List of Jat clans of West Punjab - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Jat Muslims or Musalman Jats or Muley Jat are an Indo-Aryan

Indo-Aryans

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tribal grouping found throughout the Punjab region

Punjab region

The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...

of Pakistan and India, with many different sub-castes such as Bhatti, Cheema, Warraich, Brar, Rana, Niara, etc., as well as in western Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

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and Gujarat in India, and the provinces of Sindh

Sindh

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and Baluchistan in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir

Azad Kashmir

Azad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir...

. Some Jats

Jat people

The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...

, who originally were Hindus, starting converting to Islam from the early Middle Ages

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onward, and now form the distinct community of Muslim Jats. The Jats constitute one of the most diverse communities in South Asia

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. and in India are found in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. They speak Balochi

Balochi language

Balochi is a Northwestern Iranian language. It is the principal language of the Baloch of Balochistan, Pakistan, eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan. It is also spoken as a second language by some Brahui. It is designated as one of nine official languages of Pakistan.-Vowels:The Balochi vowel...

, Hindi, Kutchi

Kutchi language

Kachhi Kachhi Kachhi (also spelt Cutchi, Kutchhi or Kachchhi, is an Indo-Aryan Language spoken in the Kutch region of the Indian state of Gujarat as well as in Sindh.- Closely related languages :...

, Pahari, Pothohari

Pothohari language

Potwari , also known as Potohari ), is a rich north Indian sub-continent dialect spoken in the Pothohar Plateau around Rawalpindi, Kahuta, Gujar Khan, Jehlum, up to Gujrat in the south and Chakwal in the West, Hazara in the north, Azad Kashmir in the east and also by Sikhs from the Pothohar...

, Punjabi

Punjabi language

Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...

, Saraiki

Saraiki language

Saraiki , transliterated as Sirāikī and sometimes spelled Seraiki and Saraiki, is a standardized written language of Pakistan belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages. It is a language spoken in the heart of Pakistan...

, Sindhi

Sindhi language

Sindhi is the language of the Sindh region of Pakistan that is spoken by the Sindhi people. In India, it is among 22 constitutionally recognized languages, where Sindhis are a sizeable minority. It is spoken by 53,410,910 people in Pakistan, according to the national government's Statistics Division...

and Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

, depending on their location. It is important to note that each Jat community presents unique cultural characteristics, which makes it difficult to generalise about the Jat culturally.

Origin of the Jat people

The Hindu mythological account in Deva Samhita
Deva Samhita
Deva Samhita or Devasamhita is a collection of Sanskrit hymns by Gorakh Sinha during the early medieval period. It propounded the theory of Origin of Jats from Shiva's Locks. Devasamhita records an account of the Origin of the Jats in the form of discussion between Shiva and Parvati expressed...

text traces the origin of Jat people to Lord Shiva

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

's locks (see Origin of Jat people from Shiva's Locks

Origin of Jat people from Shiva's Locks

The mythological account of Origin of Jat people from Shiva's Locks was propounded by the author of Deva Samhita. Deva Samhita,,,Thakur Deshraj, Jat Itihas, 1934, p. 85-86 is a collection of Sanskrit hymns by Gorakh Sinha during the early medieval period...

), while the earliest mention of the Jat people is in a Pali

Páli

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inscription dated to AD 541 (as Jit).

Conversion of the Jats to Islam

When Arab

Arab

Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...

s entered Sindh in the seventh century, the chief tribal groupings they found were the Jats and Meds. These Jats are often referred as Zotts in early Arab writings. The Jats were the earliest converts to Islam, and many were employed as soldiers by the new Arab Muslim administration in Sindh. The Muslim conquest chronicles further point at the important concentrations of Jats in towns and fortresses of Lower and Central Sindh. Many of these Jat were said to be pastoral nomads, inhabiting the Indus Delta region. It is this region which is still home to a large community of cattle rearing Jat clans.

Between the 10th and the 13th Century, there was large immigration of Jat groups from Sindh northwards to Punjab and eastwards towards what is now Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

. Many Jat clans initially settled in a region known as the Bar country, which referred to the country between the rivers of Punjab, thinly populated with scanty rainfall which accommodated a type of pastoral nomadism which was based primary on the rearing of goats and camels. Between the 11th and the 13th Century, the Jats became essentially a peasant population, taking advantage in the growth of irrigation. As these Jats became converted to peasant farmers, they also started to become Muslims. Most Jats clans of western Punjab have traditions that they accepted Islam at the hands of two famous Sufi saints of Punjab, Shaikh Faridudin Ganj Shaker of Pakpattan

Pakpattan

Pakpattan is the capital city of the Pakpattan District in the Sahiwal Division in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Pakpattan is one of the ancient cities of Pakistan. It is the city that has the shrine of the well-known Sufi of all times, Baba Fareed...

or his contemporary Baha Al Haq Zakiriya of Multan

Multan

Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...

. In reality the process of conversion was said to much a slower process. In the territory that now forms the Indian state of Punjab, conversion was said to have occurred from the time of the Mughal Emperor

Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire ,‎ or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...

Akbar. Different groups of Jats have different traditions as to their conversion to Islam in this region. For example the Jats of Nawanshahr had a tradition that their ancestor was one Mahr Mitha who ruled at Patti in what is now Kasur District

Kasur District

Kasur District or Qasur District is one of the districts in the province of Punjab, Pakistan It came into existence on 1 July 1976. Earlier it was part of Lahore District....

. Mahr Mitha was said to have converted to Islam during the rule of Akbar, and as result of conversion, his clansmen followed his example. In neighbouring Ludhiana district

Ludhiana District

-Rainfall:The rainfall in the district increases from the southwest toward the northeast. About 70% of the rainfall is received during the period of July through September...

, all the conversion were said to have occurred during the rule of the Mughal Emperor

Mughal Empire

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Aurangzeb

Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir , more commonly known as Aurangzeb or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir , was the sixth Mughal Emperor of India, whose reign lasted from 1658 until his death in 1707.Badshah Aurangzeb, having ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for nearly...

. With many clans only sections converted, and this was seen in the large Garewal clan, who were Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

in Samrala

Samrala

Samrala is a city and a municipal council in Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is about 35 km east of the district headquarters Ludhiana, on the highway to Chandigarh. Samrala is a Class III Municipality.-Geography:...

, while in the northern parts of Ludhiana District were exclusively Sikh

Sikh

A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...

.

This process of incremental conversion was seen by the presence of members of a particular clan, some who had become Sikh while others had converted to Islam. In the plains and high plateau of Punjab, there are many communities of Jat, some of whom had converted to Islam by the 19th Century, while others had become Sikh. As a result, some clans such as the Virk

Virk

Virk Wirk Birk Vrik Varika is a gotra of the Jat clan found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. Typically, Virks are tall, thin and fair-skinned. In western Punjab, Virks are supposed to belong to the Mahe dynasty and Manhas or Minhas are considered to be brethren of the Virks. Birk...

are largely Muslim, while others such as Pannu

Pannu

Pannu is the clan name of primarily Hindu and Sikh , Muslim Jat clan found primarily in Northern India, Delhi ,Sonepat,Hissar etc and in Amritsar and Hoshiarpur districts of Punjab...

n and Bal

Bal

The Bal surname, of differing origins, is common among several communities.-History and origin:Bals are descendents of Indo-Aryan tribes. According to the Mahabharata they are the descendents of Bhagat Prahlada's grandson Raja Bali .-Distribution in India:*Several people belonging to this Jat...

have Muslim branches, but are largely Sikh. According 1901 Census of India, the Muslim Jats numbered 1,957,000, while Hindu Jats numbered 1,595,000 and Sikh Jats numbered 1,390,00 in the Punjab.

Social Organization

In some parts of Pakistan, the word Jat is synonymous with agriculturist, this is especially the case in the Seraiki speaking south west of Punjab. The Jat Muslims are organized into thousands of clans, referred to as got or sometimes gotra

Gotra

In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...

, tracing their descent through paternal lines, often to common distant male ancestor. In Multan District

Multan District

Multan District is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 3,116,851 of which 41.64% were urban. Its capital is the city of Multan....

, the 1881 Census of India found more than 368 clans. Those Muslim Jat settled in the Punjab tend to farmers, while in other regions such Sindh and Kutch they include pastoralist.

Muslim Jat in Folklore

Muslim Jats gave birth to romances such as Heer Ranjha

Heer Ranjha

For 1970 Hindi movie of same name and characters, see Heer Raanjha.Heer Ranjha is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab. The other three are Mirza Sahiba, Sassi Punnun and Sohni Mahiwal. There are several poetic narrations of the story, the most famous being 'Heer' by Waris Shah...

and Mirza Sahiba

Mirza Sahiba

Mirza Sahiba is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab. Heer Ranjha and Mirza Sahiba, including Sohni Mahiwal and Sassi Punnun are the four tales from Punjab, narrated in Punjabi...

which are sung by all Jats and have been immortalised in Waris Shah

Waris Shah

Waris Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, renowned for his contribution to Punjabi literature. He is best-known for his seminal work Heer Ranjha, based on the traditional folk tale of Heer and her lover Ranjha. Heer is considered one of the quintessential works of classical Punjabi literature...

s poetry book Heer that tells the story of the love of Heer and her lover Ranjha.

Distribution

Historically, Muslim Jat clans predominated in western Punjab

Punjab region

, in areas which now are found in Pakistan.

The Pothohar region is home to many tribes with multiple identities. For example, Dhamial, Janjua, Langrial

Langrial (tribe)

-History and origin:The Langrial are found throughout Punjab, the tribe has different traditions to its origin, depending on the region it inhabits.The Multan Langrial, claim descent from a Brahmin of Bikaner...

, Chhina

Chhina

Chhina is a Jat clan of India and Pakistan.-Traditional origin and history:According to Horace Rose, the Bahawalpur Chhina genealogy gives them common origin with the Wattu. They claim origin from Chhina, a descendant of Jaypal, the brother of Rajpal, from whom are descended the Wattu. The Muslim...

, Nathyal

Nathyal

The Nathyal are a tribe of Rajputs and Jats found principally in the Potohar region of Punjab, Pakistan, Azad Kashmir, and Jammu.-History and origins:...

and Bangial

Bangial

The Bangial, or sometime spelt Bangyal are a tribe of Rajputs found principally in the Potohar region of Punjab, Pakistan. They also to be a found in the Jhelum, Gujrat and Gujranwala districts of the Punjab.-History and origins:...

would in some instances call themselves Rajput

Rajput

A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...

s, and other instances call themselves Jats. In Jhelum District, Jat identity was fairly strong, and these tribes tend to consider themselves Jats.

In the Bar regions, i.e., the plains between Ravi

Ravi River

The Ravi is a trans-boundary river flowing through Northwestern India and eastern Pakistan. It is one of the six rivers of the Indus System in Punjab region ....

and Chenab rivers (the Sandal Bar

Sandal Bar

The Sandal Bar is a region between the rivers Chenab and Ravi in Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the Rechna Doab. It spreads over almost 80 km in width and 40 km in length . "Bar", in the local language, means a forested area where there are no resources for cultivation, like water...

, Kirana Bar

Kirana Bar

Kirana Bar is a portion of the Chej Doáb, it takes its name from the Kirana Hills found here. The hills are not, as generally supposed, outliers of the Salt Range This region is divided between the Sargodha and Jhang districts of Punjab, Pakistan...

and Neeli Bar

Neeli Bar

Neeli Bar is a geographical region in Punjab, Pakistan. It is between the rivers Ravi and Satluj. "Bar" is the name given to areas in Punjab which were thick forests before the arrival of the modern canal irrigation system. Its soil is very fertile, as this plain is formed by the mud that has been...

), the term Jat referred to any nomadic pastoralist, and the Kharal

Kharal

-History:Kharal are Panwar Rajputs. Panwar is Sub division of Paramara Rajputs.The Paramara belongs to the Agnivansha of Rajputs....

, Wattu

Wattu

The Wattoo or Wattu are Muslim Rajput tribe found in Punjab, Pakistan.-History and origin:Accoding to some traditions, the Wattoo are descended from a Rajah Junhar, a descendant of the famous Raja Salvahan of Sialkot. This Raja Junhar settled in Bhatner, where he had two sons, Jaipal and Rajpal...

, Manes

Manes

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, Sial

Sial

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s, Kathia

Kathia

The Kathia are a rajput Muslim tribe, found in Punjab, Pakistan. According to the Census of India 1931, their male population numbered 1,600.-Locality:...

and Johiya

Johiya

Johiya , also known as Joia, Joiya, Joyia, Joya, Joyea, and Joeya, is a Chandravanshi Rajput clan in Northern India and Pakistan. The Johiyas are one of the twenty-four undivided Rajput clans or eka. In ancient chronicles, they are described as "Lords of Jangladesh", a region that included Haryana,...

would sometimes call themselves Rajputs, sometimes Jat. The Waseer

Waseer

The Waseer are a Jat tribe found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.- Origin :The Waseer were a nomadic tribe found in the Sandal Bar region of Punjab, and according to their traditions, are of Panwar Rajput ancestry. They claim descent from Wasir, who was converted to Islam at the hands of the...

, Dhami

Dhami

Dhami, also known as Halog, was a Princely State in India and a part of one of the Punjab Hill States. In 1941 it had an area of and a population of 5,114 people. In 1948 Dhami was made a part of Himachal Pradesh....

and Wahiniwal

Wahiniwal

The Wahniwal are Muslim Jat gotra found in Punjab, Pakistan.-History and origin:According to their traditions, they are of Bhatti Rajput descent. One of their ancestors was born in a depression in the ground, the word for depression in the local Seraiki and Punjabi languages is Wihan. The tribe...

clans were the only ones who only called themselves Jats. In the 19th century, the British settled several Jats from central Punjab, including many from Amritsar

Amritsar

Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...

, Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur is a city in the state of Punjab, situated in the northwest part of the Republic of India. It is located in the center of and is the administrative head of Gurdaspur District. It was the location of a fort which was famous for the siege it sustained in 1712 from the Mughals...

and Jalandhar

Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...

, into the Bar region, creating the modern canal colony districts of Faisalabad and Sahiwal.

In the south of Punjab, there were several Saraiki

Saraiki language

-speaking Jat clans, such as the Jakhar

Jakhar

Jakhar, also known as Jakhu is a gotra or clan of Jats found in the Indian states of Haryana, Punjab, and in Rajasthan, and in the Pakistani province of Punjab.-Etymology:...

, Khar

Khar (tribe)

Khar is a Seraiki speaking clan of Kamboj tribe. Khar clan is mainly settled in southern Punjab province in Pakistan.They are mainly settled in Muzaffargarh, Layyah and Bhakkar districts...

, Daha

Daha (tribe)

The Daha are a Seraiki/Punjabi speaking Jat tribe, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:The tribe claims descent from Daha, who was said to be a Muslim holyman, who married the daughter of Parihar Rajput. They claim kinship with the Bohar and Parhar Jats, who are also of...

, Dhandla

Dhandla

The Dhandla are a Seraiki speaking Jat tribe, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:The tribe claims descent from Dhandla, a Rajput, who is said to have come from Jaisalmer to Multan, where he converted to Islam...

, Makwal

Makwal

The Makwal are a Seraiki speaking Jat clan, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:The word Makwal, is a shortened form of Makkah wal, which in the Seraiki language means "from Makkah". The tribe claims that its ancestors were Arabs from the holy city of Makkah in what is now...

