Barhang, near Bhimber, home of the Rupyal Chibs: what the oldest Chib history says of its name, its Hindu and Muslim bands, and its men in 1947.
The Chib Rajputs in the First World War: a 1918 War Darbar at Bhimber, memorials at Damala, Bisa and Thotha Rai Bahadur, and 91 named officers.
Thakur Major Singh Chib of Deva Vatala wrote the first history of the Chib Rajputs, Tarikh-e-Chibhal (c. 1926): his family, his method and his last words.
Chib Rajput marriage customs in the oldest Chib history (c. 1926): Rajas, Mandiyals and Dheridars, daughters married upward, and property shared by wives.
Deva Vatala in 1926: the Hindu Chib bands of Vatala, Bawa Tabali’s shrine, the Pir Songa fair and the men who served the Maharajas of Jammu.
Chib officers in 1926, village by village: two lists in Tarikh-e-Chibhal name 91 risaldars, subedars and generals, from Bisa and Deva to Kas Guman.
How the Hindu Chibs of Vatala faced Ranjit Singh’s army and the fort of Shatab Garh, and why Vatala and Deva were burned, in the oldest Chib history.
The Mehtas of Bhimber: the Kohli Khatri family Akbar made Mehtas, who kept the Chib state’s revenue records, served as vakils and became wazirs of Bhimber.
How the Hindu and Muslim Chibs parted after Baba Shadi Shaheed, as told in the oldest Chib history: Ghaggi’s refusal, Raja Ghanni Khan and Dasu Khan.
The first history of the Chib Rajputs, Thakur Major Singh’s Tarikh-e-Chibhal of c. 1926, is now online in full: thirteen highlights from all 113 pages.