Chib origin in five accounts: an Iranian prince, the Katoch rajas of Kangra, a Tanwar theory, the jewel story of Tarikh-e-Chibhal and British-era records.
Raja Muhammad Iftikhar Ali Khan, a Karachi advocate from Barhang near Bhimber, wrote the 1997 history of Baba Shadi Shaheed and the Chibs: his life and works.
Chib history sources: an annotated guide to all 33 works in the 1997 Chib bibliography, from Rajatarangini and Rose to Tarikh-e-Chibhal and family papers.
Who wrote the history of the Chibs? Thakur Major Singh’s Tarikh-e-Chibhal (1926), the unpublished manuscripts, Rose, Griffin and the 1868 Gujrat Settlement.
What The Chiefs of the Punjab records about the Chib families of Jhelum, Pothi and Bisa: the Bhimber pension, Mutiny service, jagirs and cavalry careers.