, a legendary figure in Awadh history.

Distribution of Bhale Sultans by District According to 1891 Census of India

District	Hindu	Muslim
Saharanpur	17	27
Meerut	20
Bulandshahr	6,370	4,790
Agra	59	3
Farrukhabad	9	6
Mainpuri	36
Badaun	11
Shahjahanpur		9
Pilibhit	19	4
Kanpur	11	75
Fatehpur	3
Banda		1
Allahabad	824	18
Lalitpur	2	2
Benaras	15	86
Jaunpur	25	3
Ghazipur		7
Gorakhpur	35	64
Basti	155	53
Azamgarh	122	29
Lucknow	17	283
Unnao	5	38
Rae Bareli	377	372
Sitapur	20	23
Lakhimpur Kheri	3	108
Faizabad	757	687
Gonda	406	352
Bahraich	108	271
Sultanpur	8,016	4,607
Partapgarh	49	17
Barabanki	329	735
Total Population in UP	17,320	12,670

 

Population of Muslim Jat Clans of British Punjab According to the 1901 Census of India

Bellow is a breakdown of the larger Jat clans by population. I would also the reader to look at my posts Population of Muslim Jat Clans of British Punjab According to the 1891 Census of India/ and Major Muslim Jat clans, which gives a brief description of the main clans.

 

Tribe	Population	Distribution
Wariach	58,936	Gurdaspur, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Jhelum, Sialkot, Lahore and Amritsar
Cheema	39,358	Patiala, Lahore, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gujrat and Chenab Colony
Bajwa	27,609	Sialkot, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Jallandhar and Patiala State
Chandhar/ Chadhar	27,422	Montgomery, Amritsar, Firuzpur, Lahore, Jhang, Muzaffargarh, Mianwali, Multan, Jhelum, Shahpur and Chenab Colony
Sandhu	25,786	Hissar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Montgomery, Gurdaspur, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Amritsar, Shahpur (Sargodha), Chenab Colony, Jhang and Multan
Tarar	25,606	Lahore, Gujrat, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Jhelum and Chenab Colony
Gill	19,894	Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Firuzpur, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot, and Chenab Colony
Virk	19,703	Gujranwala, Chenab Colony, Gujrat, Dera Ghazi Khan, Sialkot, Lahore and Amritsar
Ghumman	16,893	Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot, and Chenab Colony
Hanjra	15,892	Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Montgomery, Shahpur, Gujrat, Sialkot, and Chenab Colony
Bains	14,398	Ambala, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Sialkot, Gujrat, Jhelum, Rawalpindi, Shahpur, Chenab Colony, Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan
Bhutta	14,208	Shahpur, Jhelum, Mianwali, Multan and Chenab Colony
Goraya	14,076	Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot, and Chenab Colony
Bhatti	13,682	Shahpur, Jhelum, Mianwali and Chenab Colony
Langrial	12,960	Sialkot, Gujrat and Multan
Dhillon	12.913	Ambala, Hissar, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot Mianwali, and Chenab Colony
Sipra	12,558	Patiala, Montgomery, Gurdaspur, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Shahpur (Sargodha), Chenab Colony, Jhang, Multan and Bahawalpur
Heer	11,839	Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Montgomery, Shahpur, Mianwali, Gujrat, Sialkot, and Chenab Colony
Soomra / Samra	11,509	Mianwali, Muzaffargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur
Chatha	11,483	Patiala, Lahore, Gurdaspur, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gujrat and Chenab Colony
Sahi	11,478	Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Gujrat, Jhelum and Sialkot
