Malhi (clan)

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Malhi
Jat clan
Location Pakistan, India
Language Punjabi
Religion Khanda.svg Sikhism, Star and Crescent.svg Islam

Malhi (also spelled as Mallhi,Malli) (Punjabi : مَلْہی(Shahmukhi); ਮਲ੍ਹੀ (Gurmukhi)) is a clan of the Jat tribe in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. [1] [2] They are found mostly in the Sialkot District of Punjab, Pakistan. [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Grover, Neelam; Singh, Kashi N. (2004). Cultural Geography, Form and Process: Essays in Honour of Prof. A.B. Mukerji. p. 141. ISBN   9788180690747 . Retrieved 14 January 2021– via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Jones, Philip Edward (2003). The Pakistan People's Party: Rise to Power. p. 366. ISBN   978-0-19-579966-8 . Retrieved 27 July 2021– via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Nijjar, Bakhshish Singh (2008). Origins and History of Jats and Other Allied Nomadic Tribes of India: 900 B.C.-1947 A.D. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. ISBN   978-81-269-0908-7.
  4. ↑ Smith, J. R. Dunlop (1895). Gazetteer of the Sialkot District.
  5. ↑ "Daska by-election: Who are Ali Asjad Malhi and Nosheen Iftikhar?". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  6. ↑ Jones, Philip Edward (2003). The Pakistan People's Party: Rise to Power. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-579966-8.
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