The Salara are a Punjabi

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...

 tribe

Tribe

A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term tribal society to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups .Some theorists...

 of 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...

 origin, found mainly in Chiniot District

Chiniot District

Chiniot District became the 36th district of the Punjab province of Pakistan in February 2009. Earlier it was a tehsil of Jhang District.- History :...

 of Punjab, Pakistan.

History and origin

Accodring to the tribe's traditions, the tribe gets its name from the Arabic word Salar which means the Leader. Muhammad Bin Qasim

Muhammad bin Qasim

Muhammad bin Qasim Al-Thaqafi was a Umayyad general who, at the age of 17, began the conquest of the Sindh and Punjab regions along the Indus River for the Umayyad Caliphate. He was born in the city of Taif...

, the leader of the 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...

 army that conquered Sindh

Sindh

Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

 and southern Punjab, was referred to as the Salar because he was commander of the 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...

 army. When the Arab army come in 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...

 region, a group of 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...

 soldiers from his army settled in the region. They became known as the Salara. This tribe is thus connected with Muhammad Bin Qasim. After many hundred years of living in 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...

 then as a result of an unknown problem, the Salara had to leave the Multan, and settle in 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...

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Main Villages

Their main villages are Mauza Salara and Chak no 145 JB Salaray

Chak no 145 JB Salaray

Chak no 145 JB. salary is a Pakistani village situated near amin pur bang la. It is from Faisalabad and from from Chiniot. The residents' main occupations are agriculture and farming. The main tribes of salary are Salara, Chishti, and Warbho. The area of salaray village is 40 murabas , and its...

(to see moza salara and village 145 jb click on undermentioined links (1) for Chak No 145 jb salaray and 2nd for Mauza salaray.
1. http://www.maplandia.com/pakistan/punjab/jhang/chiniot/villages/afzal-salara-145-jb/
2. http://www.maplandia.com/pakistan/punjab/jhang/chiniot/accommodation/moza-salaray/
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