, Bohar

Bohar

The Bohar are a Jat clan found in the Punjab province of Pakistan and Rajasthan state of India.-History and origin:The Bohar is a tribe in Punjabi Wasib+ Saraiki Wasaib in Pakistan and Indian state Rajastan . In early times this tribe was non muslims when the Saints and Sufi's came into the...

, Ghallu

Ghallu

The Ghallu are a Seraiki speaking Jat clan, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:The tribe claims descent from Ghallu, a Hindu Rajput, who was converted to Islam, by the famous Sufi saint Makhdum Jahanian of Uch. He is said to have had seven sons, from which the main clans...

, Kanju

Kanju (tribe)

The Kanju are a Punjabi,Seraiki speaking Jat clan, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:According to their traditions, the tribe claims descent from a Bhatti Rajput nobleman, a Rana Rajwadhan. The Rana lived in Ghazni, and then moved to Delhi in India. After sometime, he...

, Samtia

Samtia

Samtia are a Muslim Jat clan found in Bhakkar and Layyah districts, of Punjab, Pakistan.-History and origin:They claim Rajput extraction and tell the following story of their origin; Ram Chandar and Gonda adopted Islam under Sultan Alauddin Khilji of Delhi...

and Sandhila

Sandhila

The Sandhila are a Muslim Jat gotra , found in the Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.-History and origin:The Sandhila claim descent from the their ancestor, Rai Sandhila, a Hindu Jat who came from the neighbourhood of Delhi, during the rule of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, and settled in...

Eastern Punjab (Indian Punjab) was also home to a number of Muslim Jat clans, and almost all the major clans (such as the Sandhu

Sandhu

Sandhu or Sindhu is a Jatt of Jat ethnicity found in Iraq, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir in India and also in Pakistan...

, Sidhu

Sidhu

Sidhu is the most influential and prominent Jat/Jatt gotra .The Sidhu clan is mainly found in the Malwa region of Punjab state,Ganganagar district and the province of Punjab in Pakistan...

, Heer

Heer (clan)

Heer also known as Heir/Haer or Hayer is one among the oldest and purest Jat gotras , along with Maan and Bhullar. It is found in the region of Punjab shared by India and Pakistan...

, Maan

Maan

Maan or Mann ਮਾਨ or Maanshahia are a clan and tribe of the Jat people found in Punjab , Punjab , Haryana and Rajasthan.- Distribution :...

, Dhami

Dhami

, Dhillon, Gill

Gill (clan)

Gill is a gotra/surname of the Jat ethnicity found in Punjab. Though, to westerners, Gill seems like a familiar given name , the Gill surname does not have the same etymological origins. "Gill" stands out to be one of the most popular surnames of the Jat race, with population of Gills being resided...

and had Muslim branches, although these clans were predominantly Sikh

Sikh

.

After independence of Pakistan in 1947, nearly all Jat Muslims of East Punjab

Punjab (India)

Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

, Haryana

Haryana

Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

and other parts of northern India

North India

North India, known natively as Uttar Bhārat or Shumālī Hindustān , is a loosely defined region in the northern part of India. The exact meaning of the term varies by usage...

migrated from India and settled in Pakistan. The Muley Jat

Muley Jat

The Muley Jat, or sometimes pronounced as Mola/Mula Jat are a Muslim community found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, and the province of Punjab in Pakistan...

, who originate from Haryana

Haryana

also form a distinct group.

Major Jat clans

Below are brief descriptions of the main Jat clans in Punjab:

Aheer

Aheer

Aheer is a Jat tribe found mainly in the western districts of Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan. -History and origin:The tribe is also known as Heer or Purewal depending on the dialect of the speaker. Those that tend to speak dialects of Lahanda, such as Seraiki or Pothari tend to refer to themselves...

The Aheer have two theories of their origin. Some claim descent from Qutub Shah, who is also the ancestor of the Awan

Awan (Pakistan)

Awan , is a South Asian Zamindar tribe, putatively of Arab origin, living predominantly in northern, central, and western parts of Punjab, Pakistan...

tribe, while other connect themselves with the Yaduvanshi Ahirs tribe of North India

North India

North India, known natively as Uttar Bhārat or Shumālī Hindustān , is a loosely defined region in the northern part of India. The exact meaning of the term varies by usage...

. They are found in Khushab

Khushab

Khushab is a city of Khushab District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city serves as the headquarters of Khushab Tehsil an administrative subdivision of the district....

, Chiniot

Chiniot

Chiniot is a city and administration headquarter of Chiniot District, in the state of Punjab, Pakistan. Located between the heart of river Chenab with the heads of small rocky hills, it is known for its wooden furniture architecture which has a great attraction in all over the world.- Name and...

, Sargodha

Sargodha

Sargodha is a city in the Sargodha District of Punjab province, Pakistan.Sargodha is located in the northwest of Pakistan. It is the eleventh largest city of Pakistan and also known as Pakistan's best citrus-producing area. It is an agricultural trade centre with various industries...

, Mianwali

Mianwali

Mianwali is the capital city of Mianwali District and situated in the north-west of Punjab province, Pakistan. The city is located on the eastern bank of the Indus River...

, Jhang

Jhang

- Demographics :According to 1981 census of Pakistan population of Jhang was 1,970,944 with the 434,495 housing units in Jhang. In 1998 census, population of Jhang was 2,834,545, whose annually growth rate was 2.16%. Male population was 1,474,099 and female population was 1,360,446...

, Bhakkar

Bhakkar

Bhakkar is the principal city of Bhakkar District, Punjab, Pakistan. It lies on the left bank of the Indus river. It has a population of almost 300,000 and was given status of district in 1981.-Administration:...

and Faisalabad

Faisalabad

Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has...

districts.

Ahlawat

Ahlawat is a clan or gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in Northern India. Are a part of the Kshatriya caste along with the other Jat gotras...

The Ahlawat were part of a group of Muslim Jat clans, known as the Mulla, who were found in Haryana

Haryana

. Like other Jat and Rajput clans of Haryana, they emigrated to Pakistan after partition. They are now found mainly in Okara district.

Arar

The Arar claim descent from a Mughal

Mughal (tribe)

The term Mughal is simply a Turkic word and many groups in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh use the term Mughal to describe themselves...

nobleman. They are found in Dipalpur

Dipalpur

Dipalpur is a town in Okara District of the Punjab and headquarters of Depalpur Tehsil, assumed to be largest tehsil of Pakistan. It is situated 25 kilometres from the district capital Okara on a bank of the Beas River in Bari Doab...

Arnyal

The Arnyals are a Jat clan from Southern Azad Kashmir, Jhelum and the surrounding area; their name is more widely pronounced as Ranyal.

Assoun

The Assoun are a Jat tribe and they are considered gotra in Punjab state of North India, while they are considered a tribe in Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan....

Like many other Jat clans, the Assoun claim descent from the Bhatti Rajputs. They are found mainly in Gujranwala District

Gujranwala District

Gujranwala District is a district in Punjab, Pakistan.- History :The village of Asarur which has been identified as the location of Taki, an ancient town, visited by the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsiang contains immense ruins of Buddhist origin...

Athru

One of the many small Jat clan settled in Jhelum District.

Atwal

Atwal is a clan name of Jats from the Punjab region of Northern India and Pakistan. Atwal is derived from the Sanskrit word Attalika meaning 'high hill-tops'. People living there were called Atwals.- Religion :Most Atwals in India are Sikh...

The Muslim Atwal were found mainly in Jalandhar

Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...

, Amritsar

Amritsar

and Kapurthala

Kapurthala

Kapurthala is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. The secular and aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent buildings based on French and Indo-Saracenic...

districts of East Punjab. Like other Jat clans, they emigrated to Pakistan after the partition. They are now found mainly in Faisalabad

Faisalabad

, Sahiwal

Sahiwal

Sahiwal is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the administrative centre of Sahiwal District and Sahiwal Division. Sahiwal is approximately 180 km from the major city Lahore and is the city between Lahore and Multan...

and Toba Tek Singh

Toba Tek Singh

Toba Tek Singh District is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located between 30°33' to 31°2' Degree north latitudes and 72°08' to 72°48' Degree longitudes.-Origins of Name:...

Districts.

Aulakh

Aulakh , also known as Ola or Aula is a Jat clan found in Punjab, Pakistan and the states of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, in India.- Origin :Aulakhs claim Lipka Tatar descent...

One of the largest Jat clans found in the Punjab. Muslim

Muslim

Aulakh

Aulakh , also known as Ola or Aula is a Jat clan found in Punjab, Pakistan and the states of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, in India.- Origin :Aulakhs claim Lipka Tatar descent...

were found mainly in Sialkot

Sialkot

Sialkot is a city in Pakistan situated in the north-east of the Punjab province at the foothills of snow-covered peaks of Kashmir near the Chenab river. It is the capital of Sialkot District. The city is about north-west of Lahore and only a few kilometers from Indian-controlled Jammu.The...

, Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

, Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

, Amritsar

Amritsar

, Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur

, Jalandhar

Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...

and Ludhiana district. The Aulakh also are an important Saraiki-speaking Jat clan in Layyah District

Layyah District

Layyah District is a district in the Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the southern part of the province. The capital is Layyah.-History:...

. like other Muslim Jats of East Punjab, they moved to Pakistan after partition in 1947.

Bachhal

The Bacchal claim descent from Taoni

Taoni

The Toani are Rajput tribe, found in the province of Punjab in Pakistan, and the states of Punjab and Haryana in India.-History and origin:The Taoni claim to be of Jadaun Rajput ancestry. According to the traditions of the tribe, their ancestor, Rai Tan, was a grandson of the famous Raja Salvahan...

Rajputs. Muslim Bacchal were found in Ambala

Ambala

Ambala is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border of the states of Haryana and Punjab in India. Politically; Ambala has two sub-areas: Ambala Cantt and Ambala City, approximately 3 kilometers apart from each other...

District prior to partition. They are now found mainly in Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

and Sargodha

Sargodha

diastricts.

Badhan

Badhan (tribe)

The Badhan are a Jat gotra found in India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.-History and origin:The Badhan clan descends from the Saroa Rajputs. It is also claimed that they were the native people of Punjab region before the arrival of Aryans. After the arrival of Aryans they resisted the infiltration and...

The Badhan claim descent from the Dogra

Dogra

The Dogras are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group in South Asia. Being a diversified group, the Dogras include both Savarnas such as Brahmins, Rajputs and Non-savarnas. The Dogras also incluide merchant castes such as Mahajans...

s of Jammu. They are found in Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

, Gujarat and Sialkot

Sialkot

districts. There were also a few Badhan

Badhan

Badhan may refer to:* Badhan, Sanaag, Somalia* al-Badhan, a Palestinian village in the West Bank* Badhan , a group founded at the University of Dhaka to promote blood donation* Badhan , a clan of the Jat people....

villages in Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur

prior to partition.

Baghar

The Baghiar are found in Sargodha District

Sargodha District

Sargodha District is a district of Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district, wheat, rice, and sugarcane being its main crops. The Sargodha district and region are also famous for citrus fruit; kino is a newly developed variety...

, mainly in Shahpur

Shahpur (Punjab)

Shahpur is a city located in the west of Punjab province, Pakistan. It lies on the Jhelum River. Its old name was Rampur and it had a majority Hindu population until the 17th century...

Tehsil.

Baidwan

The Baidwan are said to be of Sikh origin. Baidwan were found in Ambala

Ambala

and other districts of Haryana

Haryana

. They are now found scattered in Okara, Kumbra, Mataur, Mauli, Sohana, Sahiwal, Vehari and Multan and Mohali district.

Bains

Bains (Jat)

Bains is a gotra of Jat found in Punjab, India and Punjab, it is also suggest that Wains is an alternate spelling of Bains in Pakistan.-History and origin:There are a number of theories as to the origin of the Bains....

The Bains claim descent from the Janjua Rajputs, and are one of the larger Jat clans. Prior to partition, the Muslim branch of this clan extended from Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...

in the west to Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur is a city and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourth century. In 1809 it was occupied by the forces of Maharaja Karanvir Singh and was united into the greater state of Punjab....

in the east. Many Bains Jat are also settled in the canal colony districts of Faisalabad

Faisalabad

and Sahiwal

Sahiwal

. After partition, Muslim members of this tribe moved to Pakistan. The Bains are the largest Jat clan in Rawalpindi District

Rawalpindi District

Rawalpindi is a district of Pakistan in the north of the Punjab province which contains the city of Rawalpindi. The district has an area of . It was part of Rawalpindi Division, until the year 2000 when the division was abolished...

Bajwa

Bajwa is a Jat gotra or clan. They originally belonged to the region known as 'Bajwath' situated on the border of Jammu and Kashmir, and Punjab. They are now spread across the Punjab region divided between Northern India and Pakistan.- Etymology :...

Bajwas are found in all tehsils except Daska. In the Sialkot tehsil they inhabit the Bhagowal zail only. In the Zafarwal tehsil they are grouped around Chawinda, in the Raya tehsil around Narowal, while in Pasrur they are found mainly in the northwest with headquarters at Kalaswala.

Bal

One of the largest Jat tribe, found throughout the central districts of Lahore

Lahore

, Kasur

Kasur

Kasur , the capital of Kasur District in Pakistan. Kasur is located adjacent to the border of Ganda Singh Wala between Pakistan and India, and is a tourist attraction because of the daily occurring Flags lowering ceremony...

, Sialkot

Sialkot

, Narowal

Narowal

Narowal is a city in the northeast of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the capital of Narowal District and tehsil. It is situated on the banks of Ravi River about 4–5 km from the Indian border.-Etymology:...

, Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

and Okara. Prior to partition, Muslim Bal were also found in Amritsar

Amritsar

, Jalandhar

Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...

, Kapurthala

Kapurthala

and Ludhiana. Many have also settled in the canal colony districts of Faisalabad

Faisalabad

, Sahiwal

Sahiwal

and Sargodha

Sargodha

Bandechha

The Bandechha, also prounounced Bandesha or Badesha is a Jat clan, who are descendants of Indo-Scythian tribes found in the Punjab region of North India and Pakistan.-History and origin:...

The Bandechha or Badecha claim Suryavanshi ancestry. They were found in Sialkot, as well as Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur

, Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur

and Jalandhar

Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...

district. They are now found mainly in Faisalabad

Faisalabad

and Sahiwal

Sahiwal

Bangial

The Bangial claim Parmar Rajput ancestry. They are found mainly in Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

, Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

, Gujarat and Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

district. Many Rawalpindi Bangial claim to be Rajputs.

Baryar

A small Jat clan found mainly in Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahauddin District

Mandi Bahauddin is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°34'60N 73°30'0E and is bounded on the northwest by the Jhelum River, on the South-East by the Chenab River which separates it from Gujranwala District and Gujrat District and on the southwest by Sargodha District...

and Sargodha

Sargodha District

districts.

Basra

Basra (clan)

The Basra are a clan of Jats and Kambojs, found in both Punjab, Pakistan and Punjab, India.-History and origin:According to their traditions, the tribe is descended from Basrai, a Saroha Rajput.Most of the popular personalities of Basra's include:...

The Basra claim to be of Saroya Rajput ancestry. Found mainly in villages around Pasrur

Pasrur

Pasrur is a city of Sialkot District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°16'0N 74°40'0E with an altitude of 238 metres . The nearest big cities are Sialkot, Narowal and Gujranwala...

in Sialkot District

Sialkot District

Sialkot District or the District of Sialkot , is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the north-east of the province...

