Chachar Explained

Group:Chachar
Native Name:چاچڙ
Popplace:Sindh, Punjab
Rels:Islam
Related:Sindhi people

Chachar or Chacher (Sindhi: چاچڙ) is a Sindhi Sammat agricultural tribe. They are found in the Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. They are considered fierce fighters.[1] [2] [3]

Details

In Sindh, majority of them are settled at Sukkur, Ghotki, Kashmore, Jacobabad and Larkana districts. While a minority at Nawabshah, Thatta, Tharparkar and Hyderabad. In Punjab, they are settled at Multan, Khushab, Toba Tek Singh, Sargodha and Sahiwal, while majority of them are found at Mithankot and Chachran Sharif. In Punjab, they speak Saraiki and some of them go by "Rana". Agriculturist Chachars own land in the area between Guddu Barrage and Thatta.[4] Chachars in the Sukkur area were involved in a feud with members of the Mahar tribe in the early years of the 21st century.[5]

The present chief of the Chachar tribe is Sardar Haji Khan Chachar.[6] He was formerly a two-time member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh. Mufti Abdul Wahab Chachar (born 1942) is a notable politician, scholar and writer of more than 30 books. He also runs a famous and historical monthly magazine "Shariat" from Sukkur since 1973.His stance on the national problems of Sindh is onerous and his fatwas are the most acceptable judgements in Sindh, which makes him " Faqeeh ul Sindh".[7]

Professor Dr. Abdul Qadir Chachar (son of Allama Mufti Abdul Wahab Chachar) has paid great contributions in the field of education and literature. He is also author of many books.

Clans

Other clans: Chadwa, Chamyāl, Chanda/Chandwār, Chhachhar, Chhichhar, Dola, Dhudha, Dhanjun, Dang, Dhanga, Duheja, Doowani, Gabrani, Gobja, Jhanjha, Kalra, Kharyani, Muda, Miryani, Rāmān, Rāhi, Ramba, Rahmani, Rukāna, Zikriyani.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Nahyan . Mansoor Bin Tahnoon Al . Tribes of Pakistan . Hussain . Jamal . Ghafoor . Asad ul . 2019-05-09 . Cambridge Scholars Publishing . 978-1-5275-3439-1 . en . Among other Sindhi aboriginal tribes are the Bhutto, Mahar, Solangi, Dahar, Indhar, Chachar, Dhareja, Rathor, Lakhan, and Mirbahar, etc..
  2. Book: Encyclopaedia Sindhiana - Volume 4 . S.L.A, Government of Sindh . sd.
  3. Shah . Nafisa . Chapter 5 Mediations on the Frontier: Ceremonies of Justice, Ceremonies of Faislo and the Ideology of Kheerkhandr . Honour and Violence: Gender, Power and Law in Southern Pakistan . 1 October 2016 . 168 . 10.1515/9781785330827-011 . . en.
  4. News: Simple living: Life in the katcha. 12 April 2023. The Express Tribune (newspaper). 22 August 2015. Sarfaraz Memon.
  5. News: Tribal justice: Jirga resolves decade long Chachar-Mahar dispute . 2 August 2012. The Express Tribune (newspaper). 12 April 2023.
  6. News: PPP ropes in 'rebel' Sardar Chachar . The Nation . 23 April 2012.
  7. ڪتاب: انسائڪلوپيڊيا سنڌيانا، جلد چوٿون، ڇپيندڙ: سنڌي لئنگئيج اٿارٽي (ISBN 978-969-9098-80-2) سال: 2012
  8. Book: Khair Mohammad Buriro Sewhani . ذاتين جي انسائيڪلوپيڊيا . 2005 . 285, 892, 920 . Sindhi.