Qizilbashes in the Chenab Colony, Punjab
Most of the minor tribes whose name gives no direct
clue to their occupation are engaged in agriculture. There are some Awan,
Dogra, Mallah, Ghakkar, and Khokhar grantees, while the Qizil-bashes hold two
villages, and pensioners have got land as Sheikhs, Mughals, Kashmiris, Lobanas,
etc., etc. Of the purely tenant classes perhaps the Mahtams (6,487) are the
most important. Many of them are Sikhs and followers of Bedi Sir Baba Khem
Singh. They come from the Montgomery District and cultivate principally in Biloch
Mauzas.
Gazetteer of the Chenab Colony, 1904. ― Lahore: Civil and Military
Gazette Press, 1905, p. 56.
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