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Challenging Narratives: Sarang Khan & Sher Shah Suri
Tomb of Sarang Khan. Image Source: Taimoor Rasheed Gakhar on Facebook. Recently, I came across a post celebrating the installation of a statue of the one Sarang Khan Gakhar, which reminded me that after half a decade of blogging I have never written a post on the man whose name I have appropriated to be…
The story of Chathas and lessons for Punjabi Muslims today
Image Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AliPurChattha/ Chatha Jats are found in Gujaranwala Division particularly Hafizabad and Wazirabad area in the Pakistani Punjab and held 81 villages as late as 1911 and converted to Islam in 1600s [1] For a more detailed profile I will redirect my readers to the newpakhistorian blog particularly his post on Chatha Jats offers…
Isa Khan Manj
Source: Unclear, maybe twitter user @xohaibtanweer The Manj mostly identify as Rajput although ones in Gurdaspur have been known to classify as Jats as well and the reason for the fluidity of labels for the same group of people was explained in detail in my Formation of Rajput Identity piece. In short, the claims of…
1857 GT Road Blockade
A group of ragtag Punjabi Muslim rebels of various tribes would come together (one of those rare instances, when big egos would be put aside for a common Punjabi Muslim cause) & blockade the Lahore-Multan GT road, which would cut Lahore off from Bombay & in those days it was the only communication line between…
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