the myth of punjab domination

[Samandri]

@ghoul here is excerpt from Bannu gazetteer (written by British),
Leading Families in Bannu :: Khyber.ORG

there is description of awans of kalabagh and there is note on "mian ali" , a saint from baghdad who motivated niazis to defeat and expel ghakkars from the area. (there is no mention of niazis taking help from khattaks, as a matter of fact niazis and khattaks have fought many wars with each other for territories), Mianwali might be named after him.
From british accounts, it seems awans of kalabagh benefited from sikhs, swore allegiance to them and acquired much of their current possessions with the help of sikhs , taking advantage of the enmity of sikhs with pashtuns. Isa khel khans went into exile due to sikh conquest of mianwali but later they took revenge from sikhs by siding with british in anglo-sikh wars.
Awans of kalabagh benefited again from the british and malik was given title of "khan bahadur" and their jagir was consolidated. They rose into prominance on national level, when nawab of kalabagh was appointed as governor of west pakistan by ayub khan.
There is a story told in our area about kalabagh nawab. A marwat guy beat up the servant of nawab in 60s when nawab was governor of west pakistan. A badmash he was, malik decided to teach lesson to marwats and led a huge caravan of armed men. At dara tang, he stopped and sent spies to learn about the situation of marwats. To his great surprise he found out that each and every village of marwat, each man has already prepared himself for war with kalabagh and are waiting for him. Nawab sahab turned back without even entering into the border of lakki.

 

[ghoul]

@ghoul here is excerpt from Bannu gazetteer (written by British),
Leading Families in Bannu :: Khyber.ORG

there is description of awans of kalabagh and there is note on "mian ali" , a saint from baghdad who motivated niazis to defeat and expel ghakkars from the area. (there is no mention of niazis taking help from khattaks, as a matter of fact niazis and khattaks have fought many wars with each other for territories), Mianwali might be named after him.
From british accounts, it seems awans of kalabagh benefited from sikhs, swore allegiance to them and acquired much of their current possessions with the help of sikhs , taking advantage of the enmity of sikhs with pashtuns. Isa khel khans went into exile due to sikh conquest of mianwali but later they took revenge from sikhs by siding with british in anglo-sikh wars.
Awans of kalabagh benefited again from the british and malik was given title of "khan bahadur" and their jagir was consolidated. They rose into prominance on national level, when nawab of kalabagh was appointed as governor of west pakistan by ayub khan.
There is a story told in our area about kalabagh nawab. A marwat guy beat up the servant of nawab in 60s when nawab was governor of west pakistan. A badmash he was, malik decided to teach lesson to marwats and led a huge caravan of armed men. At dara tang, he stopped and sent spies to learn about the situation of marwats. To his great surprise he found out that each and every village of marwat, each man has already prepared himself for war with kalabagh and are waiting for him. Nawab sahab turned back without even entering into the border of lakki.

Again stop making things up. Read the book I mentioned earlier. Kalabagh jagir already existed before the Sikhs. They were mining salt and taxing ferries before Sikhs even got there. Kalabagh had a little clash with Sikhs too, but agreed to pay 2/3 of the state's income to the Sikhs. They formed the state without any Sikh or British assistance as you want to believe so badly. The maliks moved in from Talagang and defeated and displaced the local Khattaks. The first 2 maliks of Kalabagh were described as very able men. During the Multan battle between British and Sikhs, the Kalabagh nawabs raised 150 horsemen for the British. And I'm not aware of any significant Niazi or Khattak resistance to the Sikhs.

And how was he a badmaash? All the accounts describe him as a man of principles. Point being, Kalabagh family is a big landlord family. They intermarry with the Baloch nawabs and Ghebas of Attock(Malik Atta Muhammad the current chief). Nawab of Kalabagh rejected Ayub Khan's son's rishta for his daughter citing Ayub Khan's non-noble birth.

And I have seen some jealous people also declaring Malik Atta Muhammad as a product of British raj when Gheba jagir existed even before the Sikhs.

 

[Samandri]

Again stop making things up. Read the book I mentioned earlier. Kalabagh jagir already existed before the Sikhs. They were mining salt and taxing ferries before Sikhs even got there. Kalabagh had a little clash with Sikhs too, but agreed to pay 2/3 of the state's income to the Sikhs. They formed the state without any Sikh or British assistance as you want to believe so badly. The maliks moved in from Talagang and defeated and displaced the local Khattaks. The first 2 maliks of Kalabagh were described as very able men. During the Multan battle between British and Sikhs, the Kalabagh nawabs raised 150 horsemen for the British. And I'm not aware of any significant Niazi or Khattak resistance to the Sikhs.

And how was he a badmaash? All the accounts describe him as a man of principles. Point being, Kalabagh family is a big landlord family. They intermarry with the Baloch nawabs and Ghebas of Attock(Malik Atta Muhammad the current chief). Nawab of Kalabagh rejected Ayub Khan's son's rishta for his daughter citing Ayub Khan's non-noble birth.

And I have seen some jealous people also declaring Malik Atta Muhammad as a product of British raj when Gheba jagir existed even before the Sikhs.

What is the criterea of noble birth? Being khan bahadur of farangis?. Ayub khan granted him the power and status that even sikhs and british masters of his ancestors never granted it, it would be amusing if nawab sahab had insulted his boss ayub khan. These nawabs, sardars , wadairas etc from any province are worms. Ye sub sikho aur angraizo key tukray par palnay walay noble kaise ho gaye?

 

[Kabira]

Again stop making things up. Read the book I mentioned earlier. Kalabagh jagir already existed before the Sikhs. They were mining salt and taxing ferries before Sikhs even got there. Kalabagh had a little clash with Sikhs too, but agreed to pay 2/3 of the state's income to the Sikhs. They formed the state without any Sikh or British assistance as you want to believe so badly. The maliks moved in from Talagang and defeated and displaced the local Khattaks. The first 2 maliks of Kalabagh were described as very able men. During the Multan battle between British and Sikhs, the Kalabagh nawabs raised 150 horsemen for the British. And I'm not aware of any significant Niazi or Khattak resistance to the Sikhs.

And how was he a badmaash? All the accounts describe him as a man of principles. Point being, Kalabagh family is a big landlord family. They intermarry with the Baloch nawabs and Ghebas of Attock(Malik Atta Muhammad the current chief). Nawab of Kalabagh rejected Ayub Khan's son's rishta for his daughter citing Ayub Khan's non-noble birth.

And I have seen some jealous people also declaring Malik Atta Muhammad as a product of British raj when Gheba jagir existed even before the Sikhs.

Don't these stop being awans etc once they marry outside biraderi?

@ghoul i was surprised by Ch. Pervez Elahi winning seat in Attock 2008 election. But now it all make sense. Zain Elahi mother is sister of Shujhat Hussain. And Zain sister is married to Bilal Cheema of Sialkot.