, and in neighbouring Gujranwala District

Gujranwala District

. Some also settled in the canal colony districts of Faisalabad, Sahiwal and Sargodha in the 19th century.

Batth

Batth is a Jat clan found mainly in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India including Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and in Punjabi migrant communities in United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and United States of America.-History and origin:...

The Batth are found in villages of the Lahore District

Lahore District

Lahore District is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan that contains the city of Lahore, the district and provincial capital. The total area is...

Bhachar

The Bhachar are a Awan tribe, found in Punjab, Pakistan. According to the Census of India, they numbered approximately 2,000.-Locality:They are found in the South East border of the Mianwali District...

The Bhachar

Bhachar

are found mainly in Wan Bhachran

Wan Bhachran

Wan Bhachran is a town and union council, an administrative sub division, of Mianwali District in Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Mianwali Tehsil...

in Mianwali District

Mianwali District

Mianwali is a district in the northwest of Punjab province, Pakistan. It borders eight districts: Attock District in the north, Chakwal District in the northeast, Khushab District in the east, and Bhakkar District in the south, while Lakki Marwat lies to the west, Kohat and Karak districts to the...

. They claim descent from the Khokhar

Khokhar

The Khokhar or Khokar are a people of Punjab region of Pakistan and north-western India. According to H. A. Rose they are the gotra of Rajput, Jat, Arain, Nai, and Churah. According to Denzil Ibbetson, they are also a gotra of the Tarkhan and Khatri tribes. The Khokhars were designated as an...

Rajputs.

Bhadiar

Bhadiar is a clan or tribe of Jats, found in both Punjab and Punjab . They are also found among the South Asian immigrant communities in the US, and in other parts of the world. Like many other Jat gotras, Bhadiars claim to belong historically to Suryavanshi lineage of Rajputs And is descended...

The Bhadiar claim SuryavanshiRajput ancestry. Found mainly in Sialkot

Sialkot

and Gujarat districts.

Bhagwal

The Bhagwal claim Mughal

Mughal (tribe)

The term Mughal is simply a Turkic word and many groups in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh use the term Mughal to describe themselves...

ancestry. Found mainly in Gujarat and Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

districts.

Bhalli

The Bhalli are a clan found in the Punjab province of Pakistan. They are distinct from the Bali clan, who are a branch of the Muhyal.-History and origin:...

A Jat clan found mainly in Sialkot District

Sialkot District

Sialkot District or the District of Sialkot , is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the north-east of the province...

Bhangu

Bhangu, Bhangoo, or Bhango is a Jat gotra or clan mainly found in the Punjab state of North India, Sindh and Punjab province of Pakistan.-History:...

The Bhangu or Bhangoo or Bhango are prominent Jat clan and original inhabitants of the Punjab. Muslim Bhangu are found in different areas of the pakistani province of Punjab (Districts of Lahore, Sheikhupura, Jhang, Kasur, Sahiwal), Sindh (Khairpur District), Sarhad, and Kashmir with large number of villages and land holdings.

Bhidwal

The Bhidwal are a Saraiki

Saraiki language

-speaking Jat clan found in Bhakkar District

Bhakkar District

Bhakkar is a District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The district was created in 1981 with Bhakkar city as the capital. It is located between 31° 10' and 32° 22' N. and 70° 47' and 72° E. with an area of , most of it lies in the desolate plain of the Thal, but the Kachhi or strip of...

Bhinder

Bhinder , is a gotra of Jats found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.-History:The origins of the Bhinder clan can be traced back to Punjab under their ancestor Rai Tanar . The Bhinder tribe was originally found in Sialkot and Gujranwala.-Jatts:Bhinders come from the large and prominent...

The Bhinder are found mainly in Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

and Sialkot

Sialkot

districts. Bhinders from Ludhiana and Jalandhar are settled in Faisalabad.

Bhukar

Bhukar or Bhuker or Bhooker is a gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan and Haryana in India.The Bhukar are also found in Jhelum and Multan districts of Punjab, Pakistan.-History and origin:...

A Jat clan found in Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

and Multan

Multan

districts. They are one of the major Jat clans of the Pothohar region.

Bhullar

Wrestling_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_GamesBhullar is a Jat gotra or clan found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan....

The Bhullar, together with the Heer

Heer (clan)

Heer also known as Heir/Haer or Hayer is one among the oldest and purest Jat gotras , along with Maan and Bhullar. It is found in the region of Punjab shared by India and Pakistan...

/Hayer

Hayer

Hayer also spelled as Hayre or Haer is a Jatt clan found in India and Pakistan in the region of Punjab. This article concerns the historical clan.-History and origin:...

and Maan, are considered the oldest Jat clan. They were found as far east as Patiala, and far west as Sargodha.

Bhutta

Bhutta is a Jatt tribe found in Punjab, Pakistan. The Bhutta are of Rajput origin are descended from a branch of the Suryavanshi Rajput family. Like "Soomra" jats of Punjab became Soomro in Sindh, likewise "Bhutta" became Bhutto when tribe moved towards south of Indus valley...

]the bhutta are found in [sailkot] dist [kotli bhutta] villag,

The Bhutta are found throughout southern Punjab; they are one of the largest Saraiki-speaking Jat clans. They claim descent from Suryavanshi Rajputs. The Pirzada family of Bahawalpur belong to this clan.

Bohar

The Bohar claim descent from the Parmar Rajputs. They are the main Jat clan of the Cholistan desert, and are found in Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan districts.

Boparai

Boparai may refer to:*Boparai, a Rajput-Jat gotra found in India and Pakistan*Boparai, Kapurthala, a village in the Indian state of Punjab*Boparai, Phagwara, a village in the Indian state of Punjab...

The Muslim branch of Boparai Jatts are living in Pakistani Punjab and Indian Punjab. In Pakistani Punjab the Boparai jatts are located in Faisalabad district and Toba Tek Singh district. There are some Boparai Jatt families who have moved to Lahore in the last few years and in the Sheikhupura district.

Buttar

Buttar ,‎‏ is a Jat clan. Its members live in the Punjab region mainly the Malwa belt. Buttars in Pakistan are Muslims...

One of the larger Jat clans, found throughout the central districts. Prior to partition, a good many were found in Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana.

Chadhar

Chadhar is a Punjabi tribe in India and Pakistan. They are both Rajputs and Jats, and are Aryan.This caste should not be confused with another Indian caste spelled similarly, which is found in Madhya Pardesh India and is amongst one of the Indian Scheduled Caste...

One of larger Jat clans, found mainly in Jhang, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Sahiwal, and Toba Tek Singh. The Chadhar claim descent from the Agnivanshi Rajputs. A few Chadhar Jats were also found in Firuzpur district. They are descended from Raja Tur Tanwar. Their chief tribes are the Rajokes, Kamokes, Jappas, Loons, Pajikes, Deokes, Ballankes, Sajokes.

Chahal

One of the larger Jat clans, found throughout central Punjab. The Chahal are also found in Jhelum and Gujrat Districts. They were also one of the larger Muslim Jat clan in East Punjab.

Chatha

Chatha ) is a Punjabi Jatt tribe that inhabits parts of the Punjab in India and Pakistan. - History :The Chatha tribe were originally settled Gujranwala District, in which district they hold 184 villages...

The Chatha are found in Sialkot

Sialkot

, Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

, and Sargodha district. They are the largest Jat clan in Rawalpindi District

Rawalpindi District

. A few Muslim Chatha were also found in Patiala.

Chattar

Chattar Chattari, Chhatri or Chatri, is the mother caste of Suryavanshi Rajputs which originated from Rajputana . However, there are many gotras and sub-castes in other major dynasties which emerged from the Chattari lineage...

The Chattar are found in Narowal District. They claim descent from the Dogra

Dogra

Chohan

Chauhan

Chauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...

Chohan/Chauhan

Chauhan

Chauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...

is a unique Jat and Rajput clan that originated from the ancient Chauhan

Chauhan

Chauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...

Rajputs of North India. Chauhan Jats are descendents of ancient Chauhan Rajputs whose ancestors chose farming and family over the sword. Most Chohan Jats follow the Sikh Faith

Cheema

Cheema is a Jatt of Jat ethnicity found inPunjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and also in Pakistan.Cheemas are one of the two major sub clans of Jats along with other Jat clans like Sandhu, Grewal, Pannu, Uppal etc.. .Historically, this tribe has held considerable tracts in the upper Rechna Doab since...

One of the very big Jat caste in Punjab Pakistan are the Cheemas. They are known for decades the National and Punjab government / cabinets have had a major number of Cheema leaders. The main concentration of the Cheema tribe are Gujranwala and Sialkot districts and Bahawalpur and Tehsil Yazman.

Chhachhar

-History and origin:The Chhachhar claim Mughal origin, and claim descent from the famous king Timur. But according to another tradition, Surar, Subhago, Silro and Chachar were once slaves of Bunga Rai, the Raja of Umarkot in Sindh, and were freed by Jam Jakhar...

The Chhachhar claim descent from a Mughal nobleman. They are found in Kasur, Okara, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Multan, Sahiwal and Muzaffargarh district.

Chhajra

The Chhajra are a Saraiki speaking Jat clan, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The Chhajra are distinct from the Shajra, another Saraiki speaking Jat clan.-History and origin:Mian Nadeem Akhtar Chhajra Manik wali, migrated to uk in 2001....

The Chhajra claim descent from the Bhatti Rajputs. They are a Saraiki

Saraiki language

-speaking Jat clan, found mainly in Muzaffargah, Layyah

Layyah

Layyah, also spelt Leiah , is the capital city of the Layyah District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°58'0N 70°56'0E with an altitude of 143 metres .-Old History:...

, Multan

Multan

, Rahim Yar Khan and Rajanpur

Rajanpur

Rajanpur is a city and the headquarters of Rajanpur District in the far southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan. The district lies entirely west of the Indus River. it is a narrow, to wide strip of land sandwiched between the Indus River on the east and the Sulaiman Mountains on the west. The...

districts.

Chhina

The Chhina are completely distinct from the Cheema

Cheema

, although the two clans are often confused. They claim descent from the Johiya Rajputs. The Chhina are found throughout Punjab. Historically, the Chhina were also found in Amritsar

Amritsar

, Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur

and Jalandhar

Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...

districts of East Punjab. In west Punjab they were found in Lahore

Lahore

, Sargodha

Sargodha

, Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

, Gujarat, Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

, Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

and Mianwali

Mianwali

Mianwali is the capital city of Mianwali District and situated in the north-west of Punjab province, Pakistan. The city is located on the eastern bank of the Indus River...

. The Chhina are one of the larger tribes of the Gujar Khan Tehsil

Gujar Khan Tehsil

Gujar Khan Tehsil, head-quartered at Gujar Khan, is one of the seven Tehsils of Rawalpindi District in the Punjab province of Pakistan...

of Rawalpindi. In Bhakkar

Bhakkar

, they occupy the northern third of the district. In Multan, they were one of the larger of the Saraiki-speaking tribes.

Dab

Dab (tribe)

The Dab are a Jat clan, found in the Punjab province of India and Pakistan.-History and origin:The Dab are a small clan of pastoral Jatts, who have always resided in the Chenab Jhelum Doab. The Dab claim descent from Dab, who was said to be a Suryavanshi Rajput.The Dab surname is also found among...

The Dab are a small Jat clan found mainly in Shorkot Tehsil

Shorkot Tehsil

Shorkot is a subdivision of Jhang District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is subdivided into 16 Union Councils. The city of Shorkot is the headquarters of the tehsil.-Politics:The Tehsil Nazim of Shorkot is Mian Madhu Lal Hussain...

Daha

Daha may refer to:*Daha, Bheri, Nepal*Daha, Karnali, Nepal*Daha, Bagpat, India...

The tribe claims descent from Daha, who was said to be a Muslim holyman, who married the daughter of Parihar Rajput. They does claim kinship with the Bohar and Parhar Jats, who are also of Parihar Rajput ancestry.They are found mainly in Vehari, Khanewal,D G Khan,D I Khan,Faisalabad, Multan and Rajanpur districts.

In Rajanpur District, their main village is Kotla Daha.
In Muzaffargarh District, their main villages are Mahiwal Daha, Sardar Mohammed Daha, Mohammed Daha, Chak Ali Daha and Ali Daha.

Dahba

Dahba

The Dahba are Jat clan found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:The tribe claims shoodar ancestry of Hindu cast, and descent from one Khoga, a servant of the Mughal Emperor Akbar...

The Dahba claim descent from the Janjua Rajputs. They are found mainly in Gujrat District

Gujrat District

Gujrat is a district of Punjab Province in Pakistan. It is an ancient district located in between two famous rivers, the Jhelum and Chenab. Because of its proximity with the rivers the land is good for cultivation with rice and sugar cane as main crops...

Daher

Daher (clan)

Daher is a clan found in the Punjab, Pakistan. Some Daher consider themselves to be Jat, while others identify themselves are Rajputs.- History and origin :...

The Daher claim Rajput ancestry. They are a Saraiki-speaking Jat clan and are found in Jhang, Chiniot, Sargodha, Muzaffargarh, Bahawalpur and Multan districts.

Dandiwal

The Dandiwal are a clan that claims Chauhan

Chauhan

Chauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...

Rajput ancestry. The Muslim branch was found in Hissar District, and they were one of the larger Mulla Jat clans. They are now found mainly in Okara, Vehari and Sahiwal districts.

Dawana

The Dawana are a Seraiki speaking clan Jat clan found in the province of Punjab Pakistan. The Dawana are a clan of the Sial, claiming descent from Diwan Khan. Like all Sials, the Dawana claim descent from the Panwar Rajputs, having originally come from Dharanagri in central India...

The Dawana are a major clan of the Rajput tribe. They are originally from Ludhiana and migrated to Punjab in 1012. After a number of wars they shifted to Jhang

Jhang

and surrounding areas.

Deo

Deo (clan)

The Deo are a gotra of Rajputs, found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.-History and origin:According to the traditions of the tribe, Sankatra was their ancestor, and they point to the town of Zafarwal, in Pakistan, as the seat of their original settlement.Their ancestor is said to be a...

The Deo claim Suryavanshi Rajput ancestry. They are found throughout central Punjab, and prior to partition, were also found in Amritsar and Jalandhar districts. They are closely connected to the Sohal

Sohal

Sohal is a Jatt, gotra found in both Punjab, India and Punjab Pakistan. They are mainly Sikhs in India, and Muslims in Pakistan. - History :In Indian Punjab, Sikhs write this last name as "sohal" for its pronounced as such when written in Gurmukhi....

and Deol

Deol

Deol is a warrior clan of the Jat people found in India Punjab, Haryana,Uttar Pradesh and Pakistan. Deols are mostly Sikh Jats...

clan.

Dhaliwal

Dhaliwal is a large Jatt clan found mainly in the Malwa portion of Punjab, Haryana also it's gotra in Yaduvanshi Ahirs It is considered to be an old Jatt clan with history dating back over 1000 years.-Lineage, origin and history:...

