Faujdar

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Faujdar was a title awarded by Muslim rulers to people who had responsibility of protecting some territory. Faujdar is mostly used as a title by Jat gotras such as Sogarwar, Chahar, Sinsinwar, Kuntal throughout Northern India and Pakistan.

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Ancient Kshatriya Tribes	Ahir | Dhangar | Gujjar | Kamboj | Khash| Yadav
Arains	Arain | Chaudhary | Mehr | Mian | Malik | Sardar
Brahmins	Saraswat Brahmins | Punjabi Brahmins | Mohyal | Bali | Bhimwal | Chhibber | Datt | Lau | Mohan | Vishwakarma Vaidic Brahmins | Vaid
Dalits	Punjabi Dalits | Balmiki | Chamar | Chura | Kabirpanthi | Mazhabi | Nai | Ramdasia | Rangrehta | Ravidasi
Jatts	Jatt : List of Jat surnames
Kshatriyas	Khatri : Dhaighar | Charghar | Sablok | Aathghar | Barahghar | Bawanghar | Kukhran | Sekhri | Sareen | List of Khatri subgroups Arora : Uttradhi | Dakhna | Gujarati | List of Arora subgroups Sood | | Lohana
Rajputs	Rajput | Rana | Bagal | Bais | Bhatti | Chadhar | Chauhan | Chib | Narma | Doad | Dogra | Gheba | Haral | Jamwal | Janjua | Jarral | Jaswal | Bhatia | Jaura | Jodhra | Khakha | Kharal | Khati | Mahnike | Mair | Mangral | Manhas | Manj | Meo | Mer | Minhas | Mir | Naul | Noon | Panwar | Parhar | Parmar | Pundir | Punwar | Ranial | Rathore | Salaria | Sial | Thakial | Toor | Wattu | Wejhwa | Wijhalke
Shaikhs	Shaikh | Abbasi | Alavi | Farooqi | Gardezi | Gilani | Hashemi | Osmani | Quraishi | Sayyid | Shaikh Siddiqui
Tarkhans	Tarkhan : Bhatti | Dhiman | Gade | Jhangra | Khatti | Khokar | Matharu | Netal | Siawan | Tharu | Virdi | List of Tarkhan surnames
Others	Ahluwalia | Awan | Bakarwal | Bania | Bishnoi | Chhimba | Gakhar | Kalal | Labana | Meghwar | Mekan | Saini | Sansi