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The Kharal also spelled Kharral or Kharl is a very large tribe centered in Punjab Region that was traditionally semi-pastoral and is classed as Jat or Rajput.

The Kharals predominantly inhabit the Western plains of Punjab (i.e. west of Lahore) that lie below the Salt Range and its surrounding areas. The Kharrals seem to be most concentrated in the Ravi River Valley between Lahore and the former Montgomery District, this corresponds well to Ain-i-Akbari (1595 CE) listing of "Kharal Jatt" Zamindaris in different Parganas.Historian and writer Amar Nath Bali says that the Kharral were of Rajput origin and became Jats after migrating to Punjab.

The Kharals have numerous subdivisions some of which include Upera, Lakhera, Begke, Randhaira, Lalhaira, Rubera, Lodike, Dehar, Churiara, Khar, Bhandra and Gogera; the Kharals use many titles including Rai, Chaudhry, Malik and Mian but Rai is mostly used.

Rai Ahmad Khan Kharal is a historical Kharal personality who revolted against British in 1857 revolt and took leadership of many local tribes, he was shot while praying by British on September 21, 1857.

The Kharals are famous in the Indian Subcontinent due to the one of the great Punjabi tragic Romances called Mirza Sahiban. The stories protagonist is Mirza son of the Chief of the Kharal Jatts of Danabad and falls in love with his cousin Sahiban of the Sial Jatt tribe. To date there have been many film adaptations in both Pakistan and India of the Story of Mirza and Sahiban.

References

1. Singh, Chetan (1988). "Conformity and conflict: tribes and the 'agrarian system' of Mughal India". The Indian Economic & Social History Review. 25 (3). SAGE Publications: 319–340. doi:10.1177/001946468802500302. ISSN 0019-4646.
2. Gupta, H.R. (2001). History of the Sikhs: The Sikh commonwealth or Rise and fall of Sikh misls. History of the Sikhs. Munshiram Manoharlal. pp. 269–270. ISBN 978-81-215-0540-6. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
3. Quddus, S.A. (1992). Punjab, the Land of Beauty, Love, and Mysticism. Royal Book Company. p. 202. ISBN 978-969-407-130-5. Retrieved 29 July 2022. The father of Mirza was cast in a different mould. He was a typical Kharral, an epitome of Jat values.
4. Khan, Imran (30 September 2021). "Social Stratification in a Punjab Village in New Millennium". Pakistan Social Sciences Review. 5 (III). Fatima Gohar Educational and Welfare Society: 465. doi:10.35484/pssr.2021(5-iii)34. ISSN 2664-0422. Jatt the person or family, adapt to follow the traditional style of living and farming, in Nauthen a family of Muhammad Nawaz Kharal is called Jatt. In family of Miana is example of occupation as families of Mian Manzoor s/o Khuda Bakhash and Mian Abdullah were professional Maulvi leader of the prayers in Mosque, so their Al became Maina. On the bases of Castes in Nauthen there are Randhaira a sub tribe of Kharal
5. Evans, David Denton (2015). "Social Emergence: Romance Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Style Focused on Northern India and Nepal between 1993 and 2013" (PDF). ASIA PACIFIC PEACE RESEARCH CONFERENCE: 16. The "Mirza Sahiban" story is believed to have started during the Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan's era, when a child was born in the clan of Kharral Jatts
6. Raja, Ali (24 December 2010), "Democracy's Sahiban: Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan", LUBP website, archived from the original on 20 January 2019, retrieved 6 January 2021
7. "Role of Elected Landed Aristocrats in the Legislation and Policy Making in Pakistan: A Case Study of Members of the National Assembly (1972-1977) from the Punjab". ProQuest. p. 105. Retrieved 25 September 2022. Rabera is a branch of Kharals, a sub-clan of Jats. It is a medium class landlord family of Fatehpur, District Sahiwal.
8. Khan, Hussain Ahmad (2004). Re-Thinking Punjab: The Construction of Siraiki Identity. Research and Publication Centre, National College of Arts, Lahore. p. 131. ISBN 978-9-69862-309-8. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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12. Nawaz, Shuja (2008). Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within. Oxford University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-19-547660-6.
13. Mines, Diane P.; Lamb, Sarah (2002). Everyday Life in South Asia. Indiana University Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-253-34080-1.
14. Waheed-uz-Zaman; Akhtar, Muhammad Saleem (1993). Islam in South Asia. National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research. ISBN 978-969-415-036-9.
15. Roseberry, James Royal (1977). The Administration of Multan, L8l8-l881: A Study of Local Society and Imperial Rule in Punjab. University of Wisconsin.
16. Ahmed, Iftikhar (1984). "TERRITORIAL DISTRIBUTION OF JATT CASTES IN PUNJAB c. 1595 - c. 1881". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 45. Indian History Congress: 429. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44140224. Retrieved 28 July 2022. the Langah, Kharral and Marral, are placed by him in the 'western plains'- whereby is implied the area west of Lahore bue excluding the Salt Range and the submontane tracts
17. Ahmed, Iftikhar (1984). "TERRITORIAL DISTRIBUTION OF JATT CASTES IN PUNJAB c. 1595 - c. 1881". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 45. Indian History Congress: 430. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44140224. Retrieved 28 July 2022. They are found in large numbers only along the valley of the Ravi, from its junction with the Chinab to the boundary between Lahore and Montgomery".19 This is already reflected in the sixteenth century Zamindari possesions of the Kharrals : two of the three (identified) parganas listed in our table lie on the banks of the Ravi. Apart from these the Ain mentions five more parganas (unidentified) under the Kharrals, four of which are placed in the Rechna Doab portions of Sarkars Multan and Dipalpur, aad one in Bari Doab ( Sarkar Dipalpur)
18. Bali, Amar Nath (1969). Glimpses of Punjab's History. New Delhi. p. 65. A similar change took place in the case of a few other Rajput clans migrating to the Punjab . In course of time , the Chathas , the Sindhus , the Syals , the Kharrals , the Randhawas all became Jats.
19. Khan, Muhammad Sajid; Mohyuddin, Zafar; Naz, Humera. "District of Montgomery (Sahiwal) in Nineteenth Century: A Historical Study". Journal of Languages, Culture and Civilization. 1 (1): 48, 49. ISSN 2708-3748.
20. Haider, Karim (31 December 2017). "Impact of Politico-economic Changes on the Resettlement of Kharal Tribe in Punjab". Pakistan Social Sciences Review. 1 (II). Fatima Gohar Educational and Welfare Society: 179. doi:10.35484/pssr.2017(1-ii)15. ISSN 2664-0422.
21. Miraj, Muhammad Hassan (22 April 2013). "Kharal and Berkley II". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
22. Sargana, Turab ul Hassan (2020). Punjab and the War of Independence 1857-1858 from Collaboration to Resistance. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-070184-0.
23. Muhammad Hassan Miraj (1 April 2013). "The ballad of Mirza Saheba'n". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
24. Duggal, K.S. (1979). Folk Romances of Punjab. Marwah. p. 17. Retrieved 26 September 2022. Mirza and Saheban were cousins. Saheban was the daughter of Mirza's maternal uncle. They were fellow pupils in a madrasa. Mirza, the son of Binjal, a Kharral Jat of Danabad on the bank of the river Ravi
25. Bali, Karan (13 September 2016). "Before 'Mirzya', Mirza and Sahiban have died over and over again for their love". Scroll.in. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

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• Kharal and Berkley (19th century British India) on Dawn (newspaper)

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