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This is a list of Punjabi tribes. More specifically, these are tribes (mostly in Pakistan) and castes (mostly in India) located within the Punjab region of South Asia, including those that may not be officially recognized by state governments.
Sohawa is an administrative sub-division (Tehsil) of the Jhelum District, situated in the Punjab province of Pakistan, located in the northwestern part of the district. One sign of Sohawa is the toll plaza by the name of 'Tarakki' on the Grand Trunk Road. The main bazaar of Sohawa attracts people from nearby villages.
Arain are a large Punjabi Muslim agricultural community with a strong political identity and level of organisation.
The Gakhar is a historical Punjabi Muslim tribe with origins in the northern Punjab, Pakistan. The Gakhars now predominantly follow Islam after conversion from Hinduism during the Islamic rule in Punjab.
Bazigar, or Goaars, are an ethnic group of north-western India. They are primarily found in Punjab and in Pakistan's Punjab, but there are also communities in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Rajasthan. They were previously nomadic with their main occupation the performance of acrobatics and other forms of entertainment, but they are now settled and engaged mainly in agricultural and similar forms of labour.
Khokhar is a historical Punjabi tribe primarily native to the Pothohar Plateau of Pakistani Punjab. Khokhars are also found in the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana. Khokhars predominantly follow Islam, having converted to Islam from Hinduism after coming under the influence of Baba Farid.
Muslim Rajputs or Musalman Rajpoots are the descendants of Rajputs in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent who generally are followers of Islam. Reportedly, they converted from Hinduism to Islam from the medieval period onwards, creating various dynasties and states while retaining Hindu surnames such as Chauhan. Today, Muslim Rajputs can be found mostly in present-day Northern India and Pakistan. They are further divided into different clans.
Haji Muhammad Naushāh Ganj Bakhsh was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi saint and scholar from Gujrat in Pakistani Punjab. He was the founder of the Naushahiah branch of the Qadiriyya Sufi order, and his successors came to be known as Naushāhiyyas.
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. The Punjabi tribe of Marrar is not to be confused with the south Indian tribe Marar.
The demographics of Rawalpindi District, a district of Punjab in Pakistan, has undergone significant changes over the years. It has been affected by turmoil in the surrounding districts.
Chiniot District, is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It became the district in July 2009. Before this, it was a tehsil of Jhang District.
The Pothohar Plateau is a plateau and historical sub-region in northern parts of the Punjab region, present-day Punjab, Pakistan. Ethnic Punjabis are the native people of the area and are subdivided into many tribes and clans (Baradari).
Tailoring is the English translation of Darzi. In the Indian tradition, it was customary to wrap clothing over the body rather than wear stitched clothes. Used in Hindi and Urdu, the word Darzi comes from the Persian language.
Please note that ‘Malik’ is a title and not a caste. The following information pertains to individuals with the name ‘Malik’ rather than a specific social or cultural group.
Buddha Goraya / Budha Goraya / Budha Guraya is a town and Union Council in Nowshera Virkan Tehsil, Gujranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan. The land of buddha goraya produce many great personalities like Ch Ziaullah Goraya, Ch Attaullah goraya(Retired headmaster and a recognized farmer), and bureaucrates from their family mainly Ch Khalid Javed Goraya and Ch Khizar Zahoor Goraya and DSP CH Faisal goraya.
Shaikh, also rendered as Sheikh, Sheik, Shaik, Shaykh, Shaikh, Shekh, Cheikh, Šeih, Šejh, Şeyh and other variants, is a title given to many South Asian Muslim castes. It originally was a word or honorific term in the Arabic language that commonly designated a chief of a tribe, royal family member, Muslim religious scholar, or "Elder". However in Northern India, Shaikh was used as an ethnic title, by those claiming Arab descent & Upper caste coverts to Islam like Khatris, Brahmins & Rajputs etc, particularly from prominent Muslim figures such as the Rashidun Caliphs, majority of these.
Raja is a village of Gujranwala District located in Punjab, Pakistan
The Pothohar Plateau, also known as Pothwar, is a plateau in the northern region of Punjab, Pakistan, located between the Indus and Jhelum rivers.
Kakki Nau is a village 7 km southwest of Shorkot Tehsil, Jhang district, Punjab, Pakistan. It is named for a traditional tale that a dangerous lion was killed nearby.
Punjabi Muslims are Punjabis who are adherents of Islam. With a population of more than 112 million, they are the third-largest predominantly Islam-adhering Muslim ethnicity in the world, after Arabs and Bengalis.
Khandoya or Khandowa is a Punjabi Rajput sub-clan mainly present in the northern, central and western parts of the Pakistani Punjab, with significant numbers living in Jhang, Chakwal and to a lesser extent in Khandowa.