Sidhu	11,322	Hissar, Jallandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Sialkot, Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat and Chenab Colony
Parhar	11,099	Shahpur, Bahawalpur, Muzaffargarh and Dera Ghazi Khan
Thaheem	11,023	Multan, Bahawalpur, Muzaffargarh and Dera Ghazi Khan
Kahlon	10,809	Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Kapurthala, Jalandhar and Chenab Colony
Langah	10,808	Shahpur, Muzaffargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan, Mianwali, Multan and Bahawalpur
Harral	10,599	Gujranwala, Shahpur, Mianwali, Gujrat, Jhang, and Chenab Colony
Chachar	10,079	Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan
Randhawa	9,617	Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Gujranwala and Sialkot
Chhina	8,492	Lahore, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gujrat, Rawalpindi, Mianwali, Chenab Colony and Dera Ghazi Khan
Panwar or Puar	7,900	Bahawalpur and Firuzpur
Chelar	7,529	Bahawalpur
Babbar	6,657	Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Muzaffargarh
Kang	6,580	Patiala, Lahore, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gujrat, Multan, Muzaffargarh and Chenab Colony
Sandhel	6,215	Dera Ghazi Khan, Mianwali, Muzaffargarh, Bahawalpur
Maan	5,939	Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Chenab Colony
Aulakh	5,838	Lahore, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Amritsar, and Jallandhar
Sarai	5,746	Lahore, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Ambala and Jallandhar
Janjua	5,394	Mianwali, Muzaffargarh and Dera Ghazi Khan
Jodhra	5,157	Attock
Mangat	5000	Patiala, Ludhiana, Gujrat, Gujranwala and Sialkot
Autrah	4,962	Multan, Mianwali and Muzaffargarh
Ghallu	4.906	Multan, Muzaffargarh and Bahawalpur
Buttar	4,923	Dera Ghazi Khan, Ludhiana, Firuzpur, Lahore, Gurdaspur, Gujranwala and Sialkot
Dhariwal	4,884	Ambala, Hissar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot and Chenab Colony
Chahal	4,466	Ambala, Ludhiana, Firuzpur, Amritsar, Lahore, Gurdaspur, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Chenab Colony
Sahu	4,294	Multan and Muzaffargarh
Dosanjh	4,198	Kapurthala and Jalandhar
Sial	4,169	Rawalpindi and Mianwali
Jakhar	4,165	Hissar, Firuzpur, Bahawalpur, Mianwali, Montgomery, and Multan
Lak	3,971	Shahpur, Jhang, Chenab Colony, Muzaffargarh and Dera Ghazi Khan
Bhullar	3,905	Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar and Lahore
Naij	3,894	Bahawalpur
Bohar	3,833	Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan
Khaki	3,801	Multan, Muzaffargarh and Bahawalpur
Khokhar	3,735	Gujranwala
Malana	3,609	Muzaffargarh and Dera Ghazi Khan
Dahya	3,602	Ambala, Bahawalpur, Hissar, Karnal, Rohtak and Delhi
Mohana	3,591	Dera Ghazi Khan
Deo / Dev	3,549	Ludhiana, Patiala, Amritsar, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Mianwali and Chenab Colony
Lodike	3,269	Gujranwala
Malak	3,264	Bahawalpur
Atwal	3,200	Jalandhar and Amritsar
Lali	3,137	Shahpur and Jhang
Samma	3,084	Bahawalpur
Kharal	3,046	Gujranwala
Kalru	2,956	Multan and Muzaffargarh
Kanyal	2,944	Rawalpindi and Jhelum
Khera or Khaira	2,942	Lahore, Amritsar and Sialkot
Sahotra	2,805	Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar and Chenab Colony
Maitla	2,765	Dera Ghazi Khan and Multan
Phor	2,738	Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan
