Pakistan Studies

Caste System in Pakistan

Presented By

• Ayesha Pervez

• Arooj Bashir

• Samira Malik

• Sara Akhtar

Introduction

• A caste is combined social system of occupation, endogamy, culture, social class, and political power.

History

• Indus valley civilization

• Mohenjodaro• Harrapa

History

• Aryans came in 1700 BC

History

• After Aryans armies of Cyrus The Great came to this land.

History

• Alexander the great passed through the Khyber pass in 326 BC.

History

• After a century Ashoka came to this land.

History

• Pakistan then came under the rule of Sultan’s of Delhi.

History

• Muslim rule was then demolished by Sikhs

History

• Then the Sikhs were defeated by the Britain's.

• Then the Muslims of India asked for a separate land and got in 1947.

Different Castes in Pakistan

Sheikh

• Mostly Shieks in Pakistan are Punjabi. The Punjabi Shaikh are a multi-ethnic community who are partly descended from Arabs, Persians, Afghans and Turks.

• Their origin is from middle east and Arabian countries.

• They are found in Punjab as Punjabi speaking Shaikhs and also found in Sindh as Sindhi speaking Shaikhs.

Aryan

• The Aryan race is a concept historically influential in European culture and American culture in the period of the late 19th century and early 20th century.

• Then mixed with other castes and became part of indian society. There descendents are in India and Pakistan. Those who converted to islam are mostly found in Punjab.

Chaudhry

• Chaudhry has roots in 15th century. • The title became significant during the

Mughal era.• Although the title has lost its original

exclusivity, in both Indian and Pakistani Punjab regions a Chaudhry is still considered a leader of a tribe in some villages and small towns. They are usually landowners in rural Punjab and Sindh.

Malik

• Malik putatively of Arab origin, living predominantly in northern, central, and western parts of Punjab, Pakistan.

• The Awans subscribe to the belief that they are the descendants of the fourth Caliph and call themselves Alvi.

• Those who consider themselves awan but not Alvi, they claim that they are descendents of Qutb Shah.

• There desendants are found in Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Sialkot and Attock.

Jatt

• The Jat people are a historical Indo-Aryan tribal group native to the Punjab region.

• The Jats rose to prominence following the 1669 Jat uprising against Mughal rule, during british raj they were given the title of “martial race”.

• A large number of Jat muslims are present in punjab,in addition to punjab they are in kashmir,in sindh, kacchi a region of balochistan and dera ismael khan.

Gujjar

• The Gujjar are an ethnic in Pakistan. While the origin of the Gujjars is uncertain, the Gujjar clan appeared in modern Pakistan and northern India about the time of the Huna invasions of the region.

• They were primarily classed as Kshatriya and Brahmin, and many of them later converted to Islam during the Muslim rule in South Asia.

• Pakistan the Muslim Gujjars are considered as tribe.

Pathans

• The history of the pathan people is ancient, and much of it is not fully researched.

• In pakistan, they are living all over the country. But have tribes in NWFP and Baluchistan. These tribes use different surnames such as orakzai, yousafzai, khan, sadozai, sardars and durrani.

RajputsHistory of rajputs

• The history of Muslim rajputs coincides with the Muslim conquest of south Asia

• At the time of arrival of Islam the north and west regions of south Asia were ruled by rajputs clans

Customs

• Marriages

• Mostlt muslim rajputs still marry in to other Muslim rajputs only..

• Tradition of marriages in to only one group

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Titles

• Some muslim raajputs use the title of honor Jam. Jam means having the prince equal to Rajput.

• Majority of Muslim Rajput use their ancient title such as Raj, Rana,Rao and Rai.

Mughal

The term Mughal is simply the Persian form of the word Mongol

They use title of Agha Baig and Mirza

Mughal History

• Mughal are descendents of various Mongol armies that invaded Iran and South Asia under Genghis Khan, Timur and Babar.

Clans of Mughal

• Clans of Mughals are

• Turks• Chughtai• Barlas• Qizilbash

Mughal Empire

Mughal Empire

• The Mughal Empire was an Indian-Islamic imperial power that ruled a large portion of Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, invaded and ruled most of Hindustan (South Asia) by the late 17th and early 18th centuries by forming alliance with Indian Maharaja, and ended in the mid-19th century.

Mughal Dynasty

Mughal Architecture

Mughal Dressing

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