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Doggar is a "Caste".The Caste is the Family name which is use for
recognition of a family.
A caste system is a type of social structure which divides people on the
basis of inherited social status. Although many societies could be
described in this way, within a caste system, people are rigidly
expected to marry and interact with people of the same social class.
India has a well known example of a caste system, although various
forms of caste systems can be found in many other cultures as well.
Several characteristics distinguish a caste system. The first is the
tendency toward endogamy, meaning that people marry within the
same caste exclusively. Caste mobility is also extremely rare; one
cannot transform from a laborer to a scholar except in very rare
circumstances, for example. Higher castes traditionally hold all of the
political power, and the castes may be divided further through
language, culture, and economics. Within a caste system, each
member generally knows his or her place, and your social status is
usually apparently to others as well.
Although people associate the caste system with India, the world is
actually borrowed from the Portugese. By 1555, English speakers
were using the word to refer to a race of men, adopting the
Portuguese word casta. Although the word was used in English to
describe race or breeding, in Portuguese it was more widely used in
reference to the stratified society of Portugal. When the Indian social
system was encountered in the 1600s, it came to be described as a
caste system in the Portuguese sense.
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Doggar' ( ڈوگر) is a Muslim Caste, Punjabi tribe in the Punjab region
of Pakistan. A large number of Sikh and Hindu in Haryana and
Indian Punjab also use the surname Doggar. Doggars are also found
in the Bulandshahr District of Uttar Pradesh state in North India.
Like the Punjab Doggars, they are Muslim.
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Ethnography:-
The Doggars were generally agricultural people settled along the
riversides in Punjab (see Ibbetson, Denzil; A Glossary of the Tribes
and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province Based on
the Census Report for the Punjab, 1883; Nirmal Publishers and
Distributors (1997)).
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In the above referenced Ibbetson book, the author quotes Sir Henry
Lawrence who said of the Doggars:
“ they are tall, handsome, and sinewy, and are remarkable for having,
almost without exception, large acquiline(sic) noses; they are fanciful
and violent, and tenacious of what they consider their rights, though
susceptible to kindness, and not wanting in courage; they appear to
have been always troublesome subjects, and too fond of their own free
mode of life to willingly take service as soldiers. ”
84% of the total population of this tribe was residing in the areas
which are now part of India e.g. Amritsar District, Gurdaspur
District, Jalandhar District, Ludhiana District, Hoshiarpur District,
Ambala District, Karnal District, Kapurthala State, Malerkotla
State, Nabha State, Jind State, Kalsia State, Patiala State, Faridkot
State, Ferozepur District.
16% of the population was residing in the areas which are now part
of Pakistan e.g. Sialkot District, Gujranwala District, Sheikhupura
District, Lahore District, Kasur District, Sahiwal District, Okara
District, Pakpattan District, Faisalabd District. However, the larger
part of this population was from Ferozpur, Patiala and Hoshiarpur
Districts. Most of the Doggars of Gujranwala came from Ferozepur
approximately 2 centuries ago while almost all 14 local villages (prior
to 47) of the Doggar tribe in Sialkot District. Thehsil Pasrur,
migrated from east Punjab: Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur. Mr.
Rao Doggar, sub cast Mandar, the founder of village Kot Roy Dogran,
Tehsil Pasrur District Sialkot, came from the village VALLAH
VEHRKA near Amritsar city and similarly sardar fateh din Doggar
founder of a village called panjgrayien ( now in pakistan ) came from
hoshiyarpur ( city of india )then two of his son sardar Siraj din
Doggar and sarda Ali Akbar Doggar migrated to peerochak (a village
in sialkot district )
Doggars who migrated in 1947 settled in the areas of Faisalabad,
Kasur, Sahiwal, Sheikhupura and Burewala. While most of the
Ferozepur Doggars settled in Sahiwal (Montgomery), the Doggars
from Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur migrated to Faisalabad (Lyallpur),
Burewala, Sialkot and Chichawatni.
As a social class, the Doggars are viewed as farmers, (zamindars) on
par with the Jatts and Rajputs - depending on the region.
There is no credible reference or evidence linking Doggar tribes to
Bhatti tribe or Bhatti caste system. Bhattis, however, time and again
try to link their ancestors to the Doggar tribe.
One of the clan of Doggars is 'Naughajiya Doggar', derived from Nau
(9) Ghaza(yards), meaning '9 yards', implying tall Doggars. This
Doggar clan lays claim to 9 yard graves found all over South Asia, as
the graves of their ancestors. Average height of Noghia male Doggars
is still above six feet.
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Origins:-
There are several theories regarding the origins of Doggars. Some
have claimed a Rajput origin . Others have claimed a Kashmiri
origin.
“ 'The Doggars of the Punjab are found in the upper valley of the
Sutlej and eas above the lower border of the Lahore district, and have
also spread westwards along the foot of the hills into Sialkot. There
are also considerable colonies of them an Hissar and Karnal. The
Doggars of Ferozpur, where they hold the riverside almost exclusively
from 20 miles above the headquarters of that district, were thus
described by Mr Brandeth :-
" In my account of the Ferozepur ilaqaI have already alluded to the
Doggars, who are supposed to be converted Chauhan* Rajputs from
the neighbourhood of Delhi. They migrated first to the neighbourhood
of Pak Pattan, whence they spread gradually along the banks of the
Satluj and entered Ferozpur district 100 years ago.”
