ਅਵਾਣ · ਗੱਖੜ · ਜੰਜੂਆاعوان · گکھڑ · جنجوعہ
Islam & Sufi
- Where
- The Pothohar plateau, the Salt Range and the Jhelum
- Traditionally
- Landholders, farmers and soldiers
The clans of the north-western uplands. The Gakhars held the Pothohar for centuries and fought the Ghurids and Sher Shah; Sher Shah built Rohtas Fort to keep them down, and they sided with the Mughals in return. The Awans and Janjuas farmed the Salt Range and the plateau.
All three became great recruiting grounds of the British and later the Pakistani army.
The Khokhars, who ruled the Jhelum and Chenab country before the Gakhars rose, produced Jasrat Khokhar, who fought the Sultans of Delhi in the 15th century.