The Dhaliwal or Dhariwal are a major Jat clan in Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahauddin is the capital of Mandi Bahauddin District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town is some 220 metres above the sea level and is situated in upper Punjab, between the rivers Jhelum and Chenab . Mandi Bahauddin city is situated some 50 km from the M2 - Motorway of...

district. They are also found in Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

, Sialkot, Lahore and Narowal. Prior to partition, a good many were also found in Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur

, Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur

and Amritsar

Amritsar

Dhamial

The Dhamial claim descent from the Janjua Rajputs. They are found mainly in Jhelum District

Jhelum District

Jhelum District is in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According the 1998 census the district had a population of 936,957, of which 31.48% were urban. Jhelum is known for providing a large number of soldiers to the British and later to the Pakistan armed forces due to which it is also known as...

and the Gujar Khan Tehsil

Gujar Khan Tehsil

Gujar Khan Tehsil, head-quartered at Gujar Khan, is one of the seven Tehsils of Rawalpindi District in the Punjab province of Pakistan...

of Rawalpindi District

Rawalpindi District

Dhandla

The Dhandla claim Bhatti Rajput ancestry. They are found mainly in Layyah District

Layyah District

Layyah District is a district in the Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the southern part of the province. The capital is Layyah.-History:...

Dhandu

The Dhandu are a Seraiki speaking Jat clan, found in the Punjab procvince of Pakistan.-History and origin:The Dhandu claim descent from the Panwar Rajputs...

The Dhandu claim descent from the Panwar Rajputs. They are a Saraiki

Saraiki language

-speaking Jat tribe, found mainly in Bahawalpur District

Bahawalpur District

Bahawalpur District is one of the districts of Punjab, Pakistan. According to the 1998 Census of Pakistan it had a population of 2,433,091 of which 27.01% were urban Bahawalpur district covers 24,830 km². Approximately two-thirds of the district is covered by the Cholistan Desert, which...

Dharni

Dharni is a Jat gotra or clan found in the Punjab region of India.-Dharni History:Sir Lepel Griffin was of the opinion that the Dharni's came into the Punjab region from the present central Asia. Most of the Jatt tribes entered the Punjab in the 5th century. There are many theories about the...

Dharni's came into the Punjab region from the present central Asia.

Dhillon

Another famous central Punjab tribe, found in Lahore

Lahore

, Sialkot

Sialkot

, Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

, Shaikhupura, Sargodha and Gujrat districts. Prior to partition, found through East Punjab as well.

Dhindsa

The Dhindsa / Dhinda / Dhinsa are found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.-History and origin:According to the traditions of the tribe, their original home was Ambala, but they spread as far west as Sialkot, and as far south as Patiala...

The Dhindsa claim descent from the Saroha Rajputs. They are found mainly in Gujarat, Sialkot

Sialkot

and Faisalabad

Faisalabad

districts. Prior to partition, they were also found mainly in Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur

, Jalandhar

Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...

, Ludhiana and Patiala districts.

Dhotar

The Dhotar are a Jat tribe, originally found principally in Gujranwala District, of Punjab, Pakistan. The Sikh section of this tribe moved to Punjab, India after partition.The Dhotar are found in Sialkot and Gujrat Districts of Punjab, Pakistan.- History :...

The Dhotar are found mainly in Gujranwala District. They claim close connection with the Sekhon

Sekhon

The Sekhon is a Punjabi Jatt tribe that inhabit parts of Punjab in India and Pakistan. Sekhon are believed to be descendants of Indo-Scythian tribes.- References :...

Jats.

Dhudhi

The Dhudi are a tribe of Panhwar, Panwar, Parmar Rajput origin, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According to the 1931 census of India they had a population of 5,800....

A tribe of Bar nomads claiming Parmar Rajput ancestry. They are found in Sargodha, Sialkot, Jhang, Vehari, Sahiwal, Faisalabad and Okara districts.

Dosanjh

Dosanjh is a surname as well as Jat clan with origins in Punjab, India. Dosanjh is typically associated with the Jat people of South Asia.- Notable people named Dosanjh :* Ujjal Dosanjh, Canadian politician...

The Muslim branch of the Dosanj were found mainly in Kapurthala

Kapurthala

and Jalandhar

Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...

districts. They are now found mainly in Faisalabad district.

Dudhra

A Jat clan found in Gugrat and Sailkot districts.

Duggal

A small Jat clan found in Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahauddin District

and Sargodha

Sargodha District

districts. They should not be confused with the Khatri

Khatri

Khatri is a caste from the northern Indian subcontinent. Khatris in India are mostly from Punjab, region but later they migrated to regions like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber...

Duggal clan, which is entirely distinct.

Gahi

Gahi is a village in Wallis and Futuna. It is located in Mua District on the southeast coast of Wallis Island on Gahi Bay. Its population according to the 2008 census was 277 people....

Gahi is a Saraiki speaking small tribe mainly found in [Khushab] District descents from central Asia

Ganjial

Ganjial

Ganjial are a Rajput/Jatt tribe found in Gujrat, Khushab, and Jhelum districts of Punjab, Pakistan and a few are also found in Azad Kashmir...

Ganjial are a Rajput/Jatt tribe found in Gujrat, Khushab, and Jhelum districts of Punjab, Pakistan and a few are also found in Azad Kashmir. According to the tribes tradition, they are a sub clan of the Khokhar

Khokhar

Rajputs.

Ghallu

Ghallu

A Saraiki

Saraiki language

-speaking Jat clan found mainly in Multan, Rahim Yar Khan and Muzaffargarh

Muzaffargarh

Muzaffargarh is a city in southwestern Punjab, Pakistan, located on the bank of the Chenab River. The Town of Muzaffargarh was founded in 1794 by the Governor of Mulran Nawab Muzaffar Khan.The Meaning of Muzaffargarh is "Fort of Muzaffar" because the old town lies inside the walls of a fort built...

districts. They trace their descent from a Rajput prince.

Ghuman

Ghuman are a Rajput tribe, found in Pakistan and Northern Indian States of Punjab and Haryana. Ghumman is a Chandravanshi Rajput clan of Janjua Rajput lineage in Punjab that claims Lunar origin by direct descent from Raja Sanpal Janjua of Janjua Rajput ancestry...

The Ghumman are a tribe of Janjua Rajputs ancestry. They are descendants of Raja Ghumman Khan Janjua. They are found primarily in Sialkot and Gujranwala districts. Prior to partition, Muslim Ghuman were also found in Gurdaspur and Amritsar. They use the title of Raja, Rana, Rai or Chaudhary.

Gill

Gill (clan)

One of the larger Jat clans. Historically, the Gills were found as far west as Sargodha

Sargodha

and far east as Patiala. Many also settled in the canal colonies of Faisalabad and Sahiwal. They remain the third largest Muslim

Muslim

Jat tribe, after the Sandhu

Sandhu

Sandhu or Sindhu is a Jatt of Jat ethnicity found in Iraq, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir in India and also in Pakistan...

s and Sidhu

Sidhu

Sidhu is the most influential and prominent Jat/Jatt gotra .The Sidhu clan is mainly found in the Malwa region of Punjab state,Ganganagar district and the province of Punjab in Pakistan...

Godara

Godara may refer to:*Godara , a gotra or surname found in Jat community in India.*"Godara",a place in Afghanistan...

The Godara were another Mulla Jat clan found mainly in Hissar

Hisar, India

Hisar city, previously spelled Hissar, is the administrative headquarters of Hisar district, in the state of Haryana, in northwestern India. Hisar was founded in 1354 CE, as Hissar-e-Firoza by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388. on the demolished ruins...

and Sirsa. Like other Mulla Jat clans, they emigrated to Pakistan after partition.

Gondal

The Gondal are found mainly in Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahauddin

, Gujarat, Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

, Chakwal

Chakwal

Chakwal is the capital of Chakwal District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located 90 km south-east of the federal capital, Islamabad and is named after Chaudhry Chaku Khan, chief of the Mair Minhas tribe from Jammu, who founded it in 1525 CE during the era of the Mughal Emperor, Zaheerudun Babur...

and Sargodha

Sargodha District

districts. They claim descent from the Chauhan Rajputs. The Gondal of Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi District

claim to be Rajputs. Makhdoom due to family of Hazrat Makhdoom Burhanuddin (RA) are also descent from the Gondal. The Gondal are one of larger Jat clans of Northwest Punjab.

Goraya

Goraya (clan)

Goraya is clan of Jats found in Punjab, Pakistan and Punjab, India.-History and origin:Goraya, Gor, Gora, Gauri is a Jatt tribe, said to be descended from the Sarons family of Lunar Rajputs, and to have come to Gujranwala as a nomad and pastoral tribe from Sirsa...

The Muslim branch of the Goraya were found mainly in Sialkot

Sialkot

, Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

, Lahore

Lahore

, Amritsar

Amritsar

, Jalandhar

Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...

and Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur

districts. They settled in the 19th century in the canal colonies districts of Sargodha, Sahiwal and Faisalabad

Faisalabad

and also settled in the 18th century in Mirpurkhas (Deh 160 Digri)Sindh.

Grewal

Grewal/ Garewal is a surname of Jats found in Haryana, Punjab and Pakistan. They are regarded as prominent and respected clan that has greatly influenced South Asia, especially during the British Raj. Notable people include Kartar Singh Sarabha....

The Grewal

Grewal

Jat claim Chandel Rajput ancestry. The Muslim branch of the Grewal were concentrated in Ludhiana District

Ludhiana District

-Rainfall:The rainfall in the district increases from the southwest toward the northeast. About 70% of the rainfall is received during the period of July through September...

. They are now scattered in Faisalabad, Sahiwal and Sargodha districts.

Gujjral

The Gujjral are a Muslim Gujjars clan found almost entirely in Gujrat and Jhelum Districts of Punjab, Pakistan. - History & Origin :The tribe claims descent from a Gujjral, a Rajput who lived sometime in the 17th Century. According to their tradition, Gujjral was suckled by a Gujjar foster mother,...

The Gujral Jat claim descent from the Bhatti Rajputs. They are found in Gujrat

Gujrat District

and Jhelum

Jhelum District

districts. The Jat Gujjral

Gujjral

have no connection with the Khatri

Khatri

Gujral, although both communities originate in the Jhelum region.

Hal

Hal Jats

The Hal are a gotra of Jats, found in Punjab, Pakistan.-History and origin:The Hal were once the dominant Jat clan in Jhelum river valley, in what is now Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil of Jhelum District....

The Hal clan are found in Jhelum District

Jhelum District

Hamooka

A Jat clan claiming Bhatti Rajput ancestry. They are found mainly in Sargodha, Khushab and Chakwal districts.

Hanjra

Hanjrah is a clan of Jats found in the Punjab, Pakistan and Northern Indian state of Punjab.Raja Jagnath, was the younger son of Raja Giyal, the conqueror of Makhiala...

The Hanjra were found mainly in Gujranwala

Gujranwala District

, Lahore

Lahore

and Amritsar

Amritsar

districts. They are also the largest Jat clan in Muzaffargarh District

Muzaffargarh District

Muzaffargarh is a district in the south of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Saraiki Waseb. It is spread over an area of 8,249 km². Muzaffargarh District lies in the strip between the rivers Chenab and Indus, which pass along the Eastern and Western boundaries respectively of...

Hans

Hans (clan)

- History and origin :They claim to be of Quraishi origin. The Hans were one of the many tribes that occupied the upland of the Neeli Bar before the start of colonization of the Punjab by the British Imperial authorities in the 19th century....

The Hans clan claims descent from a Qureshi Arab who settled in Pakka Sidhar in Sahiwal District. His descendants intermarried with the Jat tribes of the neighbourhood, and as such became Jat. Found in Sahiwal, Khanewal, Layyah and Bhakkar districts.

[Haral] HARAL are the most powerful cast of Jats of Ind o Pak they ever fights against every forginers such britches etc the were mainly all over India and pakistan they have their own povince in India they are very brave and fighters
;Heer

Heer (clan)

Heer also known as Heir/Haer or Hayer is one among the oldest and purest Jat gotras , along with Maan and Bhullar. It is found in the region of Punjab shared by India and Pakistan...

or Hayer

Hayer

Hayer also spelled as Hayre or Haer is a Jatt clan found in India and Pakistan in the region of Punjab. This article concerns the historical clan.-History and origin:...

The Hayer generally pronounced as Heer

Heer (clan)

Heer also known as Heir/Haer or Hayer is one among the oldest and purest Jat gotras , along with Maan and Bhullar. It is found in the region of Punjab shared by India and Pakistan...

(and spelled Hayre), are one of three original or Asl clans of the Jat, the other two being Bhullar

Bhullar

Wrestling_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_GamesBhullar is a Jat gotra or clan found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan....

and Maan. They are among the Punjabi-speaking Jat clans of central Punjab, and also among the Saraiki

Saraiki language

-speaking tribes.

Heer

Heer (clan)

Heer also known as Heir/Haer or Hayer is one among the oldest and purest Jat gotras , along with Maan and Bhullar. It is found in the region of Punjab shared by India and Pakistan...

Heer,Hir, Heir, Her, Hayer, Haer is gotra of Jats found in Punjab (India), Haryana and Pakistan. They originated from Heer Syala place.The Jat Gotra 'Heer' and 'Her' are the same. 'Her' is originated from 'Heers'.

Hundal

Hundal is a clan or gotra of jatts, found in Punjab , Haryana, Punjab . They are also found among the South Asian immigrant communities in the Iraq, Iran, Russia, Tailand and in other parts of the world. Hundal is also sometimes spelled as Hundle, They are fewer in number than other jatt clans....

The Hundal claim descent from the Suryavanshi Rajputs. They were found mainly in Amritsar

Amritsar

and Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur

districts. Hundal villages in Gurdaspur were in Shakargarh Tehsil, which is now in the Narowal District. The Amritsar Hundals are now founded mainly in Faisalabad District

Faisalabad District

Faisalabad District is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 5,429,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad City....

Hunjan

A clan of the Khatris/Rajputs in some part of Punjab and Haryana....

The Hunjan

Hunjan

A clan of the Khatris/Rajputs in some part of Punjab and Haryana....

Jats claim Georgian

Georgian people

The Georgians are an ethnic group that have originated in Georgia, where they constitute a majority of the population. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America....

origin.

Jai

A Saraiki-speaking Jat clan, found mainly in Multan and Khanewal districts.

Jajja

The Jajja are a group of Jats found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:Jajja was one of the kings of Kashmir . According to some historians his ruling period extended between 782-785 AD. He was the brother in law of King Jayapida. He usurped the throne of Kashmir from Jayapida...

They are descendants of King Jajja of Kashmir 748-751 A.D. They are prominent in the Jutt family. There are twelve villages of the Jajja family in District Sialkot. Most of them are on the western side of Qila Suba Singh, now called Qila Kalarwala-Pasrur Road, and to the eastern side of BRB Canal. They are Jats. No other Jat clan or other landlord family is found in any of these villages except the Jajjas. Landowners are only Jajjas. Villages are Khan Jajja, Mohrikey Jajja, Ooncha Jajja, Ghanokey Jajja, Hussa Jajja, Lodhikey Jajja, Jeowali Jajja and some villages in Bahawalpur tehsil Yazman Chak 62DB, 68DB, 63DB, 89DB, etc.

Janjua Jat

Janjua Jat are mainly found in Gujarat, Faislabad, Mianwali

Mianwali

Mianwali is the capital city of Mianwali District and situated in the north-west of Punjab province, Pakistan. The city is located on the eastern bank of the Indus River...

in Pakistan and in Haryana

Haryana

of India

Jakhar

Jakhar, also known as Jakhu is a gotra or clan of Jats found in the Indian states of Haryana, Punjab, and in Rajasthan, and in the Pakistani province of Punjab.-Etymology:...