Lakaul	2,675	Muzaffargarh and Dera Ghazi Khan
Dhotar	2,545	Gujranwala and Gujrat
Gondal	2,508	Jhelum, Rawalpindi and Chenab Colony
Bassi	2,449	Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Sohal	2,383	Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Sialkot
Sangi	2,338	Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Firuzpur and Kapurthala
Naul	2,311	Jhang
Aura	2,329	Rawalpindi
Kalasra	2,284	Mianwali and Muzaffargarh
Bahiniwal / Wahiniwal	2,227	Montgomery, Hissar, Rohtak and Firuzpur
Daha	2,222	Muzaffargarh, Multan and Bahawalpur
Dhamial	2,209	Rawalpindi and Jhelum
Johal	2,199	Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar and Chenab Colony
Nonari	2,086	Multan, Muzaffargarh, Montgomery and Bahawalpur
Channar	1,959	Multan and Bahawalpur
Lang	1,873	Multan
Mahil	1,861	Ambala, Hoshiarpur and Amritsar
Nanwai	1,833	Bahawalpur
Uttera	1,817	Multan and Bahawalpur
Kalial	1,791	Rawalpindi
Sudhan	1,765	Rawalpindi
Pannun	1,752	Amritsar, Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Chenab Colony
Chhajra	1,648	Dera Ghazi Khan
Barra	1,597	Dera Ghazi Khan
Bhachar	1,588	Mianwali
Jakhlan	1,584	Dera Ghazi Khan
Kalwar	1,582	Bahawalpur
Khatreel	1,578	Rawalpindi
Rehan	1,573	Jhang and Shahpur
Hans	1,542	Multan, Muzaffargarh and Montgomery
Waseer	1,513	Chenab Colony
Jhammat	1,508	Mianwali and Jhelum
Turk	1,499	Mianwali
Kohawer	1,487	Mianwali
Kahka	1,453	Bahawalpur
Gandhi	1,452	Mianwali
Bal	1,439	Sialkot, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Lahore, Jalandhar and Ludhiana
Marral or Marhal	1,434	Karnal, Patiala and Jhang
Sahmal	1,417	Jhang and Chenab Colony
Tulla	1,403	Sargodha
Asar	1,400	Mianwali
Sanda	1,398	Bahawalpur and Mianwali
Gilotar	1,394	Jhang
Dumra	1,357	Mianwali and Dera Ghazi Khan
Turkhel	1,344	Mianwali
Sekhon	1,335	Gujranwala
Kahu	1,331	Chenab Colony
Dahar / Dahiri	1,327	Bahawalpur
Kalu	1,301	Mianwali
Kalu	1,301	Mianwali
Jhullan	1,285	Bahawalpur
Lohanch	1,275	Mianwali and Muzaffargarh
Wagha	1,273	Chenab Colony
Rawn	1,213	Multan
Bhidwal	1,207	Mianwali
Hanbi	1,207	Dera Ghazi Khan
Bhangu	1,186	Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Chenab Colony
Khandoa	1,168	Mianwali
Chaudhari	1,162	Bahawalpur
Ser	1,144	Mianwali
Uttra	1,145	Mianwali
Kalyar	1,123	Multan
Rawn	1,212	Multan
Talokar	1,096	Mianwali
Jhawari	1,092	Shahpur
Mahe	1,050	Multan
Ganja	1,047	Bahawalpur
Tonwar / Tomar	1,038	Bahawalpur
Dhindsa	1,032	Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot, and Chenab Colony
Kachela	1,010	Multan
Samtia	1,007	Mianwali
Joiya	993	Bahawalpur, Firuzpur and Mianwali
Duran	977	Bahawalpur
Panjootha	966	Shahpur
Grewal	965	Ludhiana
Dhudhi	965	Mianwali
Dhandla	929	Dera Ghazi Khan
Bhaya	923	Bahawalpur
Kajla	922	Dera Ghazi Khan
Hidan	915	Jhang
Dab	908	Jhang
Bar	899	Chenab Colony
Minhas	824	Jhelum
Dakah	823	Bahawalpur
Gorchhar	807	Mianwali
Shajra	796	Multan and Bahawlpur
Bhumla	793	Mianwali
Lar	778	Multan and Muzaffargarh
Mahaar	773	Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur
Kanera	765	Dera Ghazi Khan
Wahla	756	Chenab Colony
Kalhora	725	Bahawalpur
Panuhan	723	Multan
Jora	718	Shahpur
Jappa	706	Jhang
Jatal	703	Rawalpindi
Kolar	661	Bahawalpur
Burana	657	Shahpur
Khichi	651	Bahawalpur
Mahesar	648	Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur
Baghial	647	Rawalpindi
Dhandhu	643	Bahawalpur
Khombra	637	Bahawalpur
Dhamtal	635	Rawalpindi
Manela	628	Bahawalpur
Kanju	626	Multan
Raad	618	Multan
Khatti	612	Dera Ghazi Khan
