The Jasgam or sometime pronounced Jaskham are a tribe found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[1]
Contents |
The Jasgam claim decent from the Abbasi family, the former Caliphs of Baghdad. According to their traditions, they are descended from Jasgam, who belonged to the Dhund Abbasi tribe, a tribe claiming Arab ancestry and settled in the Murree hills. Jasgam was said to be have come originally from Murree and had 12 sons. He said to have raided Kahuta Tehsil, and eventually settled there. The Jasgam initially settled in Panjar, Bara, Saroha, Daberan, Manyand, Phagwari Gala, Salitha, Sarai Kharbuza and Rajrot, all villages in the present Kahuta Tehsil.[2]
The tribe occupies thirteen villages in Kahuta Tehsil, including Panjar, Bara, Saroha, Daberan, Manyand, Phagwari Gala, Salitha, Sarai Kharbuza and Rajrot.[1] A small number are also found in the town of Mandrah in the Gujar Khan Tehsil of Rawalpindi District.