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Karlal

The Karlal (also known as Kard'al, Karaal, Karhral, or Kiraal) are a tribe found in the Abbottabad and Haripur districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province ofPakistan. The tribe trace their descent from Sardar Kallar Shah son of Sujann Shah, who is believed to be the descendant of Alexander the Great. In Haripurand Abbottabad, they are known as Sardars because during the time of the Delhi Sultanate (1206–1296) they became the Sardars (meaning leaders) of this area[citation needed]. The majority of the people of the Karlal tribe are Sunni Muslims. Although the Sardari-system is now obsolete, the name prevails due to extensive usage by local peoples, including other tribes who prefer to refer Karlals as Sardars. The various purported origins of the Karlal are mentioned both in the census reports of Ibbetson and Rose[citation needed]as well as in the district Gazetteer - compiled during British rule[citation needed]. They are extensively distributed in hilly areas of Abbottabad District known as Gallies or Galyat.They are a Hindko speaking tribe.P

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In 1822 Ranjit Singh sent a large force under famous General Amar Singh Majitta which was defeated by karlals with great slaughter. Amar Singh was also murdered by Karlal. Lepel Griffin writes in his book about this battle of Sumandar Khata. From 1822 to 1845 Karlal tribe fought many battles with Sikhs and was able to retain its independence throughout Sikh period. In 1844 once again Lahore Darbar sent a large force under Diwan Mulraj and Hari Singh to subdue Karlal country, again taking advantage of their difficult geographical terrain Karlals were able to defeat Sikh army at place called Nah and killed more than 150 Sikh soldiers.

During the British period at the time of mutiny in 1857 this tribe tried to revolt against the rule of East India company, however, Britishers were able to imprison Karlal chief Sardar Hassan Ali Khan and many mutineers of this tribe were hanged along with some Dund tribesmen (Mutiny Reports 1857 of Hazara District). According to the District Gazetteers of Rawalpindi and Hazara written jointly by the respective Deputy Commissioners of the above areas, the tribe Kharral ofGojra in Punjab, derive their ancestors from the Karlals in Abbottabad, Hazara. The account of the 1857 India's First War of Independence also known as the Indian Mutiny clearly establishes strong cooperation and connectivity between the two tribes linking them to the common ancestor with the assumption that the Kharrals of Gojra and Karlals of Abbottabad are actually the one and the same tribe. British has to establish five cantonments of Bara Gali, Nathia Gali, Dounga Gali, Changlagali in the small Karlal territory to keep this tribe subdued along with the construction of road which started immediately after war of independence of 1857.

During the time of Indian independence movement entire Karral tribe joined the flanks of Muslim League and strive hard for the creation of Pakistan. Capt Sardar Zain Muhammad khan (OBI) was one of the earliest parliamentarians of NWFP.At the time of the independence movement in 1940s Capt Sardar Zain Muhammad khan was the elder and leader of the important Karlal tribe in District Hazara. Congress was the most popular as well as the ruling party in defunct NWFP now Khyber Pukhtunkhaw at that juncture.However in 1940 when the Muslim League passed the Pakistan resolution on 23 march 1940 and afterwards started the struggle for a separate homeland for the muslims in subcontinent Capt Sardar Zain Muhammad khan was the one of the most prominent tribal elder in district Hazara who along with his tribe joined the flanks of all India Muslim league .In spite of the strong support of the congress by the more populace tribes of District Hazara Capt Sardar Zain Muhammad khan was able to motivate his entire tribe for cause of the creation of Pakistan and along with the help of other Muslim league leaders of that time specially Jalaluddin Khan alisJalal baba ,Mulvi Muhammad Ishaq and Fakira khan was able to make Muslim league as themost popular political party of District Harara and only political party having following in the hilly areas of Abbottabad known as Galyat or Gallies.In 1945 Capt Sardar Zain Muhammad khanwas appointed as member of All India Muslim League organizing committee by Quaid e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. In the elections of 1946 Capt Sardar Zain Muhammad Khan was not only made member of the frontier Muslim league parliamentary board by the Quaid-e- Azam butwas also awarded Muslim league ticket from the Abbottabad,s lone rural constituency. In the elections he defeated his congress rival with huge margin and became the first parliamentarian from Karlal tribe and member of NWFP Legislative assembly.

Captain Sardar Zain Muhammad Khan also has the unique honor of representing Hazara District in the historic Delhi All India Muslim Parliamentarians convention held in April 1946 under the chairmanship of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah which finally voted for the partition of India.
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