Butta	610	Chenab Colony
Rajoke	607	Chenab Colony
Mial or Miyal	599	Rawalpindi
Maghial	596	Rawalpindi
Bhakral	585	Jhelum
Pawania	581	Karnal, Hissar and Firuzpur
Lodhra	580	Multan
Pawania	576	Hissar, Karnal and Rohtak
Bedha	572	Mianwali
Masson	563	Bahawalpur
Nissowana	560	Shahpur and Jhang
Ghatwala or Malik	556	Hissar, Karnal, Rohtak and Delhi
Marath	549	Shahpur
Sanghera	544	Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Basra	540	Gurdaspur and Sialkot
Thathaal	534	Rawalpindi, Jhelum and Sialkot
Murali	526	Jhang
Khal	512	Bahawalpur
Bipar	508	Bahawalpur
Dharal	499	Mianwali
Burara	498	Bahawalpur
Kohadar	496	Bahawalpur
Badhan	494	Rawalpindi, Jhelum and Sialkot
Magrial	486	Rawalpindi
Chan	479	Muzaffargarh
Bhutt	475	Bahawalpur
Makwal	473	Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur
Sutera	468	Bahawalpur
Sehwag	462	Karnal and Rohtak
Dasa	459	Bahawalpur
Nain	456	Karnal, Rohtak and Delhi
Jaam	448	Bahawalpur
Sagoo	445	Shahpur (Sargodha)
Rak	435	Multan
Khalne	412	Bahawalpur
Wattu	411	Chenab Colony
Sandi	410	Mianwali
Jhar	402	Dera Ghazi Khan
Deshwal / Deswal	400	Hissar, Gurgaon, Karnal, Rohtak and Delhi
Khar	389	Muzaffargarh
Jaj	382	Chenab Colony
Noon	377	Multan
Dhal	374	Shahpur
Mohal	373	Montgomery and Bahawalpur
Budhwana	366	Mianwali
Rathi	363	Karnal, Rohtak and Delhi
Chauhan	361	Lahore and Amritsar
Gahora	352	Bahawalpur
Gaun	349	Multan
Manais	332	Montgomery
Sahgra	331	Multan
Unnar	329	Bahawalpur
Toor	329	Patiala State
Gangal	325	Rawalpindi
Kathia	320	Montgomery
Matyal	314	Rawalpindi
Athangal	308	Multan
Sarah	300	Firuzpur,
Dona	290	Multan
Kont	288	Bahawalpur
Siroha	281	Rohtak
Mahota	277	Multan
Bucha	275	Multan
Bhagiara	270	Rawalpindi
Gawanis	262	Chenab Colony
Wawana	258	Mianwali
Kalasan	252	Jhang
Jhak	246	Bahawalpur
Hurgan	236	Shahpur
Chauhan-Hamshira	233	Bahawalpur
Tama	231	Jhelum
Hundal	230	Amritsar and Chenab Colony
Mangral	226	Rawalpindi
Hattial	222	Rawalpindi
Suddle	221	Multan
Khehi	219	Bahawalpur
Kudhan	216	Jhang
Kassar	216	Jhelum
Rawana	215	Mianwali
Salhal	215	Rawalpindi
Mangon	204	Jhang
Kasra	204	Jhang
Bhindar	194	Gujranwala
Harrial	194	Rawalpindi
Nehon	184	Bahawalpur
Atar Khel	181	Mianwali
Waghora	173	Mianwali
Godara	170	Karnal, Rohtak and Delhi
Phira	170	Rawalpindi
Pala Khel	169	Mianwali
Balani	167	Chenab Colony
Pandah	165	Multan
Des	158	Mianwali
Markhand	155	Bahawalpur
Hannial	155	Rawalpindi
Mundra	150	Rawalpindi
Targar	150	Jhang
Matmal	149	Jhang
Dagur	148	Gurgaon, Rohtak and Delhi
Kalu Khel	147	Mianwali
Lidhar	141	Amritsar and Chenab Colony
Gallat	138	Rohtak
Phal	135	Rawalpindi
Walana	132	Rawalpindi
Sian	131	Chenab Colony
Birkan	130	Mianwali
Chal	123	Multan
Sangah	123	Bahawalpur
Tatla	117	Chenab Colony
Sahrawat	108	Karnal, Rohtak and Gurgaon
Hasnana	104	Jhang
Khalis	102	Rawalpindi
Narwal	101	Karnal
Dalal	97	Hissar, Gurgaon, Rohtak and Delhi
Bandecha	90	Lahore
Chandhran	76	Multan
Kookara	55	Jhang
Ahlawat	48	Rohtak
Baidwan	47	Ambala
Rohal	44	Karnal and Rohtak
Dhankar	42	Delhi and Rohtak
Sheoran	37	Hissar and Karnal
Salakhlan	25	Rohtak
Gulia	17	Rohtak and Delhi
Sethi	14	Ludhiana
Boparai	13	Ludhiana
Aujla	Malerkotla	11
Kadian	11	Karnal

 

Population of Muslim Jat Clans of British Punjab According to the 1911 Census of India

Bellow is a breakdown of the larger Jat clans by population. I would also the reader to look at my post Major Muslim Jat clans, which gives a brief description of the main clans.

