Jodhra

Jodhra (जोधरा), Jodra (जोदरा) is a Muslim Jat clan found in Pakistan.

History

H.A. Rose mentions ....Jodhra (जोधरा), Jodra (जोदरा) a tribe of the Attock District, where it holds the south-east of Pindigheb tahsil, owning a little less than a third of its cultivated area and paying more than a third of its revenue.

It is said to have come from Jammu or, according to another story, from Hindustan and to have held its present tract before the Gheba settled alongside of them. The Jodhras’ eponym was, they say, converted by Mahmud of Ghazni, yet they still retain traces of Hindu customs in their festivals and ceremonies. They appear to have come to the District about the end of the 16th century, and possessed themselves of the Soan and Sil ilaqas which, with much of Tallagang tahsil, they ruled from Pindi Gheb.^* They found Awans in possession of the soil and retained them as tenants. Malik Aulia Khan was the first Jodhra Malik of any importance known to history. Under the Mughals he held Pindi Gheb, Tallagang and parts of Chakwal and Fatehjang tahsils as revenue assignee and he probably it was who overran Tallagang. The Sikhs found the Jodhra power at its zenith, but it rapidly decayed owing to the secession of important branches of the tribe and the rise of the Ghebas. The tradition that the Gheba is really a branch of the Jodhra is supported by the fact that the town of Pindi Gheb is held by the Jodhra, not by the Gheba. Cracroft described them as " fine spirited fellows who delight in field sports, have horses and hawks, are often brawlers, and are ever ready to turn out and fight out their grievances, formerly with swords, and now with the more humble weapons of sticks and stones." The Maliks of Pindi Gheb are the leading Jodhra family.

Distribution in Pakistan

According to 1901 census the Jodhra Population was 5,157 in Attock.

References

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