Chandal clan

Dhund Abbasi Tribe (Chandal)

The Dhund Abbasi is a tribe in Northern Pakistan. They are mainly settled in Hazara Division, Rawalpindi Division and Azad Kashmir. As well as there are large populations of Dhund Abbasi’s living in the Rawalpindi District of Punjab and the Bagh District of Azad Kashmir.

Dhund Abbasi’s first abode in the area was Chamankot, Near Deerkot, Bagh in Azad Kashmir from where they spread to different adjacent areas.

They resisted against British occupation of the subcontinent for a long time. In the War of Independence of 1857 they attacked the British at Murree and fought bravely. The graves of soldiers at that place remind visitors of the war of independence.

Dhund Abbasi is the largest and most prominent tribe of Murree. The tribe descent from Dhond Khan (a nick name of Shah Wali Khan) and Hazrat Abbas bin Abdul Mutlib one of the uncles of Prophet Muhammad (P.B.E.H), and hence are known as Dhund Abbasi.

Dhund Abbasi’s (CHANDAL) include parts present day Deerkot Tehsil in the Bagh District of Azad Kashmir (Mujahid-e-Awal Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan Abbasi belonged to this Tehsil and Hazrat Sain Jalal Din (RA) is also belonged to this Tehsil), Islamabad Capital Territory, Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Tehsil Kahuta, Kotli Sattian and Murree of Rawalpindi District, Sambal Syedhan Union Council Charhan of Tehsil Murree occupies a very large proportion (Hazrat Sain Jalal Din (RA) forefather of CHANDAL tribe settled in Sambal Syedhan, UC Charhan). And also a Bandi Chandalan, Lower Birote is famous for majority of Dhund Abbasi (CHANDAL) tribe. Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi mother belonged to this Dhoke.

Malik Qasim Khan Abbasi (Chand Khan),forefather of CHANDAL Clan

Malik Qasim Khan Abbasi (Chand Khan) took charge in 1400 CE. He reformed agriculture and allowed a large part of Poonch area (now the Bagh District of Azad Kashmir) to be cultivated. Malik Qasim Khan Abbasi (Chand Khan) Khan had five sons.

Gulchandar Khan
Jagou Khan
Auhad Khan
Keelu Khan
Beelu Khan,

Auhad Khan had two sons.

Nassa Khan
Rajou Khan.

Rajou Khan had two sons.

Pooro Khan
Sheikh Khan,

Sheikh Khan had four sons.

*	  Manik Dev Khan →       Hazrat Sain Jalal Deen (RA) forefather of a JALALAL branch 
                            of DHUND ABBASI Sambal Seydhan, Union Council Charhan,Tehsil 
                            Murree. 
*	Haibat Khan →	    Forefather of a HAIBTAL branch of DHUND ABBASI Morah Seydhan
                            (Khalara Bagla), UC Charhan, Tehsil Murree, and also a In-Laws of
                            Hazrat Sain Jalal Deen (RA)
*	Oghan Khan →	    (Sardar Mir Akber Khan) father in law of Mujahid-e-Awal Sardar Abdul 
                            Qayyum and also a writer of Aina-e-Qureash 
*	Humma Khan →	    Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan (Mujahid-e-Awal)

Manik Dev Khan had two sons.

Dolat Khan
Ameer Khan,

Dolat Khan had six sons,

Autam khan
Moula Khan
Lillah Khan
Ghazi Khan
Maldev Khan
Salum Khan,

Salam Khan had two sons,

Shah Gul
Jouga Khan,

Shah Gul is the forefather of Charagh Khan, and Charagh Khan is a father of Hazrat Sain Jalal Deen (RA), detail given below:

Sha Gul father of Yasha Khan
Yasha Khan father of Matta Khan
Matta Khan father of Malkou Khan
Malkou Khan father of Bangash Khan
Bangash Khan father of Mendhi Khan
f Mendhi Khan father of Jamail Khan

Jamail Khan father of Charagh Khan and Chragh Khan father of Hazrat Sain Jalal Din (RA) forefather of (JALALAL) Sambal Syedhan, Union Council Charhan, Tehsil Murree.

According Census of India 1881 total population of Dhund Abbasi’s in Rawalpindi and Hazara District’s was 32,690 of which 18,268 lived in Rawalpindi and 14,412 in Hazara.

Furthermore Abbasi’s constitute overwhelming majority the population of Dheerkot Tehsil in Bagh District of Azad Kashmir.

Current data is not available but the total population of Dhund (Abbasi's) in Murree and surrounding areas of Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Kashmir would be around 15,00,000.

The Dhund Abbasi came to Pakistan from Egypt.

The Dhund Abbasi came to ancient Pakistan from Egypt, as traders and merchants in commodities like fabrics, perfumes and diamonds. Envoys and traders of the Abbasids came to Taxila, ancient Pakistan, where they constructed a mosque and started preaching Islam by the order of Caliph Harun al-Rashid around 844 CE. An Abbasi scholar, Abu Fadhal, taught a Kashmiri King Onti Vermon in 882 CE, and he translated the Quran into Hindi. This was the first translation of the Quran into an Indian language. In 1025 CE, Raja Mall of Jhelum, embraced Islam by Mahmud Ghazni and constructed a fort at Malot, Malpur near Islamabad in present day Pakistan administered Kashmir. He died in Jhelum. They established a colony near Delhi in 1232 CE. Sardar Tolak Khan, who came to Kashmir during the reign of King Zain-ul-Abidin (1423 CE to 1474 CE), settled in the Poonch area (now the Bagh District of Azad Kashmir). Although the tribe traces its roots back to Abbas, it is more likely that the Dhund Abbasi people are descended from the Abbasid dynasty. The descendants of Abbas displaced the Umayyad rulers and were known as the Abbasids. This dynasty governed for 500 years from Baghdad, Iraq. The rule of the Abbasi extended eastwards across Afghanistan into the South Asian subcontinent, covering the eastern part of modern-day Pakistan. The Dhund Abbasi claim descent from the Abbasids. An Abbasid general, Zarab Khan, was given the task to subjugate the king of Kashmir who refused to pay tribute to Afghanistan. He invaded Kashmir and overthrew the king and married the daughter of the new king. He remained as an ambassador to the state and lived at Darab Kot at Kahuta. His son, Akbar Gahe Khan, is the forefather of all Abbasi tribes, including the Dhond in Rawalpindi Division, Hazara division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad and Azad Kashmir.