Gazi Mehr (غازي مهر)
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 ‘𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧’ 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐛: The mention of ‘Khan’ vis-à-vis Panjab likely occurs first in the 9th century, but not in the Turkic titular meaning of ‘qaɣan’ (𐰴𐰍𐰣), but ra...
Mahmud al-Kashgari’s world map made in the 11th century denotes a region near the Indus river which he terms ‘بلاد الزط’, evidently referring to pastoral non-elite tribes of the In...
DG Khan district was originally inhabited by Panjabi Rajputs & Jatts before masses of Baloch tribals violently moved into the region post 1500. Although swamped the Panjabis largel...