Douli
The Douli is a subcaste or tribe of MUGHAL clan, found mainly in both Indian Administered and Pakistani administered Poonch.
History
Douli,s ancestry meets with Nawab-ud-Doula. Nawab-ud-Doula family roots meets with Ameer Tamoor gorkhan. Nawab-ud-Doula bin Mirza said Ahmed bin Mirza umar sheikh bin Ameer Tamoor
Famous personalities
1-Ameer Qasam Douldai 2- Ameer Mohsan Douldai 3- Ameer Abrahim khan Douldai 4- Ameer Muhammad Douldai 5- Ameer Douldai 6-Ameer Tamoor malik Douldai 7- Jani baig Douldai 8-Sultan malik Douldai 9-Amir tahir Douldai 10-Ameer Sultan Douldai 11-Ameer Hafiz Douldai 12-Ameer Mukhlis khan Douldai 13-Sardar Sultan Ismail Douldai
Authenticated book which tells about the branches of Mughals are “oyamak Mughals” in which all of its braches can be find. This book tells that Mughals have too many branches and this book describe only 125 tribes of Mughals. This book tells that “Douldai “is a tribe of Mughals. On Page no 93 this tribe has been described. Sultan Abu Saeed Khan Bozanjari was a king of Iran and Horasa .Ameer Behrma and his son Ameer Mohammad Douldai had Distinction in his kingdom.
Ameer Hafiz Douldai, Hafiz Mohammad and Tahir Douldai have had good attribution towardZahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur. They fought against Uzbeks and died in that battle. In Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur regime another Douldai Ameer Sultan Mahmood has also been discussed .When Babar attacked against Abrahim Lodi Sultan Mahmood was also fighting from his side.
In a book “Tareekh-a-Fareshta” page no 204 this battle has been discussed. In this book “Douldai” Had named as “Douldi” this tells that in that time Douldai has been changed to Douldi. There is no doubt in India there are thousands of tribes whose names are changed with passage of time. After Babar Hamayun was the next ruler due to inner tensions between brothers. Sher shah suri invaded and defeated the Hamayun. In that time when Afghans finds any Mughal they would kill him. Lot of Mughals migrated to peace full Ares like Kashmir. Hamayun returned after 15 years from Iran and defeated the sons of Sher shah suri. But some of Mughals tribe did not returned and stayed where they were. Douli tribe Stayed in Kashmir and poonch. In Kashmir there is a trend to change the name of tribes to call them easily. In Kashmir Douldai tribe called as Douli.
“Douli ghat “is a village in a Patna. This thing tells that in time of fidget. Douli,s were leaved there. In the time of last chak king yaqoob shah Shamas Douli was a famous army commander. Shamas Douli parents came in to Kashmir in the regime of Hamayun. Still some houses of this tribe are present in Tehsil Auri and Tehsil karna in Kashmir. In World War 1 people of this tribe fought from the side of Europe. Agriculture is the Best profession of this tribe (Tareekh Akwam-a-Poonch)
Location and Villages
They are based in Hjira, Rawlakot,Tatrinote, Madarpur, Kakuta, Mehndla, Buttal Dharamsal, Sehra, Mandhole, Serrari, Darra Sher Khan (District Poonch), Punjerra, Srsawa and Goi (district Kotli) are the areas of Doulis in Azad Jammu Kashmir and also well settled in Pakistan like Tarnol,taxila,Haripur,Ghazi,kamal pur,Jhang,Gujranwala. Nowadays crossing point Tatrinote is also on the places chaka-na-bagh of Douli,s.
While in Indian held Kashmir a major portion of Tehsil Mendhar including Darra Doulian, Chandak, Mankote, Challas, Saloutri, Tarrana, Surrankot up to rajouri and riyasi this tribe can be found.
douli also live in Kashmir valley mostly in the two villages of tangmarg tehsil: chack traren and chack ferozepora there are approx 200-250 most of them are govt employee and prefer to serve through ballot force job
household and in Pakistan NWFP mostly hazara Haripure, Village ghazi and sawabi topi and surrounding area.
Geographic location
The Douli are found mainly along line of control in the villages of Hajira, Dara Sher Khan, Mandhole, Abbaspur, Serarri as well Rawalakot town in Poonch District. Other than that Douli'live in N.W.F.P Hazara likely Haripure district Mostly in Tehsil Ghazi, and District Sawabi, speak Hindko, Pashtoo and others. They are Pahari speaking, as are most Poonch District tribes.
Society
The Douli tribe consists of well educated, civilized and politically active members of Kashmiri society. Their mother tongue is pahari, due to their geographic proximity to the Peer Punjal. Poonch city was the centre of cultural and political activities of the Douli Tribe before division of Kashmir.
Surnames
Douli & Maldiyal actually use their surnames as Sardar and Khan.Doulis are actually Mughal which are also use family or caste title like, Mughal, Mirza, Baig, Chughtai & others in different areas of subcontinent.
Dispersion
The 1947 partition of subcontinent and subsequent division of Kashmir dispersed this tribe. The Douli tribe suffered the most among Kashmiris due to the line of control.
Famous Persons
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq belong to Douli tribe.He is a Pakistani politician who is the current and 19th Speaker of the National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Pakistan.He belong to Azad kashmir His father migrated TO Lahore.
