Karlal
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Karlal (also known as Kard'al, Karaal, Karhral, or Kiraal) is a tribe found in the Abbottabad and Haripur districts of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Karlal territory borders on both Kashmir and Punjab.
The tribe trace their descent from Sardar Kallar Shah who is believed to have come from southern Afghanistan, and is believed to have been a descendant of Alexander the Great. The various names of the tribe are derived from the name "karal" or "karaak" which means strength, bitter or straightforward, signifying the military character of the ancestor. In Haripur and Abbottabad, they are known as Sardars because during the time of the Delhi Sultanate (1206-1296) they became the sardars (meaning leaders) of this area. Although the Sardari system is now obsolete, the name prevails due to extensive usage by local peoples, including other tribes who prefer to refer Karlals as sardars. The majority of the people of the Karlal tribe are secular Sunni Muslims. Karlals have a liberal social structure and have accepted inter-marriages with other people, including both Pashtuns and Punjabis. This has led to an ethnic blend within the community, which now constitutes 30% of the population of the district of Abbottabad. They are a Hindko speaking tribe.
According to the District Gazetteers of Rawalpindi and Hazara written jointly by the respective Deputy Commissioners of the above areas, the famous tribe Kharral of Gojra in Punjab, derive their ancestors from the Karlals in Abbottabad, Hazara. The account of the 1857 Mutiny clearly establishes links between the two tribes and links them providing evidence that the Kharrals of Gojra and Karlals of Abbottabad are actually one and the same.
[edit] Notable Karlals
- Mr. Justice Sardar Mohammad Raza, Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Sardar Ghulam Nabi former MPA, North-West Frontier Province
- Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob, Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament of Pakistan
- Sardar Idrees, MPA, Minister for Local Government NWFP
- Sardar Haidar Zaman Khan, Nazim of Abbottabad District
- Colonel Sardar Sultan Mohammad Khan, Chief Engineer Navy 1966
- Brigadier Sardar Ghulam Arif, first Karlal to become a brigadier in Pakistan Army.
- Sardar Gul Zaman Khan (late), first Provincial Minister of Karlal tribe in 1974, MPA for the PF37 constituency (Samundar Katha), a place where according to Tareekh-E-Frishta, Sikhs commanded by Hari Singh were defeated by Karlals
- Dr Sardar Haider Zaman, (Ph.D, Urban & Regional Planning), Awarded Personality of the year 2003, Social worker and Consultant for Asian Development Bank and other multi-lateral agencies. Author of hundreds of documents on planning and social welfare. Advised NWFP & FATA governors, currently heads a number of charities in NWFP and Kashmir
- Col. (retired) Sardar Gauhar Rahman, served Pakistan Army 1968-1997, joined State Life Insurance, Pakistan in 1997 as a Director, Officer Training Institute
- Sardar Mohammad Saleem Jabbar (Nazim of union council Malik Akhter Mohammad Halqa #6 Quetta Balochistan).
- Sardar Muhammad Saleem, Accounts Officer DRU Abbottabad.
- Sardar Muhammad Riaz, Chairman (Monopoly control), Federal Secretary
- Sardar Musa Khan Contractor PWD.
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[edit] References
- The Punjab Chiefs by Sir Lepel H. Griffin
- Tareekh-E-Frishta
- Tareekh-E-Hazara by Badhar Khan
- Tareekh-E-Bani Aees by Sardar Iqbal Khan
- Tareekh-E-Karral by Nasir Khan Karral
Sardar Muhammad Secretary retired Federal Communication SARDAR ABDUL QAYYUM STAFF OFFICER IN DHA ISLAMABAD PLEASE INCLUDE MY NAME IN NOTABLE SARDAR LIST
