1 Ghorior—Ghugiat. 297
2 Ghoru or Ghwaria Khel, the Ghwari sept or branch of the Pathdns.
3 It comprised five tribes, the Mohmands, Khalils, Ditudzais, Chamkaniii
4 and^Zerdni. It was the rival of the Khashi branch and its enmity
5 drove the latter to abandon its old seats round Nushki and Ghdra and
6 seek refuge in the territory of the Gigi^ni Path^ns near KiPml. 'Uzbek
7 inroads however and the breaking up of the Timuria dynasty of Klio-
8 rdsdn drove the Ghwaria themselves to the northward, the Ddudzais
9 soliciting lands from the Khashis near Peshdwar, while the Khalils and
10 Mohmands obtained considerable power in that valley by allying
11 themselves with Mirzd Kdmrdn who then held Ka'bul in fief under his
12 brother Humdyun. With his aid theso two Ghwaria clans suddenly
13 attacked the Uiiazdks and wrested from them the lands they still
14 held south of the Kdbul river, about 1533-34. On Kdmrdids fall
15 however their power declined and their defeat by the great Khashi
16 confederation at Shaikh Tapur in 1549-50 crushed the power of the
17 Ghwaria Khel for ever. For accounts of the Ghoria tribes see Khalil,
18 etc., and under Para Chamkanni.
19 Gnosi, fern, -an, a caste of people who work as grass-cutters and sell
20 milk in the United Provinces; but the name also appears to be applied
21 indiscriminately to any low caste Purbia. The term is said to be only
22 used in the Punjab for a Muhammadan cowherd or milkman, whether
23 Gujar, Ahir or any other caste ; but there are Hindu Ghosis iu Delhi
24 who are gwdlas or cowherds by calling and appear to be by origin
25 Ahirs. It is said that Hindus will buy pure milk from a Musalm^n Ghosi,
26 but will reject it if there is any suspicion of its having been watered by
27 the latter, as they must not drink water at his hands ! The Ghosis
28 are a purely pastoral group, at any rate in the Punjab. They are,
29 however, sometimes butchers.
30 The Muhammadan Ghosis in Delhi are called Gaddi-Ghosis, and those
31 of Delhi city have a curious legend that they were once invited by
32 the disciples of a saint to rescue him from a RiXjil’s tyranny. This
33 they did, though only armed with sticks and clubs, and as their reward
34 the saint gave them gowns and doshdlds to wear, with green dnchals
35 (veils) for their women, but the latter are no longer in fashion. Still the
36 men continue to wear a pair of under-Zcurias or shirts. The women do not
37 use the lahnga and kurta or petticoat and shift like other Ghosi
38 women. These Ghosis are strictly endogamous, and a woman of any
39 other caste kept by a Ghosi is denied all social intercourse with the
40 caste, and her partner is not directly invited to feasts or weddings,
41 though he can attend them if other members of his family do so.
42 As these Ghosis protected the saint’s gaddi or seat they came to be
43 called Gaddi-Ghosi. The Gaddi-Ghosis of Firozdbdd are also Muham-
44 madans, though they claim to be Gaddis from Ktlngra, and they certainly
45 have no intercourse with those of Delhi city. They observe parda and
46 are generally strict Moslems.
47 GhottUj Ghotu, a polisher or pounder.
48 Ghowal, a sept of Rajputs, descended from Midn Sainki, son of Sangar
49 Chand, 16th Rdjd of Kahlur.
50 Ghug, Ghogiat, two agricultural clans found in Shdhpur,