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⁶ Ferishta, I, 156 ff. makes the mistake of calling Jasrat Gakkhar. The Khokhars, the Gakkhars and the Kākars are generally confounded with one another, but these are three different tribes. The Khokhars are of indigenous origin and belong to the race of foreign invaders who came to India prior to Muslim conquest. They live on both sides of the Jhelum, from Mianwali to Jhang-Maghiana, and chiefly in the Shahpur district of the Punjab. In the fifteenth century they were in great strength in the region between the Ravi and the Chenab in northern Punjab extending up to Kashmir hill tracts. The Khokhars are split up into Muslim, Rajput and Jāt sections. The Gakkhars, who claim a Persian origin, belong to one of the invading races of India. They live in Attock, Jhelum and Rawalpindi districts in the Punjab, Hazara district in the N.W.F. Province, and Jammu region west of the Chenab. The Kākars are Afghans and inhabit northern Baluchistan. The Gakkhars and Kākars are Muhammedans. Āīn., I, 456, 486; Gakkhars in *Encyclopaedia of Islam*; Punjab Census Report, 1881, 149; Punjab District Gazetteers on Attock, Shahpur and Rawalpindi; I.H.Q., XV, 1939, 49 n; J.A.S.B., XL, 1871, Pt. I, 67; Indian Antiquary, XXXVI, 1-8.