“ '*Francis (Ferozpur Gazetteer 1888-9 pp 15-16) gives a full account
of the Doggar history in that district and on p56 he says that the
Doggar claim to be Punwar as well as Chauhan, and are probably a
section of the Bhatti tribe and closely allied to the Naipal. The Manj
traditions say that the Doggars are descended from Lumra (fox?)
who, like Naipal was one of Rana Bhuti's 24 sons. They thrust aside
the Wattus to the West and the Naipals to the east and probably
subdued the Machhis, Mallas and other inferior tribes, assuming the
position of social superiors rather than of actual cultivators, and
affecting the title Sirdar. ”
“ 'The Ferozepur Doggars are all descended from a common ancestor
named Bahlol, but they are called Mahu Doggars, from Mahu the
grandfather of Bahlol. Bahlol had three sons **, Bambu Langar and
Sammu. The Doggars of Ferozpur and Mullanwala are the
descendants of Bambu; those of Khai the descendants of Langar; the
descendants of Sammu live in Kasur. There are many other sub-castes
of the Doggars in other districts along the banks of the Satluj, as the
Parchats, the Topuras, the Chopuras etc. The Chopura Doggars
occupy Mamdot ***. ”
Other Doggar clans of pre-partition Amritsar were Badhar, Benaich,
Chani, Chohar, Dale
Other sub-clans of the Doggar tribe include "Mattar, China, Tagra,
Mahu, Chokra"
Excerpt from Heer Waris Shah:-
n literature, Doggars were mentioned in the 18th century Punjabi
epic Heer Ranjha by Waris Shah in the scene where Heer praises
Ranjah to her father:
And Heer replied subtly, ‘My father, he is as learned as Solomon, and
he can shave the very beard of Plato. He has cunning to trace out
thefts and he speaks with wisdom in the assembly of the elders. He can
decide thousands of disputes and he is as learned in wisdom as the
Doggar Jats.'
Patiala State:-
Patiala State was established by Muslim Doggars and Sidhu Sikh Jats.
Patiala state was established by two friends, Ala Sing Sidhu, a Sikh
Jat, and Lakhna Doggar, a Muslim, in about 1721. Initially, they
captured 24 villages and then enhanced further by conquering more
and more adjacent areas. From the beginning of Patiala State until
1857, the Raja used to be a Sikh, from the family of Ala Sing Sidhu
and the Army Commander, a Muslim, from the family of Lakhna
Doggar—most likely because of an oral understanding and agreement
of the two founders.
The renowned commanders (Sipah Salar) of Patiala State, from
Lakhna Doggar's family were: Lakhna Doggar, Sadar Deen Doggar,
Shaira Doggar, Kaima Doggar, Saida Doggar, Karim-Buksh Doggar
and Kala Doggar,who was commander-in-chief of patiala in sihk-
English war foough at Mudhki.
The residence of the Lakhna family was Daska town in Patiala State.
In 1947 all of the Lakhna Doggar family, suffering heavy casualties,
migrated to Pakistan. The Sardar Shakir Doggar family settled in
Muzaffar Gharh.Sardar Muhammad Moazzam Doggar ( President
Press Club Khan Gharh ) Settled in Khan Gharh Distt Muzzaffar
Gharh. The Sardar Makhdoom Doggar family (ex-MPA and sitting
MNA Irfan Doggar) settled in village Kakar Gill near Khankah
Dogran, Shiehkupura.Sardar Abad Doggar (ex voice Chairman Distt.
Council Sheikhupura) Sardar Mubasshar Doggar and Sardar Asif
Doggar(Ex Naib Nazim Tehsil Safdarabad)are Settled in Khanqah
Dogran.Sardar Zubair Doggar,Sardar Zulfqar Doggar,Sardar
KhizarHayat Doggar,Sardar EhtshamUlHaq Doggar
Doggar in India:-
Bulandshahr District UP
In addition to the Doggars of Punjab, a small community of Muslim
Doggars are also found in the Bulandshahr District of Uttar Pradesh.
They emigrated from the Sirsa to escape the great famine of the
1780s. They now occupy four villages, not far the city of Bulandshahr.
A few have also migrated to Pakistan, and are found among the Urdu
speaking Muhajir community
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Famous Doggars:-
* Tariq Saleem Doggar – Former Inspector General of Punjab Police.
* Air Commodore Mukhtar Ahmad Doggar - was the first PAF
recipient of the Sitara-i-Jurat for the events of November 4, 1948.
* Vice Admiral Mehmood Ali Doggar.
* Sharon Doggar - Author of Waves.
* Rana (Doggar) Foroohar - Newsweek Senior Editor, Overseas
Editions.
* Abdul Hameed Doggar – Former Chief Justice of Pakistan.
Abdus Samad Doggar-Senator PML(Nawaz)
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