Some Jakhar claim descent from the Bhatti Rajputs, others from the Chauhan

Chauhan

Chauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...

Rajputs. They are a Saraiki

Saraiki language

-speaking Jat clan, found in Layyah

Layyah

Layyah, also spelt Leiah , is the capital city of the Layyah District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°58'0N 70°56'0E with an altitude of 143 metres .-Old History:...

, Muzaffargarh

Muzaffargarh

, Bhakkar

Bhakkar

, Multan

Multan

and Khanewal

Khanewal

Khanewal is the capital city of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is notable for being the host city to the second largest train station in Pakistan. Khanewal is located at 30°18'0N 71°56'0E with an altitude of 128 metres and is named after the earliest settlers here who...

districts.

Jandral

The Jandral are a Jat clan found in the province of Punjab Pakistan.The tribe found mainly in the Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil of Jhelum District. Their customs are similar to neighbouring tribes such as the Lilla and Gondal....

The Jandral claim Rajput ancestry. They are found in Jhelum and Chakwal districts.

Jandran

Jandran is a tribe of Jat status, found in Punjab Pakistan.- History :According to their traditions the Jandran came to the Punjab, accompanying the Mughal Emperor Zahiruddin Babur during his invasion of India. After the conquest of subcontinent by Mughals, they decided to settle in the region...

The Jandran claim that they are converted to Islam from Sikhism. Some claim to be Jat and some claim to be Mughal. The tribe is found mainly in Jhang, Khanewal, Vehari, Lahore, Lodhran and Faisalabad districts of Punjab. The main villages of the tribe are Jandran in Sargodha District, and Jandran Khurd and Jandran Kallan in Okara District.

Jhammat

Jhammat is a Jat tribe found in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.- Overview :They are found in large area from Jhelum District in the north to Bahawalpur District in the south, in the Punjab province. The tribe has a large concentrations in Bhakkar, Chakwal, Sargodha and Khushab districts. The...

The Jhammat claim descent from the Parmar Rajputs. They are found in Sargodha

Sargodha

, Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

, Khushab

Khushab

Khushab is a city of Khushab District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city serves as the headquarters of Khushab Tehsil an administrative subdivision of the district....

, Bhakkar

Bhakkar

and Layyah

Layyah

Layyah, also spelt Leiah , is the capital city of the Layyah District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°58'0N 70°56'0E with an altitude of 143 metres .-Old History:...

districts.

Jhawari

The Jhawari claim descent from the Khokhar

Khokhar

Rajputs. They are found in Sargodha, Mandi Bahauddin and Khushab districts.

Jhujh

The Jhujh are Jat clan found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:The tribe claims Chauhan Rajput ancestry.Another theory about their ancestry is that they are descendents of Dulla Bhatti. After the courageous battle of Dulla Bhatti with the Mughal forces, the local bards gave...

The Jhujh claim descent from the Chauhan Rajputs. They are found in Mandi Bahauddin, Okara, Sahiwal and Sargodha districts. Mong (Mandi Bahaudin), Pipli Bakka Jhujh (Sargodha), Jhujh Khurd and Jhujh Kalan (Okara) are the main villages of this clan. They are classified as an agricultural Mohammadan Jat clan, and found in Montgomery (Sahiwal)and Shahpur districts.

Johal

Johal is a prominent Jatt family clan originally from modern Pakistan and North India. The Johals Jats are found both in Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan.-Lineage:...

The Muslim Johal

Johal

Johal is a prominent Jatt family clan originally from modern Pakistan and North India. The Johals Jats are found both in Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan.-Lineage:...

were found mainly in Amritsar, Ludhiana and Jalandhar. Some had also settled in Faisalabad in the 19th century. They are now found in Faisalabad, Sahiwal and Toba Tak Singh districts.

Juta

Juta (tribe)

The Juta are a Jat clan, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:, JAT JOTA FAMILY OF TEHSIL KABIRWALA, DISTRICT KHANEWAL...

The Jat are a small clan, found mainly in Shorkot Tehsil

Shorkot Tehsil

, and neighbouring Toba Tek Singh District.

Khokhar

The Khokhar are found mainly in District Multan, Khushab and Mianwali. Some Khokhar Used Malik and Chaudhary as surname

Kadher

The Kadher are found mainly in District Mandi Bahauddin and in Nanakana Sahib. In Mandi Bahauddin there is a union council by the name of Kadher (UC:22 Kadhar). In district Nankana Sahib there is only one village where the Kadher live (Burj Bibi). The word Kadher is also sometimes written as Kadhar.

Kahlon

The Kahlon are found mainly in Sialkot

Sialkot

, Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur

and Amritsar

Amritsar

Districts. They are now scattered throughout central Punjab.

Kallu/ Kallah

The Kallu / Kallah are found mainly in Sargodha

Sargodha

and Khushab

Khushab

Khushab is a city of Khushab District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city serves as the headquarters of Khushab Tehsil an administrative subdivision of the district....

district. A few were also found in Amritsar

Amritsar

and Jalandhar

Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...

prior to partition.

Kalhora

The Kalhora are of Sindhi origin they trace their origins to a Sindhi warrior named, Sultan Ahmad Kalhora who married a daughter of Raja Rai Dhorang Sahta, receiving much territories as dowry. Amir Fathullah Khan Kalhora, is the recognized ancestor of the dynasty. He conquered the bhangar...

Kalhora or Sarai, originally a Jat tribe, also known as Doddi Lati, which gave a dynasty to Sind and is still represented in Dera Ghazi Khan. Its ancestors were darweshes who followed the tenets of the Sayyid Muhammad, the Junpuri, a noted teacher, and one of them, Harmus, espoused a daughter of the Abara Jats of Sind, receiving a grant of land as her dower. His son or grandson. Shaikh Nasir, and his son Shaikh Din Muhammad established their temporal and spiritual authority over the Abara territory in Upper Sind. His brother Yar Muhammad threw off all allegiance to the Mughals, seized the Siwistan sarkar of Thatha, the Siwi mahali of Bakhar in the Multan Province, and Dihar, and wrested the title of Khudayar from the Mughal authorities. His descendant Nur Muhammad drove the Daudpotras out of the zamindari of Lakkhi, in the Bakhar mahal. In 1736-37 the Lati Khan, Khudayar received the province of Thatha, together with the southern part of the Bakhar sarkar, but two or three years later he was stripped of two-thirds of his territory by Nadir Shah. After Nadir Shahs death however the Khudayar assumed authority over all Sind, under the nominal suzerainty of the Durranis, but their rule was short-lived. Nur Muhammad Kalhora was succeeded on his death in 1762 by his son Muhammad Murad, but he only ruled for five years and was deposed by the Talpur Baloch, who set up his brother Mian Ghulam Shah (1757-58). An attempt by his brother Attar Khan to regain Sind, under the authority of a Durrani grant, failed, Ghulam Shah died in 1771, while superintending the erection of the fortress of Haidarabad in Sindh, after a stormy reign of 15 years. He had in 1758 allowed the East India Company to establish a factory in Sindh, but Sarfarz Khan, his son and successor, cancelled the permit in 1775. A year previously he had caused Bahram Khan, head of the Talpurs, and one of his sons to be assassinated, and this led his dethronement, in or about 1786.

Kalyal

The Kalyal claim descent from the Chandravanshi Rajputs. They are found mainly in Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

, Chakwal

Chakwal

and Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

districts, and are the second largest Jat clan in the region, after the Gondal. Like other Jat clans of the Pothohar region, many claim to be Rajput.

Kalyar

The Kalyar is a prominent Punjabi tribe in Pakistan, found among both the Rajputs and Jats communities.- Origin :According to their traditions, the tribe claims descent from a Bhatti Rajput nobleman, a Rana Rajwadhan. The Rana lived in Ghazni, and then moved to Delhi in India. After sometime, he...

The Kalyar claim descent from the Bhatti Rajputs. They are the principal tribe of the Kirana Bar

Kirana Bar

. They are found in Sargodha, Jhang, Multan, Muzaffargarh and Faisalabad districts.

Kang

Kang (tribe)

Kang is a gotra of Jats in India and Pakistan.Dilip Singh Ahlawat has mentioned it as one of the ruling Jat clans in Central Asia.- Distribution :...

The Kang are one of the larger Jat clans. They claim descent from Jogah, who was also an ancestor of the Sohal and Natt Jats. They are found in Lahore, Shaikhupura, Sialkot, Gujrat, Sargodha, Narowal, Faisalabad and Sahiwal districts. Prior to partition, many Muslim Kang were also found in Amritsar, Firozpur, Jalandhar and Ludhiana districts.

Kanyal

The Kanyal are another Jat clan from the Pothohar region. They claim descent from the Minhas

Minhas

Minhas or Manhas or Minhas-Dogra is a Suryavanshi Rajput clan from the Punjab region and Jammu & Kashmir in India and Pakistan. It is an off-shoot of Jamwal-Dogra Rajputs, the founders of the city and state of Jammu and its rulers from ancient times to 1948 CE...

Rajputs. They are found mainly in Jhelum, Gujrat and Rawalpindi districts.

Kathia

The Kathia are a rajput Muslim tribe, found in Punjab, Pakistan. According to the Census of India 1931, their male population numbered 1,600.-Locality:...

Originating from Parmara Rajputs, the Kathia are a unique Jat tribe. They are

found in Pakistan's districts of Jhelum

Jhelum District

, Sahiwal

Sahiwal District

Sahiwal District is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. As of 1998, it had a population of 1,843,194 people, 16.27% of which were located in urban areas. Since 2008, Sahiwal District along with Okara District and Pakpattan District has comprised the Sahiwal Division...

, and Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahauddin District

. They have been present
in these regions of Punjab since the time of Alexander the Great. They represent a small
portion of the total Jat population.

Khaira

Khaira

The Khaira are a Ramgarhia and Jat gotra found in Indian Punjab and Pakistani Punjab.Alternate transliterations include Khera, Khara, Khehra or Khahra.- People :...

The Khaira claim descent from the Suryavanshi Rajputs. They are found throughout central Punjab, and prior to partition, were also found in Amritsar

Amritsar

, Jalandhar

Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...

and Ludhiana districts. They are now found in Faisalabad

Faisalabad

, Sargodha

Sargodha

, Khanewal

Khanewal

, Lahore

Lahore

, Sialkot

Sialkot

, Kasur

Kasur

and Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

districts.

Kharal

-History:Kharal are Panwar Rajputs. Panwar is Sub division of Paramara Rajputs.The Paramara belongs to the Agnivansha of Rajputs....

Kharal have descended from Agnivanshi Panwar Rajput They live mainly in Sandal Bar in the Punjab, Pakistan. The hero of the romantic poem Mirza Sahiban, Mirza, was a Kharal and is known as Mirza Jat throughout the Punjab region.

Khar

Khar (tribe)

Khar is a Seraiki speaking clan of Kamboj tribe. Khar clan is mainly settled in southern Punjab province in Pakistan.They are mainly settled in Muzaffargarh, Layyah and Bhakkar districts...

The Khar claim descent from the Kharal

Kharal

-History:Kharal are Panwar Rajputs. Panwar is Sub division of Paramara Rajputs.The Paramara belongs to the Agnivansha of Rajputs....

Rajputs. They are found in Muzaffargarh

Muzaffargarh

, Layyah

Layyah

Layyah, also spelt Leiah , is the capital city of the Layyah District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°58'0N 70°56'0E with an altitude of 143 metres .-Old History:...

and Bhakkar

Bhakkar

districts.

Khatarmal

The Khatarmal are a gotra of Jats, found in the Punjab, Pakistan..-History and origin:The tribe claims descent from Khatarmal, a Gakhar nobleman.Khatarmal's descendants contracted marriage with neighbouring Jat clans, as such also became Jat...

The Khatarmal claim descent from the famous Gakhar

Gakhar

Gakhar may refer to:*Gakhars, an ancient clan predominantly in present day Punjab, Pakistan.*Gakhar Hindus, the Hindu section of the Gakhar clan*Ghakhar Mandi, a small city in northeastern Punjab, Pakistan...

tribe. Their ancestor married into the Jat community, and they now considered Jat. They can be found in Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

and Gujarat districts.

Khatri

Khatri (Jat)

Khatri is a Jat gotra found in North India, mainly in the state of Haryana. A small number of Muslim Khatri Jats are now found in Pakistan. -History and origin:...

The Khatri are a Mulla Jat clan, who were found in Sonepat and Rohtak

Rohtak District

Rohtak district is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in northern India. It is located in the southeast of Haryana and northwest of Delhi, bounded by Jind and Sonipat districts to the north, Jhajjar and Sonipat districts to the east, and Hissar, Sirsa, and Bhiwani districts to the west...

. They are now found in Okara and Sahiwal

Sahiwal

districts. The Khatri Jat have no connection with the famous Khatri

Khatri

tribe of Punjab.

Khingar

The Khinger or Khingar are a gotra of Bhatti Rajputs, found in the Potohar region of Pakistan.-History and origin:The Khingar are found mainly in Jhelum District, and Gujar Khan Tehsil of Rawalpindi District. Like many other Potohar tribes, they claim to both of Jat and Bhatti Rajput status...

The Khinger claim descent from the Suryavanshi Rajputs. They are found in Attock

Attock

Attock is a city located in the northern border of the Punjab province of Pakistan and the headquarters of Attock District...

, Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

and Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

districts. Like other clans of the Pothohar region, they have a dual identity, some claiming to be Jat, and some to be Rajput.

Khoti

The Khoti are a gotra of Jats, found in the Punjab region of Pakistan.-History and origin:According to the traditions of the tribe, the Khoti are descendent from a Raja Kang...

The Khoti claim Rajput ancestry. They are found in Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

and Chakwal

Chakwal District

Chakwal is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Chakwal district was created in 1985; until the year 2000 when divisions were abolished, it was part of Rawalpindi Division.-Administration:...

districts.

Kianth

The Kianth are a small Jat clan who claim Rajput ancestry from Rajasthan

Rajasthan

. They are found in Faisalabad District

Faisalabad District

Faisalabad District is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 5,429,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad City....

, Rahim Yar Khan District and Kashmir

Kashmir

Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...

. The Kianth Jat have no connection with the Kainth

Kainth

Kainth is a caste group and diverse surname found mostly in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh covering both Sikhs as well as Hindus. The Kainth surname is found among various castes such as Cheembas , Chamar and Jatts ....

caste of India.

Kainth

The kainth Jatts are people who belong to Sikhs as well as hindu. In punjab this name is used in some other classes as well who use to work under real kainth people. In Harayana, most of them are in kaithal.

Kohja

The Kohja or Kauja are Jat gotra , now found mainly in Jhang and Faisalabad districts, of Punjab, Pakistan.- History and origin :The Kauja were originally settled in Jalandhar District, in what is now Punjab, India...

The Kohja claim descent from a Turkish nobleman. They were found in Jalandhar District until partition. They are now found in Jhang District

Jhang District

Jhang District is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Jhang is the district's capital. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district's population was 2.8 million, of which 23 percent lived in urban areas. By 2008, according to estimates, the population had...

Korotaneh

The Korotaneh or sometimes pronounced Korantana, are a Jat tribe found in the province of Pakistani Punjab and Indian Punjab. They are found mainly in the districts of Gujrat and Sialkot. The Korataneh claim descent from Koratana, there tribal ancestor, who was said to be a Bhatti Rajput by origin...

