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The Kathwals of Birote are an ancient tribe, who were once feudal lords of Circle Bakote, that dominated in the area for two and a half millennia. They are a branch of the Kethwal tribe of Muree Tehsil of Punjab, Pakistan. ==History and origin== Originally Kehan, a province of ancient Persia, they went on to occupy the route of ancient Taxila Kingdom during Greece dynasty and into the Sub-Continent. They are believed to descendants of Barhama a Hindu Rajput Raja. They embraced Islam in 1402, when great the Sufi from Kashmir Syed Ali Hamdan arrived in the Murree Hills and preached Islamic teachings. * Mian Qadir Bakhsh son of Raja Chandu of Murree Hills was the first Muslim of Kathwal tribe who embraced Islam in 1402 at Patan of Kohala. * The word Kathwal derived from the name of a tribe chief ''Mian Katho Khan''. He was born in 1560 and ruled over area till half century. * Kathwal families were intermarried in the age of 15 to 18 till 1950. * There are many sub-tribes of Kathwal as Badwal, Jogeal and Janjual. * All Kathwal living in UC Birote belonged to Jogi Khan, Jhandu Khan, Acha Khan and Sharbat Khan. Current Kathwals are the 22nd offspring of ''Mian Katho Khan''. * Mohammed Hafeez is a very atheistic and active political worker of Pakistan People Party Hazara Division since 1971. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kathwal of Birote」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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