 

Tribe	Population	Distribution
Wariach	66,392	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Gujrat, Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Gondal	62,320	Jhang, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Gujrat, Jhelum, Lahore, Sargodha and Rawalpindi
Cheema	37,076	Multam, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Lahore, Sargodha, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Bhatti	35,289	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Ambala, Lahore, Sahiwal / Okara, Jhelum, Mianwali / Bhakkar, Sargodha, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Khokhar	33,032	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Jhang, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Gujranwala, Sahiwal, Okara, Lahore and Hissar
Sandhu	32,632	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh,Gujrat, Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargo dha, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Kharal	24,702	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Jhang, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sahiwal / Okara, Lahore, Mianwali / Bhakkar, Gujranwala, Sargodha
Bajwa	23,501	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Sargodha, Lahore, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Gill	22,861	Multan, Jhang, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sialkot, Gujtanwala, Lahore, Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Tarar	22,351	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh,Lahore, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Jhelum, Sialkot and Sargodha
Sial	21,251	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Jhang, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh,Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan, Gujrat, Jhelum, Mianwali / Bhakkar, Lahore and Rawalpindi
Chadhar/Chandher	19,396	Multan, Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Jhang, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan, Gujrat, Jhelum, Mianwali / Bhakkar, Muzaffargarh, Sialkot, Sargodha, Lahore, Amritsar, and Firuzpur
Bhutta	17,306	Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Mianwali / Bhakkar, Jhelum, Sargodha
Virk	16,153	Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh,Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha, Amritsar, Ludhiana, and Jalandhar
Ghumman	13,826	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Hanjra	12,844	Jhang, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar
Joiya	12,044	Dera Ghazi Khan, Jhang, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Firuzpur, Sahiwal /Okara, Lahore, Sargodha, Mianwali / Bhakkar
Kahlon	11,942	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Lahore, Gurdaspur Amritsar, and Jalandhar
Chachar	11,783	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Multan
Dhillon	11,561	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Ambala, Ludhiana,Lahore, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Sialkot
Bains /Waince	11,487	Multan, Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Gujrat, Mianwali / Bhakkar, Jhelum, Sargodha, Ambala, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Chhina	10,424	Dera Ghazi Khan, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh,Gujranwala, Sialkot, Lahore, Sargodha, Mianwali / Bhakkar,Rawalpindi, Gurdaspur, Amritsar, and Jalandhar
Thaheem	10,088	Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Sargodha, Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan and Multan
Khichi	10,067	Jhang, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan, Sargodha and Multan
Harral	9,553	Jhang, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Jhelum, Sargodha and Gujranwala
Randhawa	9,261	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Gujranwala, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Goraya	8,707	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Sargodha, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, and Jalandhar
Panwar or Puar	8,568	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan
Nonari	8,236	Jhang, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh,Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan, Muzaffargarh / Layyah and Multan
Sahi	7,947	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Mianwali / Bhakkar, Lahore, Gujrat, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Sidhu	7,856	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Langah	7,766	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Sargodha, Mianwali / Bhakkar and Multan
Soomra	7,742	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Mianwali and Multan
Thathaal	7,550	Gujrat, Sialkot, Jhelum, Gurdaspur and Rawalpindi
Ranjha	7,536	Sargodha
Bulla	6,691	Multan
Babbar	6,657	Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh
Noon	6,493	Multan, Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Jhang, and Sargodha – most Noon in Sargodha declared themselves to be Rajput
Awan	6,232	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sialkot, Gurdaspur and Lahore
Dhamial	6,232	Jhelum and Rawalpindi
Daha	6,041	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh
Heer	6,013	Dera Ghazi Khan, Jhang, Sialkot, Lahore, Gujrat, Mianwali / Bhakkar, Sargodha, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Chatha	5,963	Multan, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Muzaffargarh, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Sipra	5,886	Jhang, Faisalabad, Gujrat, Gujranwala and Multan
