Ethnography
The Dogars are a respected and elite caste in Pakistan and India and are generally agriculture people who own 100 acre's of land, generally settled along the riversides in Punjab. now many dogars live in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khanqah_Dogran Sir Henry Lawrence said of the Dogars:
| “ | they are tall, handsome, courageous and sinewy, and are remarkable for having, almost without exception, large acquiline(sic) noses; they are fanciful and violent, and tenacious of what they consider their rights, though susceptible to kindness, and not wanting in courage; they appear to have been always troublesome subjects, and too fond of their own free mode of life to willingly take service as soldiers. | ” |
84% of the total population of this tribe was residing in the areas which are now part of Indiae.g. Amritsar District, Gurdaspur District, Jalandhar District, Ludhiana District, Hoshiarpur District, Ambala District, Karnal District, Kapurthala State, Malerkotla State, Nabha State, Jind State, Kalsia State, Patiala State, Faridkot State, and Ferozepur District. Dogars were and still found in the Doab region of Uttar Pradesh.
16% of the population was residing in the areas which are now part of Pakistane.g. Sialkot District, Gujranwala District, Sheikhupura District, Kasur District, Sahiwal District, Okara District, Pakpattan District, Faisalabad District. However, the larger part of this population was from Ferozpur, Patiala and Hoshiarpur Districts. Most of the Dogars of Gujranwala came from Ferozepur approximately 2 centuries ago while almost all 14 local villages (prior to 47) of the Dogar tribe in Sialkot District. Thehsil Pasrur, migrated from east Punjab: Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur. Mr. Rao Dogar, sub cast Mandar, the founder of village Kot Roy Dogran, Tehsil Pasrur District Sialkot, came from the village VALLAH VEHRKA near Amritsar city and similarly sardar fateh din dogar founder of a village called panjgrayien ( now in pakistan ) came from hoshiyarpur ( city of india )then two of his son sardar Siraj din dogar and sarda Ali Akbar dogar migrated to peerochak (a village in sialkot district )
Dogars who migrated in 1947 settled in the areas of Faisalabad, Kasur, Sahiwal, Sheikhupura and Burewala. While most of the Ferozepur Dogars settled in Sahiwal (Montgomery), the Dogars from Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur migrated to Faisalabad (Lyallpur), Burewala, Sialkot, Chichawatni and Dunyapur.
As a social class, the Dogars are viewed as the upper class, (zamindars)
There is no credible reference or evidence linking Dogar tribes to Bhatti tribe or Bhatti caste system. Bhattis, however, time and again try to link their ancestors to the Dogar tribe.
Most probably linked to Dogrul, Dogan and Doger clans mostly located in Kurdish majority regions: Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey. People with surname Dogar are also found in Lower Caucasus region: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. An area in Iran is known as Dogar, Ardabil; which falls in Kurdish majority region. Urdu Language has a vocabulary that has a close relationship with Kurdish language. It is generally believed by Historians that Dogar actually came to India during the establishment of Mamluk power (1206–1290) i.e.Delhi Sultanate. During Abbassid Caliphate, many Turkish slaves were gifted to Zengids. Turkish slaves were educated and trained in Political and Military tactics . Later, As-Salih Ayyub of Ayyubid Dynasty (c. 1205–1249) recruited Kipchak Turks during the Fifth crusades who later became known as 'Mamluks'. By the fall of Ayyubid dynasty, Turkish slaves had gained influence as Atabegs i.e. Amirs or beys. These Mamluks further recruited Turkish, Syrians, Egyptians, Persians, Indians, Berbers and Arabs to strengthen their hold over the Muslim heartlands, politically. The Mamluks were of Kipchak Turkish origin who yielded power through famous concept of chalisya i.e. "The forty". Qutb-ud-Din Aybak was the first Turkish slave to become the Mamluk ruler of Delhi Sultanate. Izz al-Din Aybak (d. 1257, Cairo) was the first of the Mamluk sultans of Egypt in the Turkic Bahri dynasty line. A Historian, Ghulam Mustafa Dogar, in his work on Dogar History, states that according to evidences, scores of Muslim armies penetrated into Indian heartland during 12-13th century, including Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu escape from 'Mongol invasion of Khwarezm', an area inhabited by Kipchak Turks. Dogars settled in Uch and Multan area, then governed by Nasir-ud-Din Qabacha(appointed in 1203) who belonged to Kipchak Turkish origin, during Sultan Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghauri's reign (1150–1206) (famously known as Muhammad of Ghor ). Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari(c. 1192–1291 AD) settled in Deogarh Uch Sharif, who was revered by Qabacha(Kipchak) and Mamluk dynasty of Delhi dynasties. Part of his family moved back to Turkistan and there were inter-marriages with the Tatar Mongol ruling clan of Bukhara. It is said that Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari was married to Genghis Khan's daughter. A branch of the family moved subsequently to what is now Bursa in Turkey. Four friends known as "Chaar Yaar". Baba Farid Shakar Ganj of Pakpattan ; Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari of Uchch ; Baha-ud-din Zakariya of Multan and Lal Shahbaz Qalandar of Sehwan, were great pioneers of the 13th century Sufi movement in South Asia.
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