The Nekokara and Jhandir

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This article is an extract from PANJAB CASTES SIR DENZIL CHARLES JELF IBBETSON, K.C. S.I. Being a reprint of the chapter on The Races, Castes and Tribes of the People in the Report on the Census of the Panjab published in 1883 by the late Sir Denzil Ibbetson, KCSI Lahore : Printed by the Superintendent, Government Printing, Punjab, 1916. Indpaedia is an archive. It neither agrees nor disagrees with the contents of this article.

Nekokara

The Kokara or Nekokara, who are chiefly found in the Jhang district,, claim to be Hashmi Qureshis, who came from Bahawalpur some 450 years ago. They hold land in Gujrtinwala also, but are not a very important tribe. In Gujranwala many of them are faqirs, and they g'enerally bear a semi-religious character.

The Jhandir

Are also said to be of Qureshi origin, and though they do not openly profess to be religious directors, there is a certain odour of sanc tity about the tribe. most of them can read and write, and they are particularly free from ill deeds of every description.They own land in the extreme south of the Jhang district. They are said to have been the standard bearers of one of the great saints, whence their name.