Dhamial
Dhamial Jats are a tribe of Punjab, Pakistan. According to the 1931 census the numbered 9,500 of which Jats numbered 1,500 and Rajputs, 8,000. They are chiefly found in the Rawalpindi District but also in Gujrat District, Jhelum District and Attock District of the Punjab and Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir.
The Dhamial are of both Rajput and Jat status, as are many tribes of the Pothohar region[1]. Historically, the Rajput branch received daughters in marriage from the Jat section but did not give girls to them.They account for themselves as having come originally from Ghazni to the Sialkot District, from whence they went to Dhamiak (Jhelum Tehsil) where they built a fort. According to some other sources, both the Dhamial Jats and Rajputs are of Janjua descent. [2]
The Dhamial have no connection with the Dhanyal , the two tribes being quite distinct. [3]
References
- ↑ Punjab Castes Denzil Ibbetson Sang-e-Meel Publication
- ↑ Tehreek-e-Janjua by Raja Muhammad Anwar Khan Janjua (Sahiwal Press 1982, v1)
- ↑ PUNJABI MUSALMANS Lt. Col. J.M. Wikeley Second Edition THE BOOK HOUSE
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