Lak	5,803	Dera Ghazi Khan, Jhang, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sargodha
Mekan	5,435	Sargodha
Ghallu	5,313	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Muzaffargarh, Mianwali
Bohar	5,308	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan,Dera Ghazi Khan
Bab	5,257	Dera Ghazi Khan
Parhar	5,118	Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargah, Jhang, Bhakkar, Sargodha and Multan
Bassi	5,090	Kapurthala and Jalandhar
Maan	4,955	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Gurdaspur, Gujranwala, Lahore, Hissar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Dhudhi	4,903	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Jhang, Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan, Jhelum, Mianwali / Bhakkar, Sargodha
Langrial	4,489	Multan, Rawalpindi, Sialkot and Gujrat
Mahra	4,810	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Jhang and Multan
Bangial	4,798	Jhelum, Rawalpindi, Sialkot and Gujrat
Dhariwal	4,449	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Ambala, Amritsar, Gujranwala, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Ludhiana, Sialkot Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Naich	4,379	Dera Ghazi Khan
Manjotha	4,348	Dera Ghazi Khan
Mahaar	4,277	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan,Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan
Aulakh	4,245	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Mianwali, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Malak	4,042	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Basra	4,041	Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar
Jhammat	4,030	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Mianwali / Bhakkar, Jhelum
Chahal	4,024	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Gujranwala, Ambala, Lahore, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Khera or Khaira	3,958	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Chauhan	3,910	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Faisalabad, Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan, Gujrat, Lahore and Patiala State
Kang	3,887	Ambala, Amritsar, Gujrat, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh / Layyah, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Sialkot
Sahu	3,864	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Faisalabad, Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan, Muzaffargarh
Maij	3,786	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Mallana	3,771	Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Mianwali
Sandhila	4,566	Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Mianwali and Multan
Chaughata	3,728	Multan and Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Kanyal	3,527	Mianwali / Bhakkar, Jhelum and Rawalpindi
Kalyal	3,168	Jhelum and Rawalpindi
Bilar	3,147	Multan
Buttar	3,067	Dera Ghazi Khan, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Sahotra	3,035	Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Ambala, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Targar	3,011	Mianwali
Mangat	2,962	Ambala, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Sujal	2,954	Sargodha
Janjua	2,876	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Mianwali / Bhakkar,Muzaffargarh / Layyah, Hoshiarpur and Patiala State – most Janjua declared themselves as Rajputs
Sarai	2,827	Sialkot, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Lang	2,715	Multan
Lakaul	2,675	Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh
Lodike	2,675	Gujranwala
Rawn	2,616	Multan
Hans	2,573	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Muzaffargarh, Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan
Khak	3,161	Multan, Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Sialkot, and Gurdaspur
Bhullar	2,544	Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Kachela	2,517	Dera Ghazi Khan and Multan
Wehi	2,509	Multan
Arar	2,478	Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan, Mianwali / Bhakkar
Dosanjh	2,473	Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Atwal	2,430	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Ambala, Ludhiana, Gurdaspur Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Khakhi	2,418	Muzaffargarh and Multan
Kallu	2,403	Mianwali / Bhakkar, Sialkot, and Gurdaspur
Uttera	2,392	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan and Lodhran
Jajularu	2,379	Multan
Asar	2,352	Mianwali
Lali	2,324	Jhang, Sargodha
Dhaku	2,295	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan,Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan, Sargodha
Lurka	2,288	Faisalabad
Waseer	2,266	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh and Multan
Auler Khel	2,244	Mianwali
Rajoke	2,243	Jhang, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh
Dhal	2,210	Mianwali / Bhakkar, Sargodha
Arain	2,192	Multan
Bhakral	2,147	Jhelum
Chapal	2,120	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Jakhar	2,275	Multan, Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan, Mianwali/ Bhakkar, Firuzpur, and Hissar
Lona	2,062	Jhang, Faisalabad
Sambar	2,030	Dera Ghazi Khan
Khatril	2,004	Rawalpindi
Sohal	1,985	Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Sargodha, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Deo	1,961	Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Barra	1,927	Dera Ghazi Khan
Aulara	1,915	Mianwali
