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This article is an extract from <br/>

PANJAB CASTES <br/>

SIR DENZIL CHARLES JELF IBBETSON, K.C. S.I. <br/>

Being a reprint of the chapter on <br/>
The Races, Castes and Tribes of <br/>
the People in the Report on the <br/>
Census of the Panjab published <br/>
in ''' 1883 ''' by the late Sir Denzil <br/>
Ibbetson, KCSI <br/>

Lahore : <br/>

Printed  by the Superintendent, Government Printing, Punjab, <br/>

1916. <br/>
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==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.