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PANJAB CASTES
SIR DENZIL CHARLES JELF IBBETSON, K.C. S.I.
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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. 
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=Tribes Jammu Border=

The Manhas (No. 9)

The Manhas or Jamwal
claim tSolar origin by direct descent from Ram Chandra. They say that their ancestor came from
Ajudhia and conquered Jammu, and founded the city of that name. Some say that before this
conquest they first settled in Sialkot; others, that they went tlrst to Kashmir, then to Sialkot, and
then to Jammu. All seem agreed that they moved into Jammu from the plains. The name
Jamwal appears to have been the old name of the whole tribe, but to be now confined to the royal
branch who do not engage in agriculture, and look down upon their cultivating brethren who are
commonly styled Manhas. The Manhas intermarry with the Salahria and otherer seeond-class
Rajputs of the neighbourhood. They call their eldest son Raja and the younger one Mian, and
use the salutation Jai ! They are for the most parr, Hindus, at leastt in the cis-Jahlam tract.
They pour water on a goat's head at mukldioa, and consider that his shaking his head in consequence
is pleasing to their ancestors. The Manhas are found in large numbers throughout the country
below the Jammu border, in Rawalpindi, Jahlam, Sialkot, and Gurda-pur, but especially in the
two first. In Sialkot 765 Manhas have returned themselves also as Bhatti, 7-11 as Salahria, and
775 as Baghbansi while in Gurdaspur 2,080 are also houTi as Raghban>i f-o of the Jat ^Manhas
of Giijrauwala, 1,325 are Virk who have shown themselves as Manhas also. The Manhas are
real hudjandmen, and therefore occupy a very inferior position in the local scale of Rajput
precedence.

''' The Chibh (No. 10) ''' — The Chibh claim to be descended from the Katoch Rajputs of Kangra,
at least on the female side.If so, their position must once have been much higher than it now
is ; but the -tory is probably untrue. I have suggested under the head Dhund that the Chibh may
perhap^ be Punwar. Their ancestor Chib Chand is said to have left Kangra some 1,400 years ago,
and have settled at Bhimbar in the Jammu hills. The first Chibh to become a Musalman was one
Sur Sadi of the time of Aurangzeb. He died a violent death and is still venerated as a martyr,
and the Mahomedan Cinbh ofrer the scalploeks of their male children at his tomb, till which
ceremony the child is not considered a true Chibh, nor is the mother allowed to eat meat. Within
the Pan jab the Chibh are found almost entirely in the northern portion of Gujurat under the
Jammu hills. Tbe hills above this territory are their proper home, and are attached to the State
of Kashmir. The tribe has also given its name to the Chibhal, or hill country of Kashmir on the
left bank of the .laiilam along the Hazara border, though I beheve that they do not now occupy
those hill-. The Chibh is a tribe of good position ; they, like the Janjua, enjoy the title of
Raja ; Saiyads and Gakkbars do not hesitate to marry their daughters ; and tillthe Sikh rule
they did not cultivate themselves. Now-a-days, however, they follow the plough. The
history of the Chibh chiefs is related at page 583 of the Panjab Chiefs. The Chibh are identified
by some with the Sibe of the ancients.

''' The Thakar (No. 11) ''' — The Thakar Rajput: diown in the Abstract are almost all Salabrie
Rajputs of Sialkot, where 5,279 men returned them elves a- Rajput Salaria Thakar. They art
shown again under the head Salahria. So 921 of the Nabha Thakar are Cliauhan. The signiti
cauce of the expression Thakar is discussed under the head of Rajputs of the Eastern Hills ; but

^ Mr. Brandi-eth says that Ma jor Tod comes to the same conclusion ; but I have been unable to
find the passag''.

They have however a wonderful story about a son of une of the kings of Persia marrying the
Daughter of a Raja in the Decan and having by her h descendants, one of whom Nahur Chand be
came king of Kangra. His son Chibb Chand became ruler of Bhimbar ; hence the Chibh.

Thakur is also sometimes used by the high Rajputs of tho hills as a title of diginty, ami the two
words are often confused.

''' The Salahria (No. 12) ''' — The salahria are Sombansi Rajputs who trace their descent from one
Raja Saigalof fabulous antiquity, and from his desendant 'Chandra Gupta. They say that their
eponymous ancestor came from the Deccan in the time of Sultan Mamdah at commander of a
force sent to suppress the insurrection of Shuja the Khokkar, and settled at Sialkot ; and that
his descendants turned Musahn.in in the time of Haldol li )di. They are for the most part
Mahomedan, but still employ Brahman, and do not marry within the tribe. They mark the fore
heads of the bride and bridegroom with goat-' blood at their weddings. Their head-quarters are in
the eastern portion of Suilkot, but they am .also found in Ourdaspur and Lahore. The Thakar
returned from Sialkot under No. 11 of the Abstract are for the most part Salahria, and have been
included in the figures for both tribes; while 741 of the Sialkot Salahria show themselves as
Manhas and 347 as bhatti. In all these cases the men are shown under both headings. In Gurdas
pur 3,712 of the Salahria are shown also as Bagar or Bhagar, and have been included under both
Salahria and Bagri.

''' The Katil (No. 13) ''' — The Katil .are a Rajput clan in Gurdaspur, regarding whom I have no
iuforumtini save that they intermarry with the Salahria.

''' The Raghbansi (No 14) ''' — The Raghbansi Rajputs are perhaps most numerous in the eastern
part of the North-Wetern provinces. In the Panjab they are chiefly found in the Hill States
and the sub-montaue of Gurdaspur and Sialkot, though there are a few in the Jamna districts also,
but the name would appear to imply little more than traditional origin. Thus of the Gurdaspur
Raghbansi 2,080, and 775 of those of Sialkot, have returned themselves as Manhas also, and are
shown under both headings.

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