Kethwal

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The Kethwals (Urdu: کیٹہوال‎) are a tribe found mainly in Murree Hills and the neighboring Hazara Division in Pakistan. They are trapped between Dhund in the west and Sattis in the east. They own only three villages which include one, Charihan in Murree Tehsil.

Like many other tribes in the region, there are a number of theories about the origin of the Kethwal tribe. According to one of their traditions, they are believed to come from Kerman in Iran. She had travelled eastwards and settled in the Murree hills and had established her dominion over the Murree region. According to another tradition they are of Rajput origin, and took Islam in 1402, in the hands of the great Sufi, Syed Ali Hamdan. Mian Qadir Bakhsh, the son of Raja Chandu Murree Hill, was the first Muslim of the Kethwal tribe who allegedly accepted Islam in Patan Kohala in 1402. The word Kethwal derives from the name of the one tribe chief Mian Katho Khan, who was born in 1560 and is considered to have ruled the Muree region for about fifty years. Whatever the exact origin of this tribe, the Kethwal are the oldest of the Murree tribes. The most important Muhi (clans) of Kethwal are Badwal, Jogeal and Janjual.

Distribution

The most important villages in Murree Tehsil are Sanj, Charihan, Ghel and Ban. Kotli Sattian Garcias are the main villages of Dhirkot Kethwalan, Challawara, Balawara, Perchan, Phofandi, Karl, Dornoian, Saanth Anwali, Saanth Sarrullah, Burhad, Badnian, Kamra, Thoon, Kolyari, Dera Danoi, Andralian, Gola, Cela Saydan, and Karor. In Kahuta Tehsil they share Punjar and Manyand with the Jasgam tribe, while Lehtrar and Fool are predominant Kethwal peoples in Rawalpindi Garcia's Shakrial and Chah Sultan are Kethwal peoples.

In the territory of the capital Islamabad are the main villages Kuri Shar, Nilore, Chirrah, Ali Pur, Sohan, Pind Begwal, Jang Kethwal, Bhara Kau, Dhoke Mango, Shakar Parian, Poona-Fiqran, Ogrian Kurd and Kalan.

As well as the following areas: Wah and Taxila, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Khewra, Pind Daden Khan Jhelum, Deena, Mir Pur, Kotli, Nankial, Sialkot, Shakar Ghar, Gujrat, Lala Musa, Kharian, Wazir Abad, Gujranwala, Mandi Bhaoddin, Sargodha, Jhang, Mochi Wala, Kala Shah Kaku, Sheikhupura, Faisalabad, Pindi Bhattian, Sahiwal, Chicha Watni, Kot Uddu, Layya, Dera Ghazi Khan.

References

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