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Sir Sikandar hayat khan a famous khattar

Khattar is a tribe.

History

Sikandar Hayat Khan (Punjabi politician) of Wah, are a famous family of Punjab,_Pakistan, feudal aristocrats and landlords, and they originally belong to KHATTAR' tribe of this area. About the noble and warlike Khattars, there are many stories and tales, and many later embelishments and strange fictitious accounts etc. Some say they are Arab people (relative of Awan tribe of Punjab), some say they are afghan or 'Pashtuns' (pathan in India) , some say they are Jatt, like many indigenous races of this Land of Five Rivers, and some even claim they are Turkish_people. The ancient history is covered in many veils and sagas and the saga is very very long and ancient. However, briefly, in truth, as all pedigrees and genuine old records show and prove to us, the khattar are in fact awan and some of them are rajput by origin, descended from Chauhan or 'Chohan' , a major branch or clan of the Rajput. Prior to 1890s and early 1900s.Some people of khattar tribe believe that they came with Mehmood Ghaznavi.

Geographical Distribution

The prominet population of khattar tribe and ownership are found in attock and rawalpindi districts of pakistan.Some people of khattar tribe are found in india and afghanistan.

Notable people

References

  1. Malik, IH Sir Sikandar Hayat: A Biography, Islamabad, 1984, p. 9
  2. Ian Talbot (1996). Khizr Tiwana, the Punjab Unionist Party and the Partition of India. Curzon. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-0-7007-0427-9. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  3. Shaukat Hayat Khan The Nation that Lost its Soul: Memoirs, Lahore, 1995, p.12
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