Kharal
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The Kharal is a Muslim Rajput tribe living in Sandal Bar in the Punjab provice of Pakistan, from the Agnikula Rajput gotra (clan).
[edit] Origin and History
Kharals claim descent from the legendary Karna of the Mahabharata, whose descendant, Bhupa came to Uch Sharif in the 13th century, where he along with his son Kharral were converted to Islam by Makhdoom Jahanian Shah. From Uch, the Kharrals spread over the country around the Ravi. Like the Sials, they were at first mainly a pastoral tribe but in 14th century, Kamal Khan refounded an old town which has been identified by General James Cunningham as one of the strongholds of Malli captured by Alexander The Great. It was named Kot Kamalia in honour of Kamal Khan and since then, has been the head quarters of the Lakhera clan of Kharrals.
[edit] The Lakhera Kharrals
The Lakhera clan was never numerically strong but it attained certain amount of importance during the reign of Aurangzeb, when Saadat Yar Khan, the then chief of Kamalia, obtained a jagir from the Emperor. It was however, at this time, that Walidad Sial overran Kamalia, and settled the Mardana and Tarhana Sials on the Ravi. Some of the Kharals even moved towards Multan and then further south to Sindh.
