Kalasman

Ancestry of Kalas Bajwa Jats

Kalasman (कलसमान) is gotra of Jats found in Punjab and Pakistan.

Origin

Kalas Bajwa (कलास बाजवा) was a Suryavanshi Jat ruler of Pasrur (पसरूर) (Sialkot), who founded village Kalas (कलास) in his name and gave the name to this gotra.

History

The ancestor who gives his name to this branch of the Bajwa Jats was one Kalas, whose history is shrouded in obscurity. He was the son of one Manga, whose grave, Manga ha Mari, is one of the sights of Pasrur and an object of veneration to the whole Bajwa tribe, both Hindus and Mahomedans. The initial rites of the marriage ceremony are celebrated on this spot by those Bajwas whose homes are not too far away to prevent a general family gathering.

Kalas himself seems to have left Pasrur and founded a village to which he gave his own name. This village is now known as Kalalwala, a corruption of the original, which has led to a misapprehension of the origin of this fine old family. Kalas had two sons. Amir Shah and Pati. The descendants of the latter, although they were the younger branch, were the first to bring themselves to the front in the constant struggles which preceded the firm establishment of the Khalsa in the Panjab.

Distribution

Kalas village is in Mukerian tahsil in Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, India.

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