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2 Bakhtiar^Balka.
3 1333 A. D,, and his descendants are called Shaikhzais. Raverty says
4 the Persian Bakhtiaris* are quite distinct from the Bakhti^rs.
5 Bakhtmal sddhs, a Sikh sect founded by one Bakhtraal. When Guru Govind
6 Singh destroyed the masands or tax-gatherers one of them, by name
7 Bakhtmal, took refuge with Mtitd., a Gujar woman who disguised him
8 in woman’s clothes, putting bangles on hia wrists and a nath or nose-
9 ring in his nose. This attire he adopted permanently and the mahant
10 of his gaddi still wears bangles. His followers are said to be also
11 called Bakhshish sddhs, but this is open to doubt. The head-quarters
12 of the sect appears to be unknown.
13 Bal, a Jdt tribe of the Bi^s and Upper Sutlej, said to be a clan of the
14 Sekhu tribe with whom they do not intermarry. Their ancestor is also
15 said to have been named Baya Bal, a Rajput who came from
16 Malwa. The name Bal, which means ‘‘ strength,” is a famous one in
17 ancient Indian history, and recurs in all sorts of forms and places.
18 In Amritsar they say they came from Ballamgarh, and do not inter-
19 marry with the Dhillon.
20 Bal, a Jd,t clan (agricultural) found in Amritsar.
21 Balaqan, a tribe of Jats, claiming to be Jammu Rajputs by descent from
22 their eponym. Found in Sidlkot.
23 Balahab, in Gurgaon the haldhar (in Sirsa he is called daurd) is a village
24 menial who shows travellers the way, carries messages and letters, and
25 summons people when wanted by the headmen. In Karnd,! he is called
26 lehhar^ ; but is not a recognised menial and any one can perform his
27 duties on occasion. In Sirsa, Gurgaon and Karnal he is almost always
28 a Chuhra, c/. Balwdl.
29 Balahi, Balm, cf. haldhar. — In Delhi and Hissar a chaukiddr or watchman :
30 in Sirsa a Chamdr employed to manure fields, or who takes to syce’s
31 and general work, is so termed.
32 Balbik, a sept of Kanets which migrated from Chittor in R^jputdna
33 with the founders of Keonthal and settled in the latter State. The
34 founders of Keonthal were also accompanied by a Chaik, a Salathiand
35 a Pakrot, all Brahmans, a Chhibar Kanet, a blacksmith and a turi
36 and the descendants of all these are still settled in the State or in its
37 employ.
38 Balfarosh, a synonym for Bhdt (Rawalpindi).
39 Balham, a Jat clan (agidcultural) found in Multan.
40 Bali, an agricultural clan found in Shdhpur.
41 Bali, a section of the Muhials (Brahmansl • corr
42 the South-West Punjab.
43 to the Dhannapotras of
44 BiLKi, ap agricultural clan.found iu Shdhpur ; holU in the east cf the
45 Punjab IS used as equivalent to chela, for ‘ the disciple of a faqlr.’
46 * There is said lo be a sept of the Baloch of this nnmn i T"
47 on both sides of the Panjnad Bahiwalpur and Muzaffargarh.
48 tOr rchbar, probably from rd/itar, ‘guide.’ In Karnil is
49 terra being applied to a sweeper who does this particular kind of
50 a sweeper (or in default a Dhanank) will perform.
51 no Balahar caste, the
52 corvee— which no one but