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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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=Caste Nos. 45 and 31=

The Sainis would
appear to be only a sub-division of the Malis. In Bijnor they are said to be
identical, and I am informed that the two intermarry in many, but not in all,

parts of the North-West Provinces. It is probable that the Sainis are a Mali
tribe, and that some of the higher tribes of the same caste will not marry with
them. The Mali, the Mdlakdra or florist of the Purans, is generally a market
or nursery gardener, and is most numerous In the vicinity of towns where
manure is blentiful and there is a demand for his produce. He is perliaps the
most skilful and industrious cultivator we possess, and does wonders with his
land, producing three or even four crops within the year from the same plot.
He is found under the name of Mali only in the Jamna zone, including the

' Mr. Wilson notes that the Gujars and the Bargujar tribe of Rajputs are often found
together; and suggests that the latter may be to the Gujars what the Khanzadahs are to
the Meos and what most Rajputs are to the Jats.
eastern portions of Hissar, his place being taken by the Saini in the eastern
sub-montane districts , and by the Arain or Baglibun in the remainder of the
Province. He is almost always a Hindu. Most of the few Malis shown for
the western districts were returned as Maliar, the Panjabi form of Mali ; and
some of them as Phulara or Phulwara (but see section 485 for the inclusion of
Maliar under Arain) .

The Sainis, who, as I have just explained, are probably a Mali tribe, are
said to claim Rajput origin in Jalandhar ; but Mr. Barkley writes of the Sainis
of that district : They consider themselves the same as the Malis of the
North-West Provinces, and to be connected with the Arains, though the
latter know nothing of the relationship. They are not found west of the
Chanab, but are numerous In some parts of the Ambala district.They
appear from our figures to be all along the foot of the hills between the
valleys of the Jamna and Ravi ,but not to have reached the Chanab valley.
Both they and the Mails are properly tribes of Hindustan rather than of the
Panjali. About 10 per cent, of the Sainis are Sikhs, and the remainder
Hindus. In Rawalpindi no fewer than 3,655 Mughals have returned their
tribe or clan as Salnl ; but It Is probable that these have no connection with
the caste under discussion, as It would not appear to have penetrated so far
westwards. The Sainis of Rupar In Ambala are described •' an ill-conditioned
set, first-rate cultivators, but refractory and Intriguing.
The Mails and Sainis, like all vegetable growers, occupy a very Inferior
position among the agricultural castes ; but of the two the Sainis are probably
the higher, as they more often own land or even whole villages, and are less
generally mere market gardeners than are the Malls.

The largest of the Mali sub-dlvlslons are the Phul with 11,646, and the
BhagartI with 15,658 persons. The
Sainis do not appear to have returned any
large clans except In Hushyarpur, of
which district some of the largest clans
are shown In the margin, and In Gurdas
pur where 1,541 Sainis showed their clans
as Salahn. Mr. Barkley notes that some
of the clans of Arains and of Sainis In
Jalandhar bear the same names, and those
not always merely names of other and dominant tribes.

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