Chachar
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چاچڙ | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sindh, Punjab | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sindhi people |
Chachar or Chacher (Template:Langx; Urdu: چاچڑ) is a Sindhi Sammat agricultural tribe. They are found in the Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.[1]
Distribution
In Sindh, majority of them are settled at Sukkur, Ghotki, Kashmore, Jacobabad and Larkana districts. While a minority resides at Nawabshah, Thatta, Tharparkar and Hyderabad.[2] In Punjab, they are settled at Multan, Khushab, Toba Tek Singh, Sargodha and Sahiwal, while majority of them are found at Mithankot and Chachran Sharif.[2] Agriculturist Chachars own land in the area between Guddu Barrage and Thatta.[3] Chachars in the Sukkur were involved in a feud with members of the Mahar tribe in the early years of the 21st century.[4]
The present chief of the Chachar tribe in Sindh is Sardar Aftab Ahmed khan Chachar.[5] The former chief of the Chachar tribe was Sardar Haji Khan Chachar.[5] He was formerly a two-time member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh. He has also been an advisor to the CM of Sindh for one time. He was politically linked to PPP. he left the party for some time, but again rejoined.[2]
Muhammad Hayat al-Sindi (died 3 February 1750) was an 18th-century Islamic scholar belonging to the Chachar tribe, whose teachings influenced the Wahhabi movement.[6]
Clans
- Jaganand: Balilani, Bhura, Dagrecha, Gula, Gārheja, Jamani, Kacha, Kheda, Mākalwadi, Muria, Sāngi.
- Chhutta: Balra, Dādani, Danborai, Dhāndhiyani, Dhānra, Dhagani, Dalani, Janija, Kār'ra, Kuna, Nangani, Phalani, Posti, Raanji, Sākhani, Shaikhani, Toba.
- Narang: Halwai, Jonāna, Jogiyani, Kuah, Lush, Mānghra, Matani, Rajdeha, Redhi, Sadhani.[7]
Other clans: Chadwa, Chamyāl, Chanda/Chandwār, Chhachhar, Chhichhar, Dola, Dhudha, Dhanjun, Dang, Dhanga, Duheja, Doowani, Gabrani, Gobja, Jhanjha, Kalra, Kharyani, Muda, Miryani, Rāmān, Rāhi, Ramba, Rahmani, Rukāna, Zikriyani.[7]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shah, Nafisa (1 October 2016). "Chapter 5 Mediations on the Frontier: Ceremonies of Justice, Ceremonies of Faislo and the Ideology of Kheerkhandr". Honour and Violence: Gender, Power and Law in Southern Pakistan. Berghahn Books: 168. doi:10.1515/9781785330827-011.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Encyclopaedia Sindhiana - Volume 4 (in سنڌي). S.L.A, Government of Sindh.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sarfaraz Memon (22 August 2015). "Simple living: Life in the katcha". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tribal justice: Jirga resolves decade long Chachar-Mahar dispute". The Express Tribune. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."PPP ropes in 'rebel' Sardar Chachar". The Nation. 23 April 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Choudhury, Rishad (8 February 2024). Hajj across Empires: Pilgrimage and Political Culture after the Mughals, 1739–1857. Cambridge University Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-009-25371-0.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Khair Mohammad Buriro Sewhani (2005). ذاتين جي انسائيڪلوپيڊيا (in Sindhi). pp. 285, 892, 920.
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