Khokhar

The Khokhar^[1] are an indigenous tribal affilation from Punjab region of Pakistan In case of India they were mainly classified as Jats^[2] and Rors on the other hand they were classified as Mohammadan tribesman with a high social status. It is certain that Khokhars follow Hinduism and Sikhism and are predominantly Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims

According to the medieval history, the Khokhars mostly lived in the Salt Range in the Northern Punjab and they have been a very dominant landowning tribe. However Khokhars were the most powerful and influential tribe of Punjab from 13th to 19th century.

References

↑ Nijjar, Bakhshish Singh (2008). Origins and History of Jats and Other Allied Nomadic Tribes of India: 900 B.C.-1947 A.D. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. ISBN 978-81-269-0908-7.
↑ Singh, Surinder (2023-12-12), "12. Cultural Ethos of Medieval Panjab: The Pathways of Resistance to the Structures of Dominance", Situating Medieval India: Polity, Society and Culture, Boydell and Brewer, pp. 289–320, doi:10.1515/9781805431473-014/pdf?licensetype=restricted&srsltid=afmboorqdthm9bm2mmjvexnxpfls7pgnvakju4c3yasjszc-jeem9ysc, ISBN 978-1-80543-147-3, retrieved 2024-12-13, The late nineteenth century sources noted that the Khokhars, a tribe of varying Rajput and Jat status, were numerous along the valleys of the Jhelum and Chenab.

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[1] Nijjar, Bakhshish Singh (2008). Origins and History of Jats and Other Allied Nomadic Tribes of India: 900 B.C.-1947 A.D. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. ISBN 978-81-269-0908-7.

[2] Singh, Surinder (2023-12-12), "12. Cultural Ethos of Medieval Panjab: The Pathways of Resistance to the Structures of Dominance", Situating Medieval India: Polity, Society and Culture, Boydell and Brewer, pp. 289–320, doi:10.1515/9781805431473-014/pdf?licensetype=restricted&srsltid=afmboorqdthm9bm2mmjvexnxpfls7pgnvakju4c3yasjszc-jeem9ysc, ISBN 978-1-80543-147-3, retrieved 2024-12-13, The late nineteenth century sources noted that the Khokhars, a tribe of varying Rajput and Jat status, were numerous along the valleys of the Jhelum and Chenab.

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