The Korotaneh are clans of jutt ancestry from indoaryan origin .They are living in Sialkot district of Pakistan .They are also found in the area of Indian Punjab.

Lak

Lak (tribe)

The Lak are a Jat found in Punjab, Pakistan.The Lak claim descent from the Panwar Rajputs. They were originally found alongs the banks of the Chenab river, but were outsted by the Sikhs in the 18th Century from this region. They are now found mainly in Sargodha District, with few communities in...

The Lak claim ancestry from the Parmar Rajputs. They are found in Sargodha, Khushab, Mandi Bahuaddin and Jhang districts.

Lalli

Lalli is an apocryphal character from Finnish history. According to legend, he killed Bishop Henry on the ice of lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland on January 20, 1156.- Legend :...

Lalli is an important Jat clan name and belongs to the White Huns group of the Jats who invaded India in the 6th century. According to the ancient records, one Lalli used to be the governor of the Afghanistan area in the 7th century.

Langrial

Langrial (tribe)

The Langrial have a number of traditions. Some claim Rajput ancestry, others claim to be Qureshi Arab

Arab

s. They are one of the most widespread of the Jat clans, found in Gujrat

Gujrat District

, Jhelum

Jhelum District

, Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi District

, Multan

Multan District

, Faisalabad

Faisalabad District

Faisalabad District is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 5,429,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad City....

, Vehari

Vehari District

Vehari District is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan - the city of Vehari is the capital of the district. The district was created in 1976 out of the three tehsils of Multan District . The name Vehari means low lying settlement by a flood water channel...

, Khanewal

Khanewal District

Khanewal is District of Punjab province in Pakistan. It most widely known for being the host city to the second largest Train Station in Pakistan...

and Lodhran

Lodhran District

Lodhran is a district in the Punjab, Pakistan, located on the northern side of River Sutlej. It is bounded to the north by the districts of Multan, Khanewal and Vehari, to the south by Bahawalpur District, to the east lie the districts of Vehari and Bahawalpur; while district Multan lies on the...

districts.

Lehal (also spelled Lehel, Lahal, Lehl, Lel or Lahil)

The Lehal are mostly Sikhs and Muslims in east Punjab and Hindu Jats in the Haryana state of India. They are found in the Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Ferozpur and Patiala districts of east Punjab. They are also found in Karnal district of Haryana. Some feel that they are related to the Magyar chieftain Lehel

Lehel

Lehel was a Magyar chieftain, one of the brilliant military leaders of prince Taksony of Hungary, the descendant of Árpád. He was one of the most important figures of the Magyar invasions of Europe...

, a leader of the Hungarian army who died in 955 in the Battle of Augsburg.

Ladhar

The Ladhar claim are original jat . They are found in Sialkot

Sialkot

,Faisalabad and Narowal

Narowal

districts.

Lodhra

The Lodhra are a tribe of Muslim Rajputs, found mainly in Lodhran District of Punjab, Pakistan.The tribe claims descent from Lodhra, a son of Sukhram Dev, a ManhasRajput. Lodhra is said to have come to the district in the 17th Century, and founded the town of Lodhran. The tribe converted to Islam...

Lodhra is an old Jat clan that lives mostly in south and north Punjab. They live in Lodhran District

Lodhran District

, Multan District

Multan District

, Gujranwala District

Gujranwala District

and Bahawalpur District

Bahawalpur District

Lodike

-History and origin:The Lodike are a clan of the Kharal tribe, found in Gujranwala District, where they hold 36 villages. They are said to have come from the Ravi, and initially led a pastoral life and nomadic life in the Sangla Hill country. Reverses at the hands of the Virk Jats forced them to...

The Lodike are a clan of the Kharal

Kharal

-History:Kharal are Panwar Rajputs. Panwar is Sub division of Paramara Rajputs.The Paramara belongs to the Agnivansha of Rajputs....

Rajputs. They are found in Gujranwala District

Gujranwala District

, where they occupy 82 villages.

Lohanch

-Histrory & Origin:According to tribal traditions, the Lohanch were settled in their present abode by two descendents of the famous Sufi, Bahwal Haq. Makhdum Lal Isa is said to have brought with him two brothers, the elder of whom was called Lohanch, and settled them in what was wasteland, in the...

The Lohanch are a small Jat clan, found only in Muzaffargarh District

Muzaffargarh District

Lurka

The Lurka are a small Jat clan found in the Sandal Bar

Sandal Bar

region. They are now confined to Faisalabad District

Faisalabad District

Faisalabad District is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 5,429,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad City....

Makhdoom

The Makhdoom descendant of the Gondal clan, found mainly in Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahauddin

, Gujarat, Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

, Chakwal

Chakwal

, Hafizabad

Hafizabad

Hafizabad is a city and tehsil of Hafizabad District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated at 32° 4′ N. and 73° 41′ E.- History :...

, Lahore

Lahore

, Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

, Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

, Malakwal

Malakwal

Malakwal is town in Mandi Bahauddin District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town serves as the headquarters of Malakwal Tehsil, and administrative subdivision of Mandi Bahauddin District...

and Sargodha

Sargodha

districts. They claim descent from the Chauhan Rajputs.

Maan

The Maan are one of the original Jat clans, together with the Bhullar and Heer

Heer (clan)

Heer also known as Heir/Haer or Hayer is one among the oldest and purest Jat gotras , along with Maan and Bhullar. It is found in the region of Punjab shared by India and Pakistan...

/Hayer

Hayer

Hayer also spelled as Hayre or Haer is a Jatt clan found in India and Pakistan in the region of Punjab. This article concerns the historical clan.-History and origin:...

being known as the Asl or original Jats. They are found throughout central Punjab. Prior to partition, they were also found in Amritsar, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Firuzpur and Patiala districts. They are now found in Faisalabad, Sialkot, Narowal, Gujranwala, Lahore, Kasur, Okara, Sahiwal and Sargodha districts. The Maan were also found among the Mulla Jat of Karnal District

Karnal District

Karnal district is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Karnal town is the administrative headquarters of the district. Other major towns in this district are Assandh, Gharaunda, Nilokheri, Indri and Uncha Siwana. This district is part of Rohtak Division.-History:Karnal...

Mahil

Mahal is a Jat gotra or clan found in the Northern Indian state of Punjab.- Origin :The place of origin of the Mahils is supposed to have been Delhi...

The Mahil claim Chandravanshi Rajput ancestry. Muslim Mahil were found in Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur

, Jalandhar

Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...

, Firuzpur, Hoshiarpur and Patiala. They are now found in Okara, Khanewal, Sahiwal and Faisalabad districts.

Mahra

Mahra (clan)

The Mahra are a Jat clan, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:According to their traditions, they were originally Mughal, and settled near Delhi. Abour about 10 or 12 generations ago, the whole tribe was exterminated with the exception of a boy who was found lying among the...

The Mahra claim descent from a Mughal

Mughal (tribe)

The term Mughal is simply a Turkic word and many groups in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh use the term Mughal to describe themselves...

nobleman. They are a Saraiki

Saraiki language

-speaking Jat clan found mainly in Dera Ghazi Khan

Dera Ghazi Khan

Dera Ghazi Khan is a city located in Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, Pakistan. Dera Ghazi Khan is one of the most populous cities in Southern Punjab, and it is the largest district in Punjab in terms of area, being approximately in extent....

, Multan

Multan

, Muzaffargarh

Muzaffargarh

and Layyah

Layyah

Layyah, also spelt Leiah , is the capital city of the Layyah District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°58'0N 70°56'0E with an altitude of 143 metres .-Old History:...

districts.

Maitla

Maitla or Metlo is a Jat gotra or clan found in the Punjab province of Pakistan and Punjab .- Geographical distribution :Maitlas mainly inhabit in the districts of Jhang, Sargodha, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Layyah, Bhakkar, Khanewal, Vehari, Lodhran, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Gujranwala, Sheikhpura,...

The Maitla claim Rajput ancestry. They are found in Jhang

Jhang District

, Sargodha

Sargodha

, Multan

Multan District

, Bahawalpur, Muzafarghar, Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

, Sialkot

Sialkot

, Okara and Sahiwal

Sahiwal District

districts.

Majoka

Majoka Or Manjotha is the name of a tribe originating from the Indian Subcontinent. in the Rajasthan, India and Punjab, Pakistan. The main concentration of the tribe is in the village of Haveli Majoka on the river Jehlum in Pakistan and Khatlabana, District Sri Ganganagar Rajasthan, India...

This clan is found at the banks of river Jehlum in the Sargodha District

Sargodha District

. The ancestry of Majoka clan is not fully clear yet. Majokas claim ancestry from Muslim invaders of India in the seventh century. However, other opinions include a Rajput or Chadhar

Chadhar

descent.

Makwal

The Makwal claim Qureshi Arab

Arab

ancestry. They are found mainly in Dera Ghazi Khan

Dera Ghazi Khan District

Dera Ghazi Khan is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The district covers an area of 5,306 m² and it is a long narrow strip of country, 198 m...

and Muzaffargarh

Muzaffargarh District

districts.

Mallana

The Mallana are a Jat gotra, found in the Punjab and the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.-History and origin:According to their traditions, the Mallana claim descent from Mallana, said to be a Barlas Mughal trooper in the army of the Emperor Akbar. Mallana is said to have settled in...

The Mallana are a Jat tribe found throughout Punjab. They claim descent from a Mughal

Mughal (tribe)

The term Mughal is simply a Turkic word and many groups in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh use the term Mughal to describe themselves...

nobleman.

Malhi

The Malhi is a Jat gotra/Kumhar clan from the North Indian state of Punjab and Pakistani Punjab,Earlier based in the region around Sialkot , the Malhis were often wealthy landlords living in North-East Punjab....

The Malhi claim descent from the Suryavanshi Rajputs. They are found mainly in Sialkot District

Sialkot District

Sialkot District or the District of Sialkot , is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the north-east of the province...

Malik

Malik (Jat)

Malik is a clan of Hindu Jatt, Muslim Jat and a few Sikh Jat, found primarily in Haryana, India, but also found in other Indian states as well as Pakistan. There are both Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh Jats...

The Malik are a Mulla Jat clan, and are also known as the Ghatwala. They were found in Sonepat and Rohtak in Haryana. Now they are found mainly in Okara

Okara District

Okara District is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. The Multan Road connects the district capital, Okara with tLahore 110 km away. Okara began as a small town about 40 km from the city of Sahiwal. It later become a city in its own right. According to the 1998 census, the district had a...

, Sahiwal

Sahiwal

and Vehari

Vehari

Vehari is a city in the Punjab province in Pakistan. The city, which is the capital of the district and tehsil of the same name, is located at 30°1'0N 72°21'0E at an altitude of 135m , lies about from the regional metropolis of Multan and about north of the river Sutlej - the southernmost of...

districts.

Mamyal

The Mamyal claim Bhatti Rajput ancestry. They are found only in Rawalpindi District

Rawalpindi District

, principally in the village of Mamyal in Kahuta Tehsil

Kahuta Tehsil

Kahuta Tehsil is one of the seven Tehsils of Rawalpindi District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The neighbouring Tehsil of Kotli Sattian used to be part of Kahuta, but was later created as a separate tehsil.-History:...

Manda

Manda (clan)

Manda gotra Jats are found in Pakistan, Sialkot, Jaipur, Pali, Nagaur, Kota, Bhilwara districts in Rajasthan.-The Mandas in Iran - The First Historical Empire of Jats:...

The Manda are found mainly in Sialkot District

Sialkot District

Sialkot District or the District of Sialkot , is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the north-east of the province...

Mangat

Mangat (clan)

Mangat, also written as Mawngat or Mongat, is a famous Jat clan, based in Punjab, northwest India, although some members also live in Punjab, Pakistan.-History and origin:...

The Mangat claim Rajput ancestry. They are found in Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahauddin District

and Gujrat

Gujrat District

districts. Muslim Mangat were also found in Ambala

Ambala District

Ambala district is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in India. Ambala town is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district has an area of 1568.85 km².-History:...

and Ludhiana

Ludhiana District

-Rainfall:The rainfall in the district increases from the southwest toward the northeast. About 70% of the rainfall is received during the period of July through September...

districts. They too have settled in Mandi Bahauddin.

Manj

Manj are a [Rajput/jat] sub-clan from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. Basically they are agriculturalists.- The Indo-Aryan languages :...

The Manj claim Rajput ancestry. They are found in Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahauddin District

and Gujrat

Gujrat District

districts. Muslim Manj were also found in Ambala

Ambala District

Ambala district is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in India. Ambala town is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district has an area of 1568.85 km².-History:...

and Ludhiana

Ludhiana District

-Rainfall:The rainfall in the district increases from the southwest toward the northeast. About 70% of the rainfall is received during the period of July through September...

districts. They too have settled in Punjab,Pakistan.

Marath

The Marath are a Jat clan or gotra found in the Punjab province of Pakistan. They are found mainly in the districts of Gujrat, Chakwal and Sargodha. In Chakwal District, there main settlement is the village of Marath....

The Marath claim Rajput ancestry. They are found in Sargodha and Gujranwala districts.

Minhas

Mainly found in Middle/North Punjab.The Minhas claim descent from the Suryavanshi

Marhal

Marhal

The Marhal, are sometime pronounced Mandal, are a Jat gotra, now found mainly in Punjab, although few are still found in Jarauda in Muzaffarnagar District of Uttar Pradesh. They are one of the larger Muley Jat clans.-History and origin:...

The Marhal are a Mulla Jat clan. They were found in Samana

Samana

-Dominican Republic:*Samaná Province*Samaná, Dominican Republic, or Santa Bárbara de Samaná, the capital of Samaná Province*Samaná Peninsula*Cape Samana on Samaná Peninsula*Samaná Bay, a body of water in the Atlantic next to the Samaná Peninsula...

and Karnal

Karnal

Karnal is an important city and the headquarters of Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana.Karnal is said to have been founded by the Kauravas in the Mahabharata era for the king Karna, a mythological hero and a key figure in the epic tale...

in Haryana

Haryana

, and from this clan came the family of the Nawabs of Karnal. Many have now settled in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Sindh

is the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...

in Sindh, while others are found in Multan.

Marral

The Marral or Maral are a Muslim tribe of Rajput found throughout southern part of the Punjab, Pakistan province of Pakistan.- History & Origins :...

The Marral claim Chauhan

Chauhan

Chauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...

Rajput ancestry. They are a Saraiki

Saraiki language

-speaking Jat clan, and are found in Jhang, Bahawalpur, Multan and Sahiwal districts.

Marrar

Marrar is a Jatt tribe of Pakistan and India. According to the book Glossary of tribes Castes of Punjab and NW Province Marrars were Sombansi Rajputs. Many Rajput tribes during wars and famine began to cultivate their lands and hence began being termed as Jatts...

Marrar is a Jatt tribe of Pakistan, India. According to the book Glossary of tribes Castes of Punjab and NW Province Marrars were Sombansi Rajputs. The Marrars in Gujrat say they came into the Punjab from Samana, India in the service of Moghul King Akbar who settled them in the Gujrat district of Punjab.

