Post by kuldeepadhana on Oct 1, 2006 4:22:31 GMT -5
GUJJAR POPULATION
Any tribe while migrating to other places for accomplishing certain objectives or invades some other country, a chunk of its population continues to say away at their native land, is a fact that can not be denied. We have already stated that Gujjars have come from Central Asia and as such this tribe still continues to exist there. On the banks of river Halmand two settlements of the name of Gujarastan and Gujjar Khasi still stand. Traces of another locality of Gurjistan was found in the vicinity of Gazni.
In the frontier areas a tribe of Gujjar Khail also exit.
Keeping in view the accepted norms that a cultural tribe spreads its tentacles far and near around the areas where it is basically settled, our conception that Gujjars do exits in China, Russia, and other several territories, cannot be ruled out. We have already mentioned that in Russia and China, Kousa, Qazir, Khazir are misnomer of Gujjars names in Russia and China similarly Gujjars are found in Turkistan Kabul, etc. It is likely that they got merged with other tribes after changing their lineage. There is however, no doubt that a Gujjar Khail tribe exits even up to now. We have met these people and this made us to feel as much of pleasure and pride as we derived from our meeting with the Gujjars of Kaagan, Kashmir and thingych.
Khurazim, Caspian, Azar Baijan, Seestan, Turkistan had been occupied by Gujjar Jirgahs (tribal jury) and even now continues under their occupation.
Occupation of Arab-shores by Gujjars became known quite pretty long time back. We have a wide field open for the conduct of research on tribal and ethical aspects of Gujjars. Gurjaristan has a history dating back several thousand years at its back. But for the out-break of Kabul war, we could have succeeded to get over it. The concept of Turks were Gujjars should not be overlooked. This could even provides easy clues for tracing the Gujjar homeland and other informutes. Besides Gujjar clans can provide us leads about the halting places and condition of Gujjars in the past. Certain historians have described Baroi and Hazara as Gujjars. We have given details of Gujjar clans at some other place in the book. It is, however, a proved fact that Gujjar population existed from central Asia to Punjab and Central India and beyond upto sea shore. In certain areas the tribes possibly merged with other tribes or adopted some other clan. Chohan, Parmar, Preetihar, Solanki, Tammar, Ghelot are undoubtedly Gujjars but call themselves to be Rajputs. Gunddal and its all offshoots are basically Chohan but merged with Jatts.
Lakhs of Gujjars were settled in Gujrat and Kathiawar, where they had established empires. The number of Gujjars has now diminished there because of migration, due to famine, towards north and where some of these individuals took to other professions. Some adopted goldsmithy, some masonry etc. and became known with their new professions so-much-so these people forgot even the word “Gujjar”. There appears no other reason as to why the vast State known as Gujarat due to establishment of Gujjar empire there, became devoid of Gujjars.
Some members of four tribal fraternity are acquainted with the glory and pomp and show of the quam. May be it is because some authors of Gazetteers who have not used good words about Gujjars, or because that Gujjars in cities are milk-sellers which made Gujjars to feel apathetic to be called Gujjars and began to claim that they were Rajputs and after entering into kinship with Gujjars were being counted among Gujjars. In census reports they do not define themselves to be Gujjars. These people should peep into pages of history. They can even become Rajputs while remaining as Gujjars especially in view of the fact that the history establishes that Gujjars is an imperial tribe, and Gujjars and Rajputs are two faces of the same coin and their common as well as peculiar traits are one and the same. We, however, with due respects, bring home to them that in certain cities Rajputs and Khishtaries also sell milk and in such a situation one is at a loss to understand as to which tribe they should get merged, since the problem continues unchanged even while remaining as Rajputs.
The poet says:
“Ab to ghabra kai kehtay haen ki Mur jayangai Mur ki bhi chain na paya to kidhar Jayangai”.
(Out of frustration we yearn for or death; but where should we go if after meeting death we fail to get peace).
How is it possible that none of the members of a clan should take to inferior profession during the present times, even the kings cannot manage respectable jobs to earn for every individual of his family. It is, therefore, better for them to continue to uphold the clans registered in official records by their fore-father. How can it be they are in kinship with Gujjars from several generations. Neither they can wash off official records nor snap off mutual kinship. In our opinion it would not be proper to consider selling of milk as an inferior profession and that of butter oil noble profession. Have you not heard that in big civilized countries well-to-do families sell milk as we have just mentioned. If anybody amongst us takes to inferior profession it does not behove throw out or snap ties person talking up inferior professions it would be appropriate to introduce some reforms in it. Take all other quams, you will see that there is not even a single quam whose every individual is of noble character and all of them take to respectable professions. Commerce is free from any binding and anybody can take to any proper profession save indulgence in plunder, thefts, murders etc.
A well known Arabic adage says that greatness of a man can be judged from his personal behaviour and character and not by the profession he adopts. If a person sells jewellery but his intentions are not good, he can be classed as a disgraceful member for his community. Against this if a person is a poor labourer but bears good and faultless conduct, he is certainly the pride of the quam.
Hadis Nabvi (tradition of the holy Prophet) says:
“I do not want to listen the light genealogical lineage but want to see the purity of your conduct and behaviour”.
An Arabic verse says that all sorts of veneration is achieved through toil and not because his father and fore-father were reverend and respectable. Even a great grandfather is not entitled to be called so when he is devoid noble qualities of veneration and as such he is not entitled to the great grandfather of the future
generation.
