List of rulers of Pothohar plateau

Throughout much of its modern history, the Pothohar Plateau in northern Punjab was autonomously or semi-autonomously dominated by various clans, most notably Gakhar and Khokhar tribes. Following a list of the known rulers of the Pothohar Plateau:

List

Ruler	Reign	Note
Shaikha Khokhar	c. 1380 – 1399	Killed while fighting against Timur
Jasrat Khokhar	c. 1405 – 1442	Had his capital at Sialkot^[1]
Jhanda Khan Gakhar	unknown – c. 1493	Established the city of Rawalpindi^[2]
Tatar Khan Gakhar	unknown – 1519	Made alliance with Babur
Hathi Khan Gakhar	1519 – 1526
Sarang Khan Gakhar	1526 – 1545	Died fighting against Sher Shah Suri at Rawat^[3]
Adam Khan Gakhar	1546 – 1555	Ruled under Mughal Empire
Kamal Khan Gakhar	1555 – 1566
Said Khan Gakhar	1563 – 1597	Founded Saidpur village^[4]
Nazar Khan Gakhar	Unknown	Commander of 500
Allah Quli Khan Gakhar	1681 – 1705
Pervaiz Pirvali Khan Gakhar
Murad Khan Gakhar
Mu’azzam Khan Gakhar	c. 1705 – 1739
Muqarrab Khan Gakhar	c. 1739 – 1769	Last effective Gakhar ruler^[5]

References

↑ Charak, Sukh Dev Singh (1985). A Short History of Jammu Raj: From Earliest Times to 1846 A.D. Ajaya Prakashan.
↑ Ahmad, Asghar (1986). Pakistan tourism directory, '86: everything about tourism. Holiday Weekly. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
↑ Henry Miers Elliot, John Dowson. The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period. Volume IV, p. 493.
↑ "Saidpur has history, heritage of three eras". The News. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
↑ Ali, Ammad (3 May 2020). "A forgotten tale: Bagh Jogian speaks of neglect, disinterest, threats from urbanisation | Footloose". The News. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

Gazetteer of the Rawalpindi District, 1893-94. Civil and Military Gazette Press. 1895.

Griffin, Lepel Henry (1865). The Panjab Chiefs: Historical and Biographical Notices of the Principal Families. Lahore.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[1] Charak, Sukh Dev Singh (1985). A Short History of Jammu Raj: From Earliest Times to 1846 A.D. Ajaya Prakashan.

[2] Ahmad, Asghar (1986). Pakistan tourism directory, '86: everything about tourism. Holiday Weekly. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

[3] Henry Miers Elliot, John Dowson. The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period. Volume IV, p. 493.

[:3-4] "Saidpur has history, heritage of three eras". The News. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[5] Ali, Ammad (3 May 2020). "A forgotten tale: Bagh Jogian speaks of neglect, disinterest, threats from urbanisation | Footloose". The News. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

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