Matharu

Matharu or Matharoo is a prominent Sikh clan belonging to the Khatri/Rajput and Jat tribe.-Origins:The Matharu clan originated from Punjab.Sikh Tarkhans are more commonly known as Ramgarhias because of their reverence for the famous Misl leader, Jassa Singh Ramgarhia, who was a Tarkhan.They were...

The Matharu claim Jadaun

Jadaun

The Jadaun are a clan of Chandravanshi Rajputs found in North India and Pakistan.-Origins:...

Rajput ancestry. They are found in Sialkot, Narowal, Gujranwala, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar and Patiala districts.

Mathyal

The Mathyal (sometimes pronounced Matial or Matyal) are Rajput ancestry. They are found mainly in Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

and Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

districts.

Mekan

Mekan (tribe)

The Maken are a Rajput clan found in Punjab, Pakistan.- History and origin :The word Maken came from urdu word مے کن mean Bar Keeper . They claim descent from the Parmara Rajputs, and spring from the same ancestor as the Dhudhi tribe. The tribe claims to have settled in the Thal, after the end of...

The Mekan claim Parmar Rajput ancestry. They are found in Sargodha, Jhang, Jhelum and Chakwal districts.

Nanda

Nanda is a surname of Punjabis . Nanda is a Tarkhan , Ahluwalia and Kamboj surname. All the clans of Tarkhan , Lohar, Gujjar, Kamboj, Ahluwalia tribes have a close genetic and ancestral relationship with each other, and together they form the Khatri/Rajput caste.-Among Kamboj people:*Nanda is a...

Jats are said to be of Georgian

Georgian people

, Tatar, Kazakh

Kazakhs

The Kazakhs are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia ....

and Chechen

Chechen people

Chechens constitute the largest native ethnic group originating in the North Caucasus region. They refer to themselves as Noxçi . Also known as Sadiks , Gargareans, Malkhs...

origin. They are mostly found in Sialkot

Sialkot

, Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

, Faisalabad

Faisalabad

, Okara, Islamabad

Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...

, etc.

Nagra

Nagra (clan)

The Nagra are a Jat clan found in the province of Pakistani Punjab and the Indian state of Punjab.The clan claim descent from Nagra, who is said to be a Chauhan Rajput, and the tribe also claim a common origin with the Cheema. They are said to have left Delhi during the rule of Alauddin Khilji, and...

The Nagra are connected with the Cheema

Cheema

clan, and claim Chauhan

Chauhan

Chauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...

Rajput ancestry. They are found in Lahore, Gujranwala and Sialkot districts.

Nagyal

Nagyal, sometimes pronounced as Nangyal and also written as Nagial are a Rajput-Jat tribe found mainly in Rawalpindi District, Gujar Khan, Daultala, Jhelum and Gujrat Districts of Punjab, Mirpur District of Azad Jammu and Kashmir...

The Nagyal claim Minhas

Minhas

Rajput ancestry. They are found in Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

, Chakwal

Chakwal District

, Gujrat

Gujrat District

and Rawalpindi districts.

Naich

Naich (tribe)

The Naich is a tribe settled throughout the Sindh, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. They are a clan of the Jat Muslim tribe and in most areas people of this tribe are known as Jatt Naich and almost in all areas of Pakistan their mother-language is seraiki. In Sindh...

The Naich claim Rajput ancestry. They found in Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur District

, Sadiqabad

Sadiqabad

Sadiqabad or Sadiq Abad or Sadik Abad or Sadikabad is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. Sadiqabad is also the administrative centre of Sadiqabad Tehsil, which is a sub-division of Rahim Yar Khan District....

, Kabirwala

KabirWala

Kabirwala is a town of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of Kabirwala Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district...

, Rahim Yar Khan, Multan

Multan

, Muzaffargarh

Muzaffargarh

, Bhakkar

Bhakkar District

and Khushab

Khushab District

Khushab District is a rural tribal district located in Punjab, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census, the population was 905,711 with 24.76% living in urban areas. The district consists of 3 tehsils: Khushab, Nurpur, and Quaidabad, as well as a sub-tehsil Naushera...

districts of Punjab. The Naich are a Saraiki-speaking Jat clan.

Nain

The Nain are a Mulla Jat clan. They were found in Patiala, Bhatinda and Hissar

Hisar, India

. Like other Mulla Jats, they moved to Pakistan after partition. They are now found mainly in Multan, Sahiwal and Okara districts.

Narwa

Narwa is a Jatt/Rajput Gotra of India/Pakistan. The Jatt section use the name Narwa while the Rajput section call themselves Narma. Places like Narwal are founded by Narwa Jatts....

/Narma

Narma

The Narma are a Rajput tribe found in India and Pakistan.-References:*Glossary of tribes and castes by H.A.Rose*Punjabi Musalman, Lieut JM Wikeley*Narma Rajput Tribe...

Narwa/Narma are a Jatt/Rajput Clan in Gujrat Kashmir Rawalpindi and Narowal. According to tradition they are descended from a Raja Karan whose other son found the Thathal Clan.

Naswana

Naswana

Nissoana or Nissowana or Naswana are a Jat clan.They hold the northern corner of Chiniot District, and extend into the neighbouring parts of Sargodha Tehsil.- History :...

or Nissowana

The Naswana (also pronounced Nissowana) claim Bhatti Rajput ancestry. They are found mainly in Chiniot, Jhang, Sargodha and Faisalabad districts.

Nathyal

The Nathyal are a tribe of Rajputs and Jats found principally in the Potohar region of Punjab, Pakistan, Azad Kashmir, and Jammu.-History and origins:...

Nathyals are descendents of Janjua Rajputs* (H.A. Rose 1919).

They are found in the potohar region of Pakistan in the districts of Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

, Chakwal

Chakwal

, Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

and Gujarat. There are also found in the districts of Bhimber

Bhimber

Bhimber is the chief town of Bhimber District, Azad Kashmir. The town is situated on the border between Azad Kashmir and Pakistan at a distance of about 50 km from Mirpur, about 48 km from Gujrat and about 166 km from Islamabad.-History:...

, Mirpur

Mirpur District

Mirpur District is a district in the disputed and divided state of [Jammu and Kashmir]. The district is named after the main city, Mirpur. The District of Mirpur has a population of 371,000 and covers an area of . The district is mainly mountainous with some plains...

and Jammu

Jammu

Jammu , also known as Duggar, is one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India.Jammu city is the largest city in Jammu and the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir...

.

Natt

Natt

The Natt are a Jat gotra found in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India.-History and origin:The tribe is descended from Jograh, a Suryavanshi Rajput, who is said to have come from Ayudhia, in North India...

The Natt claim Chandravanshi Rajputs ancestry. They are found in Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

and Sialkot

Sialkot

districts.

Naul

Nauls

The Naul is a tribe mostly native to Rajistan INDIA and Punjab Pakistan.In India and SINDH, NAUL is pronunced as NAWAL which is Hindi synonym....

The Naul claim Rajput ancestry. They are found in Kasur

Kasur District

Kasur District or Qasur District is one of the districts in the province of Punjab, Pakistan It came into existence on 1 July 1976. Earlier it was part of Lahore District....

, Sahiwal

Sahiwal

, Okara, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib and Jhang

Jhang District

districts.

Niara

The Niara claim to be Jat descendants of King Mirz Haider of Kashmir

Kashmir

. Most Niaras will be found in high government positions, while a Niara has also been one of the presidents of Pakistan. They are mostly found in Sialkot

Sialkot

, Lahore

Lahore

, Faisalabad

Faisalabad

, Islamabad

Islamabad

, Multan

Multan

, etc.

Nonari

The Nonari claim descent from the Meer/Barber Rajputs. They are found in Layyah, Bhakkar, Muzaffargarh, Multan, Sahiwal, Faisalabad and Rahim Yar Khan districts.

Noon

Noon (tribe)

-History and origin:Noon tribe is related to the Tiwana Muslim Rajput tribe from Mitha Tiwana. The Tiwana family lives in an old historical village in Khushab district. The Tiwana tribe is a very popular landholding and influential political family in the Khushab distrist. The Noon tribe came from...

The Noon claim to be a clan of Bhatti Rajputs. Some consider themselves Jat, while others claim to be Rajput. The Noon of Bhakkar and Layyah generally claim to be Jat, while those of Sargodha and Multan claim to be Rajput.

Padda

The Padda claim descent from the Rajputs. They are found in Sialkot and Narowal districts.

Pannun

A Jat tribe They are chiefly found throughout the central districts of Punjab India and Punjab Pakistan. According to some traditions, the tribe came from Ghazni in Afghanistan. They claim a connection with the Aulakh tribe....

The Pannun claim Suryavanshi Rajput ancestry. They are found mainly in Lahore

Lahore

, Kasur

Kasur

, Gujranwala

Gujranwala District

and Sialkot

Sialkot

districts. Prior to partition, they were also found in Amritsar

Amritsar

, Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur

and Firozpur

Firozpur

Firozpur is a city on the banks of the Sutlej River in Firozpur District, Punjab, India, founded by Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq , a Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388.The Manj Rajputs say the town was named after their chief, a Rajput of...

Pansota

The Pansota have settled in Faisalabad

Faisalabad

, Jhang

Jhang

and Toba Tek Singh

Toba Tek Singh

Toba Tek Singh District is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located between 30°33' to 31°2' Degree north latitudes and 72°08' to 72°48' Degree longitudes.-Origins of Name:...

districts. Most of them migrated from Indian city of Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur

Parhar

Parhar (Jat)

The Parhar are Jat gotra, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan, and both Jat and Rajput gotra in the Punjab state of India.-History and origin:The Parhar Jats claim descent from the Parihar Rajputs...

The Parhar are a Saraiki-speaking Jat clan, found throughout southern Punjab, with a few villages in Sargodha District

Sargodha District

. They are Parihar

Parihar

Parihar is a clan which is part of many communities including Rajputs, Gurjars and Jats. According to the Handbook on Rajputs by famous British historian A. H...

Rajputs by origin.

Phogat

One of the Surname used by people of JAT warrior tribe.There are several variations of spelling depending on local religion and customs....

The Phogat were another Mulla Jat clan. Muslim Phogat were found in Sonepat and Rohtak. They are now found mainly in Okara, Vehari and Kasur districts.

Punyal

The Punyal are a Jat clan found mainly in Dadayal district of Mirpur Azad Kashmir. They are also found in Gujar Khan area.

Randhawa

Randhawa

The Randhawas are jatt clans.Randhawa , is one of the many last names of Jat/Jatt warrior clans that played an important historical role in South Asian history.-History:...

The Randhawa claim Jadaun

Jadaun

The Jadaun are a clan of Chandravanshi Rajputs found in North India and Pakistan.-Origins:...

Rajput ancestry. The Randhawa are one of the larger Jat tribes, mainly warriors, Martial Race among Jatt, found in Sialkot, Narowal, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Lahore and Kasur districts. Prior to partition, Muslim Randhawa were also present in Amritsar, Firuzpur, Gurdaspur [{(Dharam Kot Randhawa)}], Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar and Patiala districts. There are several villages of Randhawa in Mirpurkhas, Badin, Nawab Shah and Sangarh districts in Sindh.

;Raju

Raju

Raju may refer to:* Raju, a Telugu caste of India* Venkatapathy Raju is a former Indian left arm spin bowler* Rajuvula, an Indo-Scythian ruler*MMA Raju, an Estonian mixed martial arts promotion...

The Rajus are Muslim Jat clan. They claim descendent from the Kshatriya Rajput ancestry.They are mostly found in Sangla Hill(Nankana Sahib) , Gojra(Toba Tek Singh) and Bahawalpur.Villages by the name of Raju are Rajubela,Rajuvala,Rajulu,Rajuvaal.

Ranjha

Ranjha (tribe)

The Ranjha are a gotra of Jat, found in the eastern uplands of Sargodha, Mandi Bahauddin and Gujrat districts, of Punjab, Pakistan. A small number are also found in Jhelum and Gujranwala districts...

The Ranjha claim descent from the Bhatti Rajputs. They are found in Mandi Bahauddin, Gujrat, Jhelum and Sargodha districts. The tribe is famous for producing Deedo Ranjha, the main character in the legend of Heer Ranjha

Heer Ranjha

Ranyal

The Ranyals are predominantly found in the Jhelum region, extending north to Mirpur. Like many clans from the Potohar area, some Ranyals/Arnyals claim to be of Rajput Janjua descent.

Sagla

The Sagla are a Jat found in the province of Punjab in Pakistan.-History and origin:The Sagla claim to be Panwar Rajputs, claiming descent from a Raja of Dharanagar. They are said to have settled in Punjab, during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. They are now found settled in Sahiwal...

The Sagla claims Panwar Rajput ancestrry. They are found in Sahiwal District

Sahiwal District

Sahi

Sahi or Shahi is a clan of jat , Rajput,Bhumihar and Arain mulims.- History :Sahis are primarily agrarians and found on either sides of Punjab...

In Pakistani Punjab the Sahi are mainly found in Sialkot district, especially in the Daska tehsil of Sialkot. Some of the Sahi Jatts are located in Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sahiwal and Jhelum.

Sahotra

Sahotra are a clan of Rajput, Tarkhan and Jat, found in Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan.There are seven pronunciations for this tribe:* Sahotra* Sohotra* Sahota* Sahontra* Sauntra* Sontra* Sutra- History and origin myths :...

The Sahotra are found both among the Punjabi-speaking Jats of central Punjab and the Saraiki

Saraiki language

-speaking clans. They are found in Faisalabad

Faisalabad District

Faisalabad District is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 5,429,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad City....

, Multan

Multan District

and Dera Ghazi Khan

Dera Ghazi Khan District

Dera Ghazi Khan is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The district covers an area of 5,306 m² and it is a long narrow strip of country, 198 m...

districts.

Samore

The Samore claim Chandravanshi Rajput ancestry. The Muslim Samore were found in jhang

Jhang

, Sialkot

Sialkot

, Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

, Ludhiana, Amritsar

Amritsar

, Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur

, Jalandhar

Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...

and Firozpur

Firozpur

districts. They are now found in Sialkot

Sialkot

, Narowal, Lahore, Multan,Jhang and Faisalabad districts.They are warrior men,They live in tribes,They are also known as Maher,They kept horses.

Samtia

The Samtia claim Rajput ancestry. They are a Saraiki

Saraiki language

-speaking Jat tribe found in Bhakkar, Layyah and Muzaffargarh districts.

Sandhal

The Sandal are small Saraiki

Saraiki language

-speaking Jat clan in Mailsi

Mailsi

Mailsi is a city in Multan region,Pakistan. It is located at 29°48'1N 72°10'33E at an altitude of 126 m .It was the biggest tehsil of Multan District and two districts Lodhran and Vehari were carved out by taking land of Mailsi in 19th and 20th centuries. Vehari which is now district was...

in Vehari District

Vehari District

Sandhila

The Sandhila claim Rajput ancestry. They are a Saraiki-speaking Jat tribe found in Layyah

Layyah

Layyah, also spelt Leiah , is the capital city of the Layyah District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°58'0N 70°56'0E with an altitude of 143 metres .-Old History:...

, Bhakkar, Multan, Lodhran, Dera Ghazi Khan and Khanewal districts.

Sandhu

Sandhu or Sindhu is a Jatt of Jat ethnicity found in Iraq, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir in India and also in Pakistan...