JUSTICE Sardar Yar Muhmmad Khan is another prominent member of this tribe who graduated from the UK in 1940s and later joined the judiciary and then politics.
SARDAR AZAD KHAN is another prominent personality.who is now retired as Chief engineer of azad jammu kashmir.
Sardar Ghulam Mustafa Khan was the first minister of this tribe in 1995. He was first elected as member of the AJK Assembly in 1985 and is also among the top industrialists in AJK.He has also a pride to be the eldest & take GIRGAS to solve the internal problems of the area.
The AJK Revenue & Custodian Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum khan Niazi is a leading member of this tribe and has made phenomenal contribution towards the development and empowering of the people of the area. He is a younger brother of Sardar Ghulam Mustafa Khan.Sardar Abdul qayyum niazi was the youngest councillor of the state of Jammu Kashmir ever at the age of 22. He has been politically active since 1980 after the death of his father Sardar Fazal Dad Khan the great Intellectual, who was also a very well known Politician.
Sardar Kamal Khan Advocate ticket holder of Muslim conference LA 18 Hajira belong to Douli family.
Sardar Asmat ullah khan is also a famous personality of this tribe and has been actively involved in the restoration of Chief justice Iftiqhar chuadry. He is a senior lawyer in supreme court and leader of Muslim-league Nawaz. He is an ex.president of high court bar association of rawalpindi.
Sardar Zahid Tabasaam is also a famous personality of this tribe and Azad kashmir.He is the chief editor of Kashmir Express News paper.
Gallery
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Sunrising over Mehndla, one village where prominent doulis live.
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Bridge linking Madapur and Mehndla, along the LOC in Azad Kashmir.
Mughal
The Mughal (Arabic: مغول), (Urdu مُغل), (Persian: مغول), are a number of culturally related clans of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.[citation needed] In theory, the Mughals of South Asia are descended from the various Central Asian Turkic armies and immigrants that settled in the region from the early Middle Ages onwards
In theory, all those who claim Mughal ancestry are descendents of various Central Asian Turco-Mongol armies that invaded Iran and South Asia, from Genghis Khan to Timur to Babur and beyond. But the term has always had a wider meaning. According to Bernier, a French traveler who visited India during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb: In medieval period, descendants of various armies that conquered South Asia under Babar were called Mughals. The term was also used for later immigrants from Iran, the Qizilbash community.
The court itself consisted of a medley of most Uyghur and some Turkman/Uzbeks, Persians and Central Asian Turks, or descendants of all these classes; known, as said before by the general appellation Mughal by the Muslims of native origin. —François Bernier, Bernier's Travels in the Mogul Empire, 1891 As early as the 17th century, the term Mughal covered a large number of groups. Generally, all Central Asian immigrants to India, whether Uzbek, Chughtai, Barlas, Douli, Kipchak, Kazakhs, Turkman, Kyrgyz, Uyghurs were referred to as Mughal. The term was also used for later immigrants from Iran and Caucasus, such as the famous Qizilbash community. In North India, the term Mughal refers to one of the four social groups that are referred to as the Ashraaf.[2] In Pakistan, a number of tribal groupings such as the Gheba and Kassar in Punjab claim Mughal ancestry. Sir Denzil Ibbetson, the eminent British student of Punjabi tribal structures, noted a tendency among many tribes of the Pothohar and Upper Hazara regions of Northern Pakistan to claim Mughal ancestry.[3] In accordance with the basic history provided that various Central Asian armies that invaded Iran is A sidepart knowledge. By some Arab Writers, those people who are known as Mughals were those people which are very intelligent in any field of life in Arab in the Khilafat of Hazrat Umer R.A.
The three clans that the original Mughal immigrants belonged to were the Chughtai and Douli and Barlas.[3] In Pakistan their main clans are the Qazilbash, Turkmen, Turk, Uzbek, Kai and Chak, while in Punjab and on the border between NWFP and Kashmir, the main clans are the Barlas Douli and Chughtai.[4] There are also a number of other tribal groupings who claim Mughal ancestry. Here is a brief description of the five main Mughal clans found in South Asia. References ^ a b A Study of the Ancient Turkic "TARQAN", Han-Woo Choi, Handong University ^ Leland Liu Rogers – The Golden Summary of Cinggis Qayan: Cinggis Qayan-u Altan Tobci, p. 80 ^ a b Paul Ratchnevsky – Genghis Khan: his life and legacy, p. 82 ^ a b Qarīb, Badr-az-Zamān. 1995. Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian – Persian – English. Tehran: Farhangan Publ. ^ Doerfer, G. 1993 "Chaladschica extragottingensia", Central Asiatic Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1-2, pp. 33–81. Excerpt from page 43 ^ a b Agustí Alemany, Sources on the Alans, Brill Academic Publishers, 2000. Excerpt from page 328: " Abaev considers this word (lacking in a Turco-Mongolian etymology), as well Old Hungarian tarchan “olim judex”, borrowing from Scythians (Alans) *tarxan “judge” -> Ossetian. Taerxon “argument, trial”; cf. the Ossete idioms taerxon kaenyn “to judge” (+ kӕnyn “to do”) and tӕrxon lӕg “judge” (+l ӕg man). Iron ævzag