Pannun	1,914	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Gujranwala, Lahore, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Rehan	1,880	Sargodha
Khar	1,853	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Mianwali, Bhakkar/Layyah
Nanwa	1,833	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Nagyal	1,830	Jhelum
Bhasa	1,829	Multan
Raya	1,790	Jhelum
Bhachar	1,719	Mianwali
Marral	1,705	Jhang,Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Changar	1,704	Faisalabad and Dera Ghazi Khan
Wattu	1,695	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh
Tonwar / Tomar	1,691	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan – outside Bahawalpur almost all the Tonwar declared themselves as Rajput
Kalsan	1,690	Jhang, Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan
Wahla	1,688	Faisalabad, Sialkot, and Gurdaspur
Panwat	1,676	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Jammun	1,657	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Malil	1,633	Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan
Larsan	1,609	Multan
Jajalani	1,571	Dera Ghazi Khan
Makwal	1,564	Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Bhamb	1,552	Sargodha
Chhajra	1,507	Mianwali and Dera Ghazi Khan
Gilotar	1,497	Jhang
Kalru	1,488	Muzaffargarh
Mahun	1,471	Jhang
Jora	1,457	Mianwali / Bhakkar, Sargodha
Dahya	1,391	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Hissar, Ambala – most Dahya declared themselves as Rajputs
Kundi	1,338	Mianwali
Wasli	1,327	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh and Multan
Tulla	1,311	Sargodha
Dahar or Dahiri	1,307	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Dakhna	1,303	Dera Ghazi Khan
Kalasra	1,281	Muzaffargarh
Talokar	1,274	Mianwali
Kalwar	1,271	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan – outside Bahawalpur most Kalwar registered themselves as a seperate caste
Gujar	1,265	Jhang
Mekan	1,229	Jhelum
Bhidwal	1,295	Mianwali
Jhullan	1,285	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Parohe	1,253	Multan
Nourangi	1,247	Multan
Bahiniwal	1,225	Hissar, Karnal and Rohtak
Dawana	1,210	Multan
Chani	1,204	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan
Khatarmal	1,184	Jhelum
Bagwar	1,179	Multan
Ghagar	1,177	Multan
Mahla	1,160	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Sangi	1,159	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Matyal	1,147	Jhelum
Khinger	1,146	Jhelum
Tatri	1,122	Sargodha
Johal	1,115	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Gurdaspur, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Aheer	1,101	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Sargodha
Jhawari	1,092	Sargodha
Sadraj	1,091	Multan
Bar	1,084	Faisalabad
Dhar	1,074	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Samma	1,072	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Kanera	1,071	Dera Ghazi Khan, Mianwali
Aishiani	1,058	Dera Ghazi Khan
Khat	1,055	Sargodha
Gorchhi	1,054	Mianwali
Gangal	1,049	Jhelum
Gauja	1,047	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Kudhan	1,045	Jhang
Pansota	1,041	Faisalabad
Dara	1,040	Multan
Kalhora	1,031	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Thabal	1,019	Jhang
Naul	1,630	Jhang and Multan
Sahmal	994	Jhang
Lodhra	985	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Sandi	981	Mianwali
Duran	977	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Chachakar	974	Multan
Sadhari	974	Multan
Grewal	962	Ludhiana
Shakhani	961	Dera Ghazi Khan
Sandal	960	Multan
Chozan	958	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Maru	956	Jhang
Dhandla	949	Dera Ghazi Khan
Chimar	947	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Samitah	943	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Kamoka	943	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh
Burana	935	Sargodha
Maho	934	Multan
Siana	933	Multan
Chanal	919	Multan
Hidan	914	Jhang
Katwal	912	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Batwani	895	Dera Ghazi Khan
Samdana	895	Dera Ghazi Khan
Kakrial	894	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Pumma	893	Mianwali
Samra	880	Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Gujranwala, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Phor	867	Dera Ghazi Khan
Kalera	855	Sargodha
Dhandu	844	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Autrah	843	Muzaffargarh
Domra	822	Dera Ghazi Khan
Pattiwala	816	Multan
Awrah	814	Jhang
Badhan	813	Gujrat, Ambala and Karnal
Ghatwala also known as Malik	808	Karnal and Rohtak
Basar	807	Multan
Baghoor	807	Sargodha
Phaphra	802	Jhelum
Sattar	801	Jhang
Koral	794	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Jaam	788	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Gujjral	788	Jhelum
Darakhe	785	Dera Ghazi Khan
Wahiniwal	782	Faisalabad
Lar	778	Muzaffargarh
Unu	777	Mianwali
Maitla	776	Dera Ghazi Khan
Chavan	775	Multan
Hanbi	769	Dera Ghazi Khan
Langra	766	Multan
Sailigar	757	Multan
Natt	755	Sialkot, and Gurdaspur
Parkar	753	Multan
Bandechha	750	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Amritsar
Dahral	738	Sargodha
Khanda	734	Jhelum
Hujjan	733	Dera Ghazi Khan
Atral	733	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Bhatia	733	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Hundal	725	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh, Amritsar
Khaloti	720	Dera Ghazi Khan
Otrai	718	Dera Ghazi Khan
Kalyar	715	Sargodha
Sagoo	715	Sargodha
Jatal	710	Jhelum
Ghogha	710	Jhelum
Hatiar	691	Sargodha
Hansi	691	Mianwali
