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… Continue reading The story of Chathas and lessons for Punjabi Muslims today
Category: Identity
“Let the Turanis, Rajputs, Iranis & Afghans do the ruling & fighting; we (Punjabis) will stay alive”
“Let the Turanis, Rajputs, Iranis & Afghans do the ruling & fighting; we will stay alive” [1] Concludes the book Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten, but every conclusion has a premise & if the premise isn’t even true then the argument falls flat. The book also claims: “Whether or not they were Muslim,… Continue reading “Let the Turanis, Rajputs, Iranis & Afghans do the ruling & fighting; we (Punjabis) will stay alive”
Conversions to Islam in Punjab
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_in_Islam#/media/File:Calligraphic_representation_of_Muhammad's_name.jpg Introduction: How Punjabis became Muslims is an often ignored topic, in fact the entire genre of Punjabi Muslim history is neglected by Punjabi Muslims themselves. Without an in-depth analysis because it deserves a post of its own, this is due to the watering down of Punjabi identity with roots in colonialism and facilitated by… Continue reading Conversions to Islam in Punjab
Punjabi Waseb 
