List of rulers of Pothohar plateau

Throughout much of its modern history, the Pothohar Plateau in Northern Punjab was autonomously or Semi-autonomously dominated by the Gakhar as well as the Khokhar tribes although Khokhar dominance was short lived. Following a list of the known rulers of the Pothohar Plateau:

Ruler	Reign	Note
Shaikha Khokhar	c. 1380 –1399	Killed while fighting against Timur
Jasrat Khokhar	c. 1405 – 1442	Had his capital at Sialkot [1]
Jhanda Khan Ghakkar	unknown  – c. 1493	Established the city of Rawalpindi [2]
Tatar Khan Ghakkar	unknown–1519	Made alliance with Babur
Hathi Khan Gakkar	1519–1526
Sarang Gakhar	1526–1545	Died fighting against Sher Shah Suri at Rawat [3]
Adam Khan Gakhar	1546–1555	Under Mughal Empire
Kamal Khan Gakhar	1555–1566
Said Khan	1563–1597	founded Saidpur village [4]
Nazar Khan	Unknown	Commander of 500
Allah Quli Khan	1681–1705
Sultan Muqarrab Khan	1705–1769	Last effective ruler of Pothohar [5]

References

1. Charak, Sukh Dev Singh (1985). A Short History of Jammu Raj: From Earliest Times to 1846 A.D. Ajaya Prakashan.
2. Ahmad, Asghar (1986). Pakistan tourism directory, '86: everything about tourism. Holiday Weekly. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
3. Henry Miers Elliot, John Dowson. The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period. Volume IV, p. 493.
4. "Saidpur has history, heritage of three eras". The News. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
5. Ali, Ammad (3 May 2020). "A forgotten tale: Bagh Jogian speaks of neglect, disinterest, threats from urbanisation | Footloose". The News. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

Further reading

• Timothy, D. J. (2002). Tourism and political boundaries. Routledge.