(Courtesy: SHAHAN-E-GUJJAR-1934)
Any tribe while migrating to other places for accomplishing certain objectives or invades some other country, a chunk of its population continues to say away at their native land, is a fact that can not be denied. We have already stated that Gujjars have come from Central Asia and as such this tribe still continues to exist there. On the banks of river Halmand two settlements of the name of Gujarastan and Gujjar Khasi still stand. Traces of another locality of Gurjistan was found in the vicinity of Gazni.
In the frontier areas a tribe of Gujjar Khail also exit.
Keeping in view the accepted norms that a cultural tribe spreads its tentacles far and near around the areas where it is basically settled, our conception that Gujjars do exits in China, Russia, and other several territories, cannot be ruled out. We have already mentioned that in Russia and China, Kousa, Qazir, Khazir are misnomer of Gujjars names in Russia and China similarly Gujjars are found in Turkistan Kabul, etc. It is likely that they got merged with other tribes after changing their lineage. There is however, no doubt that a Gujjar Khail tribe exits even up to now. We have met these people and this made us to feel as much of pleasure and pride as we derived from our meeting with the Gujjars of Kaagan, Kashmir and thingych.
Khurazim, Caspian, Azar Baijan, Seestan, Turkistan had been occupied by Gujjar Jirgahs (tribal jury) and even now continues under their occupation.
Occupation of Arab-shores by Gujjars became known quite pretty long time back. We have a wide field open for the conduct of research on tribal and ethical aspects of Gujjars. Gurjaristan has a history dating back several thousand years at its back. But for the out-break of Kabul war, we could have succeeded to get over it. The concept of Turks were Gujjars should not be overlooked. This could even provides easy clues for tracing the Gujjar homeland and other informutes. Besides Gujjar clans can provide us leads about the halting places and condition of Gujjars in the past. Certain historians have described Baroi and Hazara as Gujjars. We have given details of Gujjar clans at some other place in the book. It is, however, a proved fact that Gujjar population existed from central Asia to Punjab and Central India and beyond upto sea shore. In certain areas the tribes possibly merged with other tribes or adopted some other clan. Chohan, Parmar, Preetihar, Solanki, Tammar, Ghelot are undoubtedly Gujjars but call themselves to be Rajputs. Gunddal and its all offshoots are basically Chohan but merged with Jatts.
Lakhs of Gujjars were settled in Gujrat and Kathiawar, where they had established empires. The number of Gujjars has now diminished there because of migration, due to famine, towards north and where some of these individuals took to other professions. Some adopted goldsmithy, some masonry etc. and became known with their new professions so-much-so these people forgot even the word “Gujjar”. There appears no other reason as to why the vast State known as Gujarat due to establishment of Gujjar empire there, became devoid of Gujjars.
Some members of four tribal fraternity are acquainted with the glory and pomp and show of the quam. May be it is because some authors of Gazetteers who have not used good words about Gujjars, or because that Gujjars in cities are milk-sellers which made Gujjars to feel apathetic to be called Gujjars and began to claim that they were Rajputs and after entering into kinship with Gujjars were being counted among Gujjars. In census reports they do not define themselves to be Gujjars. These people should peep into pages of history. They can even become Rajputs while remaining as Gujjars especially in view of the fact that the history establishes that Gujjars is an imperial tribe, and Gujjars and Rajputs are two faces of the same coin and their common as well as peculiar traits are one and the same. We, however, with due respects, bring home to them that in certain cities Rajputs and Khishtaries also sell milk and in such a situation one is at a loss to understand as to which tribe they should get merged, since the problem continues unchanged even while remaining as Rajputs.
The poet says:
“Ab to ghabra kai kehtay haen ki Mur jayangai Mur ki bhi chain na paya to kidhar Jayangai”.
(Out of frustration we yearn for or death; but where should we go if after meeting death we fail to get peace).
How is it possible that none of the members of a clan should take to inferior profession during the present times, even the kings cannot manage respectable jobs to earn for every individual of his family. It is, therefore, better for them to continue to uphold the clans registered in official records by their fore-father. How can it be they are in kinship with Gujjars from several generations. Neither they can wash off official records nor snap off mutual kinship. In our opinion it would not be proper to consider selling of milk as an inferior profession and that of butter oil noble profession. Have you not heard that in big civilized countries well-to-do families sell milk as we have just mentioned. If anybody amongst us takes to inferior profession it does not behove throw out or snap ties person talking up inferior professions it would be appropriate to introduce some reforms in it. Take all other quams, you will see that there is not even a single quam whose every individual is of noble character and all of them take to respectable professions. Commerce is free from any binding and anybody can take to any proper profession save indulgence in plunder, thefts, murders etc.
A well known Arabic adage says that greatness of a man can be judged from his personal behaviour and character and not by the profession he adopts. If a person sells jewellery but his intentions are not good, he can be classed as a disgraceful member for his community. Against this if a person is a poor labourer but bears good and faultless conduct, he is certainly the pride of the quam.
Hadis Nabvi (tradition of the holy Prophet) says:
“I do not want to listen the light genealogical lineage but want to see the purity of your conduct and behaviour”.
An Arabic verse says that all sorts of veneration is achieved through toil and not because his father and fore-father were reverend and respectable. Even a great grandfather is not entitled to be called so when he is devoid noble qualities of veneration and as such he is not entitled to the great grandfather of the future
generation.
(Courtesy: SHAHAN-E-GUJJAR-1934)
