Bhumla or Bhumbla are a Gujjar/Gurjar Clan [1][2][3][4] (occasionally spelled), as Bumla or Bhoomla.[5][6] Mainly found in Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, India and Haryana, India, they can be found amongst Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs. The most spoken languages in this clan are Punjabi and Haryanvi. Bhumbla Gujjars can also be found in KPK Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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The Bhumblas of Gujrat, Pakistan who migrated From Lahore to Gujrat and then during the time of Mughal emperor Alamgir converted to Islam.
This Bhumbla clan had a large portion of land which then was converted to 12 villages of the Bhumbla clan, such as:
- Tahir, Gujrat Pakistan
- Wassan, Gujrat Pakistan
- Malwana, Gujrat Pakistan
- Chakori, Gujrat Pakistan
- Chak 50, Gujrat Pakistan
- Bhau Ghasitpur, Gujrat Pakistan
Ethnography
editThis Gujjar clan is found in Punjab, Azad Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Hazara[3] and Islamabad regions of Pakistan. In India they are mostly found in Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir,[4] Himachal Pradesh, Punjab,[7][3] Haryana[1] and Delhi.
References
edit- ^ a b Haryana State Gazetteer. Haryana Gazetteers Organisation, Revenue Department. 2001.
Gujjar is a martial community which struggled for the preservation of their freedom for centuries. Gujar or Gurjar gotras are numerous in Karnal. A few of them in general are listed below: 1. Cheehi 2. Poswal 3. Bhadana 4. Chhokar 5. Bhumla 6. Bhatti 7. Meelu 8. Gighar 9. Kepar 10. Chauhan 11. Chaudhry 12. Kataria 13. Pratiharas 14. Parmars 15. Chalukas (Chaluk).
- ^ Aziz, Khursheed Kamal (1987). Rahmat Ali: A Biography. Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden. p. 32. ISBN 978-3-515-05051-7.
Gujjars have 19 gots: Tunwar, Chokhar, Rawal, Kalsan, Kathana, Kasanah, Kalas, Gorsi, Chechi, Dhedar, Poswal, Lawi, Bijar, Khaindar, Melu, Thakaria, Chauhan, Monan, Bhumla.
- ^ a b c Kumar, Raj (2008). Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Kalpaz. p. 446. ISBN 978-81-7835-664-8.
- ^ a b Weekes, Richard V. (1984). Muslim Peoples: Acehnese. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-24639-5.
Gujars speak Gujari, considered to be a dialect of Rajasthani, an Indic language (of the Indo-Iranian sector of the Indo-European family) similar to most languages of northern India. Their gots (clans) are Bhumbla, Chauhan, Chandela, Lodhe, Katarya, Poswal, Kasave, Rawal and Tomar.
- ^ Grover, Neelam; Singh, Kashi N. (2004). Cultural Geography, Form and Process: Essays in Honour of Prof. A.B. Mukerji. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-8069-074-7.
- ^ Nihal, Singh (2003). The Royal Gurjars: Their Contribution to India. Anmol Publications. p. 80. ISBN 978-81-261-1414-6.
The system of land division prompted the emergence of hamlet settlements. Village paharput was settled by three Gujjar clans namely, Bhoomla, Kallas and Khatana who came from different villages.
- ^ Panjab University Research Journal: Arts. Punjab University. 2005. p. 38.