Khattar tribe
Khattar is a tribe living in Attock District and Rawalpindi District of Punjab,Pakistan and some members of the tribe also live in India.[1] [2] [3]
Origin[edit]
The Khattars are a tribe which claims kinship with the Awans, and to be, like them and the western Khokhars, descended from one of the sons of Qutb Shah Qureshi of Ghazni. But the Awans do not always admit the relationship, and the Khattars are said often to claim Rajput origin. Mr. Steodman however accepts their Awan origin, and says that an Awan admits it, but looks upon the Khattars as an inferior section of the tribe to whom he will not give his daughters in marriage. Sir Lcpol Griffin, who relates the history of the principal Khattar families at pages 561 to 569 of his Panjab Chiefs, thinks that they were originally inhabitants of Khorasan who came to India with the early Mahomedan invaders. But Colonel Craeroft notes that the Khattars of Rawalpindi still retain marriage customs which point to an Indian origin ; and they them selves have a tradition of having been driven out of their territory on the Indus near Attak into Afghanistan, and returning thence with the armies of Muhammad Ghori.
General Cunningham, on the other hand, would identify them with a branch of the Kator, Cidarite?, or little Yuchi?, from whom the Gujars also are descended and whose early history is related in section 480. {Arehæological Reports, Vol. N, page 80) . They now hold the tract known by their name which extends on both sides of the Kala Chitta Pahar from the Indus to the boundary of the Rawalpindi tahsil, and from Usman Katar on the north to the Khair-i-Murat hills on the south, and which they are said to have taken from Gujars and Awans. The figures of Table Vlll-iV are very imperfect, as the Khattars of Rawalpindi have returned themselves as Awans.[4] [5]
Notable People[edit]
Sikandar Hayat Khan (Punjabi politician),The first premier(chief minister) of Punjab.
Muhammad Hayat Khan,was an Indian Muslim who served the Government of British India and rose to considerable distinction.
Shaukat Hayat Khan,was an influential politician, military officer, and Pakistan Movement activist who played a major role in the organising of the Muslim League in the British-controlled Punjab.
Zubair Mahmood Hayat,Chairman joint chiefs of staff committee Pakistan.
Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan,was a Pakistani social worker, early political figure and the first lady to join the cabinet in west Pakistan.
Ahsan Azhar Hayat Khan,is a retired general officer of the Pakistan Army. He served as Pakistan's ambassador to Jordan.
Ghulam Sarwar Khan,Senior leader Pakistan tehreek e insaf and Mna.
Tahir Sadiq Khan,Former district nazim Attock,Mna and an influential politician.
Tariq Ali,A renowed writer.
References[edit]
- ↑ tribe, Khattar. Gazetteer of the Rawalpindi district (Revised ed.). "Civil and Military Gazette" Press, 1895. p. 113. Retrieved 12 August 2018. Search this book on
- ↑ {{cite news |last1=tribe |first1=Khattar |title=That was the year that was Tariq Ali talks to David Edgar |url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n10/tariq-ali/that-was-the-year-that-was |accessdate=12 August 2018 |agency=London review of books |publisher=https://www.lrb.co.uk |ref=My family belonged to the Khattar tribe in the Attock District.It was a landed family.
- ↑ India, Khattar (13 August 2018). "Haryana CM: Don't Use My Surname, Don't Identify My Caste". Betwa Sharma. huffingtonpost. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ↑ http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/The_Khattar
- ↑ Attock, Khattar tribe. Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Sir Denzil Ibbetson, Maclagan. p. 532. ISBN 81-206-0505-5. Retrieved 9 August 2018. Search this book on
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