Kassar

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Kassar or Mughal Kassar Urdu: مغل کسر / مغل قصر ) is one of the three major land owning tribes in the Dhani country of Chakwal District in Punjab province, Pakistan.^[1] They occupy the northern part of Dhani, called Babial and Chaupeda. In the Punjab settlement report of 1862, it is mentioned that they had come from Jammu along with the Mair-Minhas tribe and had been settled in this area by the Mughal Emperor, Zaheerudin Babur. However, in Punjab census of 1881 they claimed that they themselves are of Mughal decent and presented a fabulous family tree, which connects their lineage with Babur in 8th generation and shows their ancestor kassar as a distant cousin of Babur. Hence, they claimed that they had come with Babur's army as his fellow tribesmen and were settled in Dhani along with the Mairs and Kahuts by the Emperor himself.Kassar always prefer their own cast for marriages but second priority goes to Mair Minhas & Kahout Quraish.

Contents 1 Family Tree 2 Famous Personalities 3 Area of Domination 4 Clans 5 References

[edit] Family Tree

Family Tree (شجرہ قبیل )of Kassar tribes is as follow

AmirTimurGorgan>> Sultan Miran >> Ibrahim Qableen>> Mirza Taluchar>> Amir Wali Kandhari >>Sardar Kassar Khan

[edit] Famous Personalities

The famous personalities (مشہور شخصیات) are:

1. Ayaz Amir (former MNA & Federal Minister / Permanent columnist to Dawan,Pakistan/Gulf News,UAE
2. Colonel Muhammad Khan (famous Urdu writer & humorist / Army Personal)
3. Mohammad Ashraf
4. Shair Khan
5. Ghulam Mohammad of Dhala
6. Habib Khan of Chaouli
7. Mohammad Fairuz Balkassar
8. Mohammad Khan BAlkassar
9. Sardar Sultan Khan of Dullah
10. Chaudhary Shahwali Khan Bikharikalan,(chairman)
11. Chaudhary Ghulam Ali Sahab Bikharikalan (British Army, Chairman Attock Oil Companmy)
12. Chaudhray Jawad Akram of Dhalal (former SHO , Dhudhial/Kalar Kahar/Chakwal,present Assistant Commissioner Mirpur Khass, Sindh)

[edit] Area of Domination

Area of settlement (مرکزی علاقہ جات ) of Kassar tribes are spread in whole district Chakwal but in some towns & villages they have dominant presence, such as

Farid Kasar, Bal Kassar, Sarkal Kassar,Dhok Peeli, Dhudhial, Tattral, Dhalal etc

Kassar are also settled in Kashmir in District Muzafar Abad and Pounch. First settlement was done in Khalana and then they migrated to Ponch. Because of their first settlement in Khalana they are also called “Qazian-e-Khalana”.

[edit] Clans

The clans (ذیلی اقوام) of Kassar tribe are :

1. Dullah
2. Chaouli
3. Karsal
4. Mehrou
5. Haraj

[edit] References

The references (حوالہ جات)