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Jat Muslim or Musalman Jat (Punjabi: جٹ مسلمان; Sindhi: مسلمان جاٽ), also spelled Jatt or Jutt (Punjabi pronunciation: [d͡ʒəʈːᵊ]), are an elastic and diverse [1] ethno-social subgroup of the Jat people, who are composed of followers of Islam and are native to the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. [2]
Khokhar (Urdu: کھوکھر) is a historical Punjabi tribe primarily native to the Pothohar Plateau of Pakistani Punjab. Khokhars are also found in the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana. [1] Khokhars predominantly follow Islam, having converted to Islam from Hinduism after coming under the influence of Baba Farid. [1] [2] [3]
Pind Jata (Urdu: پنڈ جاٹا, romanized: pinḍ jāṭā) is a village situated near the outskirts of the town of Dina in the district of Jhelum in the Pakistani province of Punjab. The word pind means "village" in the Punjabi language, and jata refers to the Jatt tribe which is prominent in the area where Pind Jata is situated, so Pind ...
Khar (Punjabi: کھر) is a Punjabi Jat tribe found in Pakistan and is considered among the prominent tribes of Muzaffargarh District. [1] They are a branch of the larger Kharal tribe [ 2 ] and multiple legends exist as to why their name was shortened from Kharal to Khar .
Kharal tribesman of Gogairah. The Kharals predominantly inhabit the western plains of Punjab that lie below the Salt Range and its surrounding areas. [citation needed] The Kharals seem to be most concentrated in the Ravi River Valley between Lahore and the former Montgomery District, this corresponds well to Ain-i-Akbari (1595 CE) listing of Kharal Zamindaris in different Parganas.
The Jat people, also spelt Jaat and Jatt, [1] are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. [2] [3] [4] [a] [b] [c] Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory, northeastern Rajputana, and the western Gangetic Plain in the 17th and ...
Bajwa (Punjabi: ਬਾਜਵਾ ; باجوہ ) is a Jat surname and tribe name commonly found among the Sikhs, Muslims of the Punjab region in India and Pakistan. [ 1 ] Notable people bearing the Bajwa name, who may or may not be affiliated with the clan, include:
Misl or sikh confederacy literal meaning (“fighting clan or fighting band”) which ruled over Punjab region after decline of Mughal Empire, however most of them were founded by Jats. [citation needed] Phulkian Confederacy [27] (Sidhu Jats) Kanhaiya Confederacy [28] (Sandhu Jats) Nakai Confederacy [29] (Sandhu Jats) Shaheedan Confederacy [30 ...