| Native Name: | پوٹھوار نی سرداری |
| Conventional Long Name: | Chieftaincy of Pothohar |
| Common Name: | Pothohar |
| Status: | Chieftaincy (until 1525) Sultanate (from 1525) |
| Era: | High Middle Ages to Early Modern |
| Government Type: | Tribal non-sovereign monarchy |
| Year Start: | 11th century |
| Year End: | 1818 |
| Life Span: | before 11th century–1818 |
| Event Start: | Kai Gohar builds Pharwala Fort |
| Event End: | Sikh conquest |
| Event1: | Battle of Jhelum |
| Date Event1: | February–March 1206 |
| Event2: | Battle of Thanna |
| Date Event2: | 1420 |
| Event3: | Mughal sovereignty |
| Date Event3: | 1525 |
| Event4: | Afsharid sovereignty |
| Date Event4: | 1738 |
| Event5: | Durrani sovereignty |
| Date Event5: | 1747 |
| P1: | Ghaznavids |
| Flag P1: | Flag of the Ghaznavids Empire.png |
| S1: | Sikh Empire |
| Flag S1: | Sikh Empire flag.svg |
| Image Map Caption: | Core territory of the Pothohar Plateau |
| Capital: | Salt Range Lahore (1342, 1394–1398) Sialkot (1410–1442) Pharwala (1525–1818) |
| Largest City: | Rawalpindi |
| Common Languages: | Persian (official) Sanskrit (official) Pothwari (native) Pahari Arabic Hindko Saraiki Hindustani |
| Religion: | Hinduism Sunni Islam |
| Currency: | Foreign Coins: Dirham Tanka Jital Dam Mohur Issued Coins: Rupiya |
| Leader1: | Jasrat Khokhar |
| Year Leader1: | 1410–1442 |
| Leader2: | Sarang Gakhar |
| Year Leader2: | 1526–1546 |
| Leader3: | Kamal Gakhar |
| Year Leader3: | 1555–1566 |
| Leader4: | Muqarrab Gakhar |
| Year Leader4: | 1705–1769 |
| Title Leader: | Chief/Sultan |
| Legislature: | Durbar |
| Today: | Pakistan |
| Demonym: | Pothohari |
The Pothohar Plateau and adjoining areas have been ruled by various tribal chiefs since the arrival of the Ghaznavids. The Khokhars[1] and Gakhars[2] were the dominant birādarīs, while other tribes[3] governed major Jagirs throughout the chieftaincy. Gakhars held onto the territories until Gujrat (1765), Rawalpindi (1767), Jhelum (1810), and Pharwala (1818) fell to the Sikhs.[4]