Bachal

Bachal (also known as Bachhal, Bachhawat, Bachgoti and Bachalgoti[1]) are a clan of Rajput group in India. Further, in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Bachal or Bachhal (also known as Bachak, Bajal, Buchal) are part of the converted Muslim Rajput group.

Bachal (Muslim Rajput)

Further, Bachal Rajput are seem to have occupied large portions of North Western Province, present day Pakistan and Afghanistan as per history. Some sources also mention that they were associated with Batani Buddhists, when they occupied that part of county (present day Afghanistan & North-Western Pakistan). Further, Bachak, Bajal, Buchal in this countries refers to Bachal Rajput. They are now a part of converted Muslim Rajput groups in these countries. They could be either descendant of historical Chandravanshi lineage or Chauhan-Gogaji descent.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ BACHAL OR BACHALGOTI The Rajputs: history, clans, culture, and nobility by Rānā Muḥammad Sarvar K̲h̲ān̲.
  2. ↑ The Hazāra]s by Hassan Poladi
  3. ↑ Afghanistan of the Afghans by Ikbal Ali Shah (Sirdar.)
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