History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.153

c10.153

⁹⁷ These are Jat and Rajput tribes in the Punjab. *Sarās* :—The Sarā Jats are chiefly found in the upper Malwa, in Ludhiana, Faridkot, and the intervening country. Ibbetson, Punjab Castes, p. 123. *Bīrāhas* :—These are probably the Burrās, a Jat tribe now settled in Dera Ghazi Khan and Bhawalpore, Elliot's Glossary, Vol. II, of Punjab Tribes, p. 143. *Mandhājas* :--These are Rajputs almost confined to the Nardak of Karnal, Ambala and the neighbouring portion of Patiala. They are said to have come from Ajudhia to Jind driving the Chandel and Brā Rajputs who occupied the tract into the Siwaliks and across the Ghaggar respectively. They have in recent times shifted their position. Ibbetson, Punjab Castes, p. 135. *Jivas* :—Barani uses the word for the Jats. Besides Jawā is a clan among the Jats now found in Multan, Elliot's Glossary, p. 379. *Bhattis* :—These are still by far the largest and most widely distributed of the Rajput tribes of the Punjab. They are found in large numbers all along the lower Sutlej and Indus, though on the former often and on the latter always classed as Jats. Ibbetson, Punjab Castes, p. 144. *Manhīs* :—Ibbetson speaks of *Manhās* as a sub-tribe of Rajputs. They are now found in large numbers throughout the country below the Jammū border in Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Sialkot, Gurdaspur, but especially in the first two. Ibbetson, Punjab Castes, p. 154.