1 MINOR LAND-OWNING AND AGRICULTURAL CASTES. 177
2 The Khagga and Hans appear to have returned themselves as Qureshi,
3 and are described in section 503 under the head Shekh.
4 473. The Daudpotra (Caste No. 79).— The Daudpotra are the reigning
5 family of Bahawalpur, and usually claim to be Qureslii Arabs, though occasion-
6 ally said to be Rajputs ; but all that is certain about their origin is that their
7 ancestor Daud Khan was a Jnliiha by occupation, if not by caste. Besides the
8 numbers shown in Table VIII A as Daudpotras, 1,421 persons have retui-ned
9 themselves as Shekh Daudpotra, of whom 1,287 are in the Multau district.
10 The tribe is practically confined to Balmwalpur and the neighbouring portions
11 of JMultan, part of which was once included in the Bahawalpur State.
12 Their founder Diiud Khan is said to have been the son of one Jam Junjar
13 of Shikiu-pur, and brother of Muhammad the ancestor of the Kalhora dynasty
14 of Sindh ; while another story makes him a Wattu Rajput. Both accounts
15 are very probably false. Cunningham relates their origin thus : " When
16 " Nadir Shah proceeded to establish bis authority in Sindh, he found the an-
17 " cestor of the family a man of reputation in his native district of Shikarpur.
18 " The Shah made him deputy of the upper third of the province; but, becoming
19 " suspicious of the whole clan, resolvi'd on removing it to Ghazni. The tribe
20 " then migrated up the Satluj and seized lands by force. They fabulously trace
21 "their origin to the Caliph Abbas; but may be regarded as Biloehes changed by
22 " long residence in Sindh. In establishing themselves on the Satluj, they
23 " reduced the remains of the ancient Langahs and Joyas to still further insigni-
24 " fieance." {Ristori/ of the Sikhs, — 113, note.)
25 474. The Dogars (Caste No. 46).— The Dogars of the Panjab are found
26 in the upper valleys of the Satluj and Beas above the lower border of the
27 Lahore district, and have also spread westwards along the foot of the hills into
28 Sialkot. There are also considerable colonies of them in Hissar and Karnal
29 They are thus described by Mr. Brandreth in his Fi'rozpur Report : —
30 " In my account of the Firozpur ilacina I have .ilready alluded to the Dogars, who are supposed
31 "to be converted Chauhan Rajputs from the neighbourhood of Dehli. They migrated first to the
32 " neighbotirhood of Pak Pattan, whence they spread gradually along the banks of the Satluj, and
33 " entered the Firozpur district about 100 years ago. The Firozpur Dogars are all descended from
34 " a common ancestor named Bahlol, but they are called Mahu Dogars, from Mahu the grandfather
35 " of Bahlol. Bahlol had three sons, Bambu, Langar, and Sammu. The Dogars of Firozpur and
36 " Mullanwala are the descendants of Bambu ; those of Khai the descendants of Langar ; the descen-
37 " dants of Sammu live in the Kasiir territory. There are many other sub-castes of the Dogars in
38 " other districts along the banks of the Satluj, as the Parchats, the Topuras, the Chopuras, &c.
39 "The Chopura Dogars occupy Mandot. The Firozpur Dogars consider themselves superior in rank
40 "and descent to the other sub-castes. They are very particular to whom they give their daughters
41 "in marriage though they take wives from all the other families. Atone time infanticide is said
42 " to have prevailed among them, but I do not think there is much trace of it at the present day.
43 " Sir H. Lawrence, who knew the Dogars well, writes of them that 'they arc tall, handsome,
44 " ' and sinewy, and are remarkable for having, almost witliout exception, large aquiline noses ; they
45 " ' are fanciful and violent, and tenacious of what they consider their rights, though susceptible to
46 " ' kindness, and not wanting in courage ; they appear to have been always troublesome subjects, and
47 "' too fond of their own free mode of life to willingly take service as soldiers.' The Jewish face
48 "which is found among the Dogars, and in which they resemble the Afghans, is very remarkable,
49 "and makes it probable that there is \ery little Chauhan blood in their veins, notwithstanding the
50 " fondness with which they attempt to trace their connection with that ancient family of Rajputs.
51 " Like the Gujars and Naipala they are great thieves, and prefer pasturing cattle to eultlvtitiug.
52 " Their favourite crime is cattle-stealing. There are, however, some respectai)le persons among them,
53 "especially in the Firozpur ilaqua. It is only within the last few years that the principal Dogars
54 " have begun to wear any covering for the head ; formerly the whole population, as is the case with
55 " the poorer classes still, wore then- long hair over their shoulders ivithout any covering either of
56 " sheet or tuiban. Notwithstanding the difference of physiognomy, however, the Dogars presei-ve
57 "evident traces of some connection with the Hindus in most of their family customs, in which they
58 " resemble the Hindus much more than the orthodox Muhammadans,"
59 /