Maliar
| Languages | |
|---|---|
| • Punjabi • Hindko | |
| Religion | |
•  Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| • Kunjra • Kabaria |
The Maliar are a tribe found in the Potohar region of Punjab, Pakistan as well as the Peshawar valley and some other parts of the North West Frontier Province(now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).
History and origin
There is no consensus as to the ethnic identity of this Mahbub. Their concocted tradition is not tenable because the Maliar or Phularay were basically son of the soil and converted to Islam en masse otherwise who was tilling small land or orchards and gardens. If we accept this account, the community thus settled in India at the start of the 11th century. Historically, the community was at a disadvantage, particularly in the Peshawar valley, where it suffered at the hands of Pashtun landlords.[1]