Dhanial

Dhanyal (Urdu: دھنیال‎, or Dhanyal) is one of the biggest tribe living in Potohar level and Lower Himalayas throughout the previous eight centuries.

History

The name 'Dhanyal' is from Mohazzam Shah, which was the name of a chief and renowned Sufi holy person of Lower Himalayas who moved from Dhanni (old name of Chakwal) in late twelfth century. Mohazzam Shah upheld Muhammad Ghori to check the exercises of Hindu Rajputs who forcefully assaulted Muslim army of Muhammad Ghori. Because of the impact of the Mohazzam Shah known as Hazrat Baba Dhanni Pir. Hazrat Baba Dhanni Pir's grave is in Mouri Sayyaedan, a valley on Lehtrar Road in tehsil Kotli Sattian, District Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Dhanyals are renowned for their valiance. Individuals from this tribe were enlisted into the armies of the Mughal Empire, British Empire and after Independence, into the Pakistan Army. After independence, the Dhanyals in metropolitan regions have gone to different fields like training, medication, designing, business and sociologies.[1][2]

See also

References
  1. The All-Pakistan Legal Decisions. All-Pakistan Legal Decisions. 1951.
  2. Publication. The Board. 1938.

Further reading
  • Khalid Walayat Dhanyal 2009, May 14, M.S. Asimov, Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson, Ahmad Hasan Dani, Unesco, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Muḣammad Osimī, János Harmatta, Boris.
  • Abramovich Litvinovskiĭ (1992). Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Muḣammad Osimī. ed. History of Civilizations of Central Asia. 4. Paris.
  • Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1999. pp. 485. ISBN 8120815955.
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