Dangar	689	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Rongia	689	Multan
Kamboh	679	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan – outside Bahawalpur, almost all Kamboh registered themselves as a separate caste
Jhandir	679	Sahiwal /Okara / Pakpattan
Kanwan	678	Jhang
Suddle	674	Multan
Shaikha	674	Multan
Mahran	673	Multan
Mohana	663	Dera Ghazi Khan
Makkal	662	Mianwali
Asran	662	Mianwali
Mahesar	648	Dera Ghazi Khan
Mangil	656	Dera Ghazi Khan
Sangra	653	Mianwali
Khoti	646	Jhelum
Dhol	638	Dera Ghazi Khan
Bhadro	638	Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan
Kaloke	638	Rawalpindi
Khombra	637	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Ganda	637	Rawalpindi
Ghani	628	Dera Ghazi Khan
Manela	628	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Dhindsa	627	Sialkot, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Bhangu	625	Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Jandral	618	Jhelum
Ruk	618	Multan
Tama	617	Jhelum
Lidhar	614	Sialkot, Gurdaspur and Lahore
Khatti	612	Dera Ghazi Khan
Aura	610	Rawalpindi
Chandram	608	Multan
Bagar	602	Multan
Sapral	600	Sahiwal / Okara / Pakpattan
Kalhar	600	Mianwali
Samachi	599	Multan
Panjootha	596	Sargodha
Ghorhawal	591	Mianwali
Bhander	589	Sargodha
Chahura	587	Mianwali
Bagril	586	Gujrat
Athar	581	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Pukhowara	581	Multan
Hariar	579	Jhelum
Lapra	579	Multan
Brakha	579	Sargodha
Charal	578	Multan
Rayar	578	Sialkot, and Gurdaspur
Sandrana	577	Sargodha
Serwal	572	Jhelum
Jangal	572	Jhelum
Kajla	558	Dera Ghazi Khan
Kande	557	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Kabru	554	Dera Ghazi Khan
Jarola	550	Sargodha
Samri	549	Multan
Marath	548	Sargodha
Joota	544	Jhelum
Saand	544	Mianwali
Hindan	541	Rawalpindi
Kathal	538	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Jandi	538	Sialkot, and Gurdaspur
Masson	537	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Jauson	531	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh
Malhan	529	Dera Ghazi Khan
Kalia	525	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Bir	524	Multan
Meo	524	Dera Ghazi Khan – the relation of the Meo Jat of Dera Ghazi Khan and the Meo caste in Gurgaon, Alwar and Bharatpur is unclear. The Meo Jat claim an Arab origin
Samtia	524	Mianwali
Sansi	522	Gujranwala and Lahore
Dhamtal	520	Rawalpindi
Chhaj	510	Faisalabad
Bipar	508	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Chawali	506	Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan
Khinge	506	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh
Nissowana	505	Sargodha
Bhawan	503	Sargodha
Barar	501	Dera Ghazi Khan
Mahi	498	Multan
Kohawer	496	Mianwali
Gadri	490	Sialkot and Gurdaspur
Minhas	457	Jhelum
Sanghera	418	Ambala, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Chuna	415	Sialkot, and Gurdaspur
Mandahar	401	Patiala State
Nagra	366	Sialkot and Gurdaspur
Batth	340	Lahore
Deshwal	321	Hissar, Karnal and Rohtak/td>
Kalair	312	Faisalabad / Toba Tek Singh
Godara	309	Hissar / Patiala State
Ghahi	301	Multan
Bal	298	Sialkot, Gurdaspur, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Marhal also sometimes called Mandal	280	Patiala State and Karnal – Muslim Nawabs of Karnal belonged to this tribe
Auntal	274	Jalandhar and Ludhiana
Ves	274	Sargodha
Turkhel	255	Mianwali
Panghal	229	Hissar, Karnal and Rohtak
Janjhar	223	Patiala State
Jhalli	219	Patiala State
Tiwana	216	Patiala State – most Tiwana declared themselves as Rajputs
Punia	213	Hissar / Patiala State
Pawania	207	Hissar, Karnal and Patiala State
Billan	205	Patiala State
Malhi	205	Lahore, Sialkot, and Gurdaspur
Raad	201	Multan
Narwal	191	Hissar
Sudhan	175	Rawalpindi
Mami	166	Sialkot, and Gurdaspur
Uppal	163	Faisalabad, Lahore, Gujranwala and Patiala State
Nain	162	Hissar, Karnal and Rohtak
Sekhon	155	Lahore
Padda	151	Sialkot, and Gurdaspur
Jawana	150	Patiala State
Shajra	144	Multan
Rathi	144	Karnal and Hissar
Dhandhe	141	Patiala State
Mahil	134	Sialkot, Lahore, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala
Maalta	121	Multan
Basati	120	Patiala State
Raparia	119	Patiala State / Hissar
Sunar	107	Rohtak
Aujla	107	Jalandhar
Bore	102	Patiala State
Bandar / Wandar	100	Firuzpur, Hissar and Sirsa
Baghial	96	Rawalpindi
Kali Rauni	95	Patiala State
Dohan	83	Hissar
Gandhu	77	Patiala State
Gadra	77	Patiala State
Gulia	71	Patiala State
Ahlawat	70	Hissar, Karnal and Rohtak
Bola	70	Hissar and Patiala State
Maghial	69	Rawalpindi
Khatri	68	Sonepat, Karnal and Rohtak
Sodhi	65	Patiala State
Baidwan	61	Karnal and Hissar
Mander	59	Patiala State
Sarwara	58	Patiala State
Phogat	57	Patiala State
Dabdal	51	Hissar
Hari	49	Patiala State
Gurne	48	Patiala State
Boria	46	Rawalpindi
Dhauker	45	Patiala State
Sheoran	43	Hissar
Lahar	43	Patiala State
Sohi	42	Patiala State
Mandi	41	Patiala State
Narwan	41	Patiala State
Narwan	41	Patiala State
Sawaich	40	Hissar
Sangi	38	Firuzpur
Rattiwal	37	Patiala State
Jawanda	34	Patiala State
Dandiwal	34	Hissar
Bator	33	Patiala State
Tarka	30	Patiala State
Rai	29	Firuzpur
Chanhan	26	Hissar
Mial	25	Rawalpindi
Kandoe	24	Patiala State
Sehwag	24	Hissar
Maindal	22	Patiala State
Mahla	22	Hissar
Bagar	21	Patiala State
Gailan	20	Hissar
Phogat	20	Patiala State
Jassar	19	Patiala State
Sarao	13	Patiala State
Dullat	13	Patiala State
Jaglan	11	Hissar
Chande	10	Patiala State
Bandhel	10	Patiala State
Lahar	10	Hissar
Dhawe	10	Patiala State
Dalal	10	Rohtak
Khandi	9	Hissar
Boparai	9	Gurdaspur
Saran	7	Rohtak
Dagur	2	Gurgaon – a few families of Muley Jats