The Sandhu are the largest Muslim Jat clan. They are found throughout central Punjab in many villages. They have played a significant role in the social and political spectrum of Pakistan. Many renowned Sandhu families lives in Lahore District (also known as Majha). They also have a considerable presence in Sheikhupura District, Sialkot District, Gujranwala District, Gujrat District and Faisalabad District (although the Pakistani Sandhu Jatts are the descendants of Sandhus who migrated from Punjab and Haryana).

Sangha

Sangha is a word in Pali or Sanskrit that can be translated roughly as "association" or "assembly," "company" or "community" with common goal, vision or purpose...

The Sangha are Jats from an Indo-Scythian background. Most of the Sangha Jats live in and around Moga, Jalandhar, Ferozepur, Kapurthala, Sialkot, Muridke, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Multan and Kharian.

Sarai

Sarai (tribe)

The Sarai are Jat clan found in Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan.They are found in Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Sialkot, as well on the upper and middle Sutlej.-History and origin:...

The Sarai claim Bhatti Rajput ancestry. They are found throughout central Punjab, mainly in Lahore, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sargodha, Shaikhupura and Faisalabad districts.

Saroya

The Saroya are found in Gujranwala, Lahore and Faisalabad.

Sial

Sial (tribe)

The Sial tribe are a Punjabi,Sindhi,Baluchi and Pakhtun people found among Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus in Pakistan and India .Sials are found among Jatts, Rajputs/Khatris...

The Sial tribe are a branch of Jatt originating predominantly from the Jhang District of northern Punjab, Pakistan. The Sials are predominantly Muslims; there are also Christian, Sikh, Hindu Sials.

Sidhu

Sidhu is the most influential and prominent Jat/Jatt gotra .The Sidhu clan is mainly found in the Malwa region of Punjab state,Ganganagar district and the province of Punjab in Pakistan...

The Sidhu are the largest Muslim

Muslim

Jat clan in the Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

. According to the 1911 Census of India, one-third of the Sidhu were Muslim and rest were Sikh. They were found throughout central Punjab, stretching from Sargodha

Sargodha

and Gujarat in the west to Karnal

Karnal

in the east. Lahore

Lahore

was and remains a stronghold of the tribe. In addition to Lahore, they are found in Kasur, Okara, Vehari, Sahiwal, Faisalabad, Jhang, Sargodha, Gujrat, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Mandi Bahauddin and Narowal district. They are also found in Sanghar District

Sanghar District

Sanghar District is one of the largest districts of Sindh province, Pakistan. It is located in the centre of Sindh and is bounded to the east by India. The district capital, Sanghar, is itself a small city roughly east-south-east of the city of Nawabshah and the same distance north of Mirpur...

of Sindh. The Sidhu claim a common origin with the Bhatti Rajput.

Sikhana

The Sikhana are found in Khipro

Khipro

Khipro Khipro is a taluka, an administrative subdivision, of Sanghar District, Sindh, Pakistan. This is largest taluka in Pakistan by its area. From two sides it is connected to the major cities like Sanghar, Mirpurkhas, and remaining two are connecting with border of India...

, Sanghar District

Sanghar District

, Sindh.

Sindhu

The Sindhu Jat Clan is the Ancient Indo-Aryan Jat Clan of North West India. The name of the River Indus or Dariyae Sindh was in the Ancient History of India "Sindhu". The Sindhu Jats is a Mix Jat Clan of Hindu, Muslim and Sikhs and living mostly in the north and North-West of India in many Indian States and Pakistan as well as in the Overseas Countries Australia, Canada, Germany, UK and U.S.A. too.

Sipra

Sipra is a Rajput tribe in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. Sipra are one of the most educated and well established families among other Jat casts.- History :...

The Sipra are a clan of Gill

Gill (clan)

Jats. They are found in Jhang, Chiniot, Sargodha and Faisalabad districts.

Sohal

The Sohal claim Bhatti Rajput ancestry. They were found in Sialkot, Gujranwala, Lahore, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Firuzpur and Jallandhar districts. Like other Muslim

Muslim

Jats from east Punjab, they migrated to Pakistan after partition. In addition to Gujranwala, Sialkot and Lahore, they are also found in Faisalabad and Sahiwal districts.

Soomra

Soomro

Soomro or Soomra is a Sindhi tribe in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan, Pakistan.- History and origin :The Soomra Dynasty was established by the Soomro tribe of Sindh. The Soomra ruled Sindh from 750-1351. Following the 985 CE expulsion of the Qarmatian Muslim sect from Iraq and Egypt, the...

The Soomra

Soomro

are a large Jat tribe of possible Arab

Arab

ancestry. They are found throughout southern Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

, with concentrations in Layyah

Layyah

Layyah, also spelt Leiah , is the capital city of the Layyah District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°58'0N 70°56'0E with an altitude of 143 metres .-Old History:...

and Rajanpur

Rajanpur

district. They are sometimes confused with the Samra

Samra

Samra , classically called the Samarabriëans , or the Sumrahs is the surname of a clan gotra of Jats found in Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan. At one time they were settled in the UpperIndus.-History and origin:...

of central Punjab; the two are in fact entirely distinct tribes. In Sindh, the Soomra or Soomro are the largest Sindhi

Sindhi people

Sindhis are a Sindhi speaking socio-ethnic group of people originating from Sindh, a province Formerly of British India, now in Pakistan. Today Sindhis that live in Pakistan belong to various religious denominations including Islam, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Christianity...

tribe, found throughout the province.

Takhar

Takhar (clan)

Takhar or Takher or Tukhar or Tushar is 1) a gotra of Hindu and Sikh Jats found in Rajasthan in India, 2) Jatt Sikhs found in the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan and 3) and a Muslim Jat clan found in Pakistan....

The Takhar claim Rajput ancestry. They are found in Sialkot, Narowal and Gujrat districts.

Talokar

The Talokar, also pronounced Thalokar, are a gotra of Jats, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:According to their traditions, they are the related to Sial and Tiwana tribes. Supposedly all three tribes of descendants from three brothers, Tila, Sila and Taloka, who were...

/Thalokar

The Talokar/Thalokar are a clan of Jat who claim to be the brothers of Sial and Tiwana (Tila.Sila and Taloka). That tribe accepted Islam on the hand of Baba Farid Shukar Gunj, who came from India and first settled near Bhera, village known as Kalara and Kurrar Talokar. Later they came west and settled permanently on the east side of the Indus River, known as Bakharra (Kacha) and Ding/Khola (Thal), now in Mianwali.

Tarar

Tarar is a Punjabi tribe and Jat gotra of Northern India and in Punjab province of Pakistan.-Geographical distribution:Tarar is a Goth of Jats that means a sub-caste of Jat clan...

Tarar is a Goth of Jats. Tarars are one of the most prominent, educated and well-established of all the Jat castes in Punjab, Pakistan.They are mostly spread out in present day in Hafizabad , Mandi Bahauddin, Sargodha and Gujranwala districts and are all Muslims. Hindu and Sikh Tarars also live in India, in the states of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Tatlah

The Tatlah claim Hajuah Rajput ancestry. They are found in Sialkot

Sialkot

, Narowal

Narowal

and Gujarat districts.

Tatri

The Tatri are a clan of Muslim Jats found in Sargodha and Mandi Bahauddin Districts of Punjab, Pakistan. They claim descent from Tatri, who is said to be a Bhatti Rajput. As with the traditions of many other Jat clans in Sargodha region, by marrying into the Jat community, they too became Jat....

The Tatri claim Rajput ancestry. They are found in Mandi Bahauddin and Sargodha districts.

Thaheem

The Thaheem are a Sindhi tribe of Arab origin found in Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.- Origin :...

The Thaheem tribe is descended from an Arab tribe, the Banu Tameem. They migrated to present day Pakistan along with Muhammad Bin Qasim. A majority speak the Seraiki language. The Bafan community of Gujarat claim descent from the Thaheem tribe. Currently majority of thaheem belong to South Punjab (Pakistan) & Sindh Province. In Punjab, Their Major areas are Khanpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Multan, Sargodha, Jhang, Muzaffargarh, (Baghi Wala) Kamalia.
Thathal

Thathal/Thothal is a Jatt/Rajput clan. The Thathals claim Suryavanshi Rajput ancestry from a Raja Karan. According to tradition they are descended from a Raja Karan, whose other son founded the Narwa

Narwa

Narwa is a Jatt/Rajput Gotra of India/Pakistan. The Jatt section use the name Narwa while the Rajput section call themselves Narma. Places like Narwal are founded by Narwa Jatts....

/Narma

Narma

The Narma are a Rajput tribe found in India and Pakistan.-References:*Glossary of tribes and castes by H.A.Rose*Punjabi Musalman, Lieut JM Wikeley*Narma Rajput Tribe...

tribe. They are found in Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

, Gujarat, Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

, Sialkot

Sialkot

, Narowal

Narowal

, Azad Kashmir

Azad Kashmir

Azad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir...

and Mirpur

Mirpur District

districts.

Tiwana

Tiwana is a Jat Punjabi Rajput clan that hails the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. The Tiwanas of East Punjab are Jat Sikhs, while the Tiwanas of West Punjab are Muslims. Tiwanas are descendants of Panwar Rajputs....

The Tiwana tribe, like many in Punjab, have both Rajput and Jat identity. The Khushab branch of the Tiwana claim to be Parmar Rajputs. Prior to partition, there were a fair number of Muslim Tiwanas in Patiala District. Most of these Tiwanas claim to be Jat. The Patiala Tiwanas migrated to Pakistan after partition. They are now found mainly in Sargodha district.

Toor

The Toor Jat claim Tomar Rajput ancestry. In fact, Toor is a shortened form of Tomar. Most of the Toor Jats were found in Amritsar and Jalandhar. They are now found mainly in Lahore, Gujranwala and Faisalbad.

Tulla

Tulla Jats

The Tulla are a gotra of Muslim Jats found mainly in Sargodha Districtin Punjab Pakistan.-History and origin:According to their traditions, they are, in fact, a sept of the Gondal Jat tribe. They say, their ancestor being childless vowed that if he had a son he would give his weight in gold and...

The Tulla claim Rajput ancestry. They are found in Gujrat, Jhelum and Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahauddin District

districts.

Uppal

Uppal is a Jatt gotra, found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. They are closely related with the Khatri Uppal, and may be of common origin...

The Uppal claim Rajput ancestry. They are found mainly in Lahore, Gujranwala and Faisalabad districts.

Uttera

The Uttera are a Seraiki speaking Jat clan, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:According to their traditions, the tribe claims descent from a Bhatti Rajput nobleman, a Rana Rajwadhan. The Rana lived in Ghazni, and then moved to Delhi in India. After sometime, he moved to...

The Uttera claim Bhatti Rajput ancestry. They are found in Multan, Lodhran and Rahim Yar Khan districts.

Utra

The utra claim Jats ancestry. They are found in Mainwali, khanewal, Bahaker, Khushab, Lodhran,and D.G.khan districts.

Ves Jats

The Ves Jats are a clan of Muslim Jats found in Sargodha District of Punjab, Pakistan....

Ves Jats are said to be of Turkish

Turkic peoples

The Turkic peoples are peoples residing in northern, central and western Asia, southern Siberia and northwestern China and parts of eastern Europe. They speak languages belonging to the Turkic language family. They share, to varying degrees, certain cultural traits and historical backgrounds...

origin.

Virk

In Punjab (Pakistan), a majority of Virks live in the Sheikhupura district and some are scattered in Sialkot District. There is a small village in Sialkot known as Virk, inhabited by Virk Jats. Virks still control the city of Sheikhupura (the ancient Virkgarh), both politically and economically. In India, Virks are mainly concentrated in the Karnal district of Haryana. Prominent Virk families are concentrated in villages around Tehsil Assandh, District Karnal, and a few are temporarily living in Patiala District.

Wahiniwal

The Wahiniwal claim Bhatti Rajput ancestry. They are found in Sahiwal

Sahiwal

and Faisalabad

Faisalabad

districts.

Waiha

The Waiha or sometimes pronounced Veha are a Seraiki speaking rajput tribe, found in the province of Punjab. .-History and origin:The veha trace their origin back to the city of Jaisalmeer in Rajasthan. According to their traditions, in the 11th Century, thre Raja of Jaisalmir gave the town of...

The Waiha claim Bhatti Rajput ancestry. They are found in Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur , located in the province of Punjab, is the twelfth largest city in Pakistan. The city was once the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur. The city was home to various Nawabs and counted as part of the Rajputana states...

Wahla

The Wahla are Jat clan found in Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan.-History and origin:Wahlah is spelt in different ways in different parts of the world. For instance, Wahla, Wahlah, Wahala. All of these refer to the same clan, Wahlah, the literal meaning of which is said to be "One Excellent...

The Wahla claim descent from the Suryavanshi Rajputs. They are found in Sialkot

Sialkot

and Narowal

Narowal

districts. The literal meaning of Wahla is said to be "one excellent warrior". They were said to be the ancient rulers per various ancient traditions, accounts and modern researchers. From the perspective of the Subcontinent, they date back to an ancient independent and powerful state that existed around the 1st century AD. Wahla was the name of the king of that state, from whom all the Wahlas in the world have descended.

Waraich

The Waraich are said to be of Chauhan

Chauhan

Chauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...

Rajput ancestry. The original name of this tribe was 'Chang' and gave their name to the Jhang district but no longer occupy that area. They are a major tribe in the Gujarat district and are also found in Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

, Sialkot

Sialkot

, Lahore

Lahore

, Sargodha

Sargodha

and Faisalabad

Faisalabad

districts and politically very active . Prior to partition, they were also found in Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Jalandhar districts. There are also many Sikh people from this tribe.

Waseer

One of the ancient Jatt tribes, found both in India and Pakistan. The Waseers claim descent from the Parmar Rajputs. They accepted Islam before Hazrat Deewan Shah Chaawali Mashaaikh. They are found mainly in Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Okara, Vehari, Ghotki (Sindh) and Toba Tek Singh districts.

Kamoka

This is one of the sub-cast of Chaddar Jat/Rajputs.

Notable Muslim Jatts

Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan
Liaquat Ali Khan
For other people with the same or similar name, see Liaqat Ali Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan was a Pakistani statesman who became the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Defence minister and Commonwealth, Kashmir Affairs...

The first prime minister of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz An intellectual, poet, and one of the most famous poets of the Urdu language.

Barrister Sultan Mahmood
Barrister Sultan Mahmood
Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry hails from a political family of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry is the son of Kashmiri leader Chaudhry Noor Hussain and belongs to a Thathaal Jat family...

The first Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Lord Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed is a member of the House of Lords, having become the United Kingdom's first Muslim life peer in 1998. Many of his political activities relate to the Islamic community both in the UK and abroad, and he has often attracted controversy...

Member of the House of Lords, having become the United Kingdom's first Muslim life peer in 1998.

Ghulam Mustapha Khar Founding member of Pakistan Peoples Party and former Governor of Punjab.

Hina Rabbani Khar
Hina Rabbani Khar
Hina Rabbani Khar is a Pakistani politician and the current Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Appointed in July of 2011, she is the first female and the youngest person to ever head Pakistani's Ministry of Foreign Affairs....

Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Appointed in July of 2011 and daughter of Ghulam Noor Rabbani Khar Provincial Minister of Punjab in Nawaz Sharif's Government in Punjab from 1988 to 1990.

Origin of the Jat people

Conversion of the Jats to Islam

Social Organization

Muslim Jat in Folklore

Distribution

Major Jat clans

Notable Muslim Jatts

See also