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2 'Rija Karan who went from the city of Kisrah to Dehli and was settled by Jalal-ul-din Firoz Shah
3 in Hissar, whence the trihe moved some five centuries ago to Guiranwala. But then- is little doubt
4 that Gujrat was their first home, and tlmt their movement has been eastwards. The Wazirab.id
5 family of this tribe I'ose to importance under the Sikhs, and it5 history is narrated by Sir Lepel
6 Grifliu at pages 409 _^ of his Punjii Chiefs. They are almost all Mnsalmaus, but retain all
7 their tribal and many of their Hindu customs. They marry with the best local ti'ibes. Tliey
8 appear to be known as Cluing or Varaich indiffeiently iu the Lahore district.
9 The Sahi (No. 10), — The Sahi also claim descent from a Solar Eajput who went to Ghazni
10 with llahmud, and returned to found the tribe, settling on the Ravi near Lahore. They are found
11 in any numbers only in Gujrat and Si'alkot. They have, in common with the Sindhu and Chima of
12 these parts, some peculiar marrriage cutsoras, such as cutting a goat's ear and marking their fore-
13 heads with the blood, making the bridegroom cut off a tn'ig of the Jhand tree {Prosopi's
14 nficigera) and so forth ; and they, like mo=t of the tribes discussed in this section, worship
15 the Jhand tree.
16 The Hinjra (No. 11). — The Hinjra of the Gujranwala ia;- are a pastoral tribe, perhaps
17 ol aboriginal extraction. They own 37 vdlages in Gujranwala which is their home, but have
18 spread both east and west under the hills. They claim to be Saroha Rajputs, and that their
19 ancestor Hinjrano came from the neighbourhood of Hisiar to Gujranwala and founded a city
20 called Cskhab, the ruins of which still e.xist. Their immediate ancestors are Jlal and Dhol,
21 and they say that half their clans still live in the Hisa,ar country. It would be interesting to
22 know the names of these clan«, and to examine the alleged connection between the two sections
23 of the tribe. In the Hissar Settlement Ri'port it is =tated that " the Hinjraon PacbhaJas trace
24 '' their origin to a Saroha Rajput ancestor called Hinjraon. They are all Muhammadans in this
25 " district though in other places Hindu Hinjraon Pachhadas are to be found." Our figures
26 show no Hinjra in Hissar, and only 30 in Sirsa ; but they may have been returned as Hinjraon.
27 The Chima (No. 12).— The Chi'ma are one of the largest Jat tribes in the Punjab. They
28 say that some 25 generations back their ancestor Chima, a Chauhan Rajput, fled from Dehli
29 after the defeat of Prithi Raj by Shahab-ul-din Ghori, first to Kangra and then to Amritsar,
30 where his son founded a village on the Beas in the time of Ala-ul-din Ghori. His grandson
31 was called Rana Kang. and Dhol (the same name as among the Hinjra) was the ancestor of
32 their present clans. Tlie Chima have the peculiar marriage customs described under the Sahi
33 Jats, and they are said to be served by Jogis and not by Rr.ihmaus, both which facts point
34 strongly to aboriginal descent. They are a powerful and united tribe, but quai-relsome. They
35 are said to marry within the tribe as well as with their neighbours. Many of thtm are Musal-
36 maiis, but retain their old customs. The Xagara is one of their principal clans. They are most
37 numerous in Si'alkotj but hold 42 villages in Gujranwala, and have spread both eastwards and
38 westwards along the foot of the hills.
39 The BajWa (No. 13).- The Bajwa or Bajju Jats and Rajputs have given the'r names to the
40 Bajwat or country at the foot of the Jammu hills in the Sfalkot District. They say that they
41 are Solar Rajpiits and that their ancestor Raja Shalip was driven out of Multan in the time of
42 Sikandar Lodi. His two sons Kals and Lis escaped in the disguise of falconers. Lis went to
43 Jammu and there married a Bajput bride, while Kals married a Jat girl in Pasrur. The descen-
44 dants of both live in the Bajwat, but are said to be distinguished as B4jwa Jats and Bajju
45 Rajputs. Another story has it that their ancestor Rai Jaisan was driven from Dehli by Rai
46 Pitora and settled at Karbala in Si^lkut. The Bajju Rajputs admit their relationship with the
47 Bajwa Jats. The Bajju Rajpiits are said to have had till quite lately a custom by which a
48 Masalmau girl could lie turned into a Hindu for purposes of marriage, by temporarily burying
49 her in an underground chamber and ploughing the earth over her head. In the betrothals of
50 this tribe dates are used, a custom perhaps brought ivith them from llultSn ; and they have
51 several other singular customs resembling tht se of the Sahi Jats already described. They are
52 almost confined to Sfalkot, though they have spread in small numbers eastwards as far as
53 Patiala.
54 433. Jat tribes ol the western sub-montane continued. — The Deo (No. 14). — The Deo
55 ate practically confined to the Siilkot District. They claim a very ancient origin but not Kajput.
56 Their ancestor's name is said to be JIahaj, wbo came from " the Saki jungU " in Hindustan,
57 and two of his sons were Aulakh and Deo who gave their names to two Jat tribes. But anothei
58 story refers them to Raja Jagdeo, a Sdrajban-i Rajput. Tliey have the same marriage ceremony
59 as the Sahi, and also use the goat's blood in a similar manner in honour of their ancestors, and
60 have several very peculiar customs. They will not intermarry with the Min Jats, with whom
61 thev have some ancestral connection.
62 The Ghumman (No. 15). — Tlie Ghumman claim descent from E5ja Malkir, a Lunar Rajput
63 and gi-andson of Rija D.alip of Dehli, from whom are descended the Janjua Rajputs of the Salt-
64 range Tract. One oi his descendants Sanpal married out of caste, aud bis son Ghumman, who camf
65 from Mukiala or Malhiana in the time of Firoz Shah and took service in Jammu, founded the pre-
66 sent tribe. This tribe worships an idol made of grass and set within a 3<^|nare drawn in the cornra
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