# Royal Chib Katoch

> Heritage of the Muslim Chib Rajputs of Bhimber, Azad Kashmir


## Posts

- [Barhang: The Rupyal Chibs' Village near Bhimber](https://chibrajputs.com/barhang/): 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 Chibs in the First World War: Darbar and Memorials](https://chibrajputs.com/chibs-in-the-first-world-war/): 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: Life of the First Chib Historian](https://chibrajputs.com/thakur-major-singh-chib/): 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.
- [Rajas, Mandiyals and Dheridars: Chib Marriage and Inheritance](https://chibrajputs.com/chib-marriage-and-inheritance/): 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: Bands, Shrines and Jammu Service](https://chibrajputs.com/deva-vatala-1926/): 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: The Village Lists of Tarikh-e-Chibhal](https://chibrajputs.com/chib-officers-1926/): 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.
- [Vatala Against Ranjit Singh: Shatab Garh and the Burnings](https://chibrajputs.com/vatala-and-ranjit-singh/): 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: Qanungos, Vakils and Wazirs](https://chibrajputs.com/mehtas-of-bhimber/): 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 Chibs Divided into Hindu and Muslim Lines](https://chibrajputs.com/how-the-chibs-divided/): 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 Comes Online](https://chibrajputs.com/first-history-of-the-chib-rajputs/): 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.
- [Bhumi Chand: The Origin Legend of the Katoch and Chibs](https://chibrajputs.com/bhumi-chand-katoch-origin-legend/): Bhumi Chand, founder of the Katoch of Kangra and ancestor of the Chibs, was said to be born of a goddess's sweat. How Tarikh-e-Chibhal (c. 1926) explains it.
- [The Chib Shajra: 481 Generations in Tarikh-e-Chibhal](https://chibrajputs.com/chib-shajra-481-generations/): The Chib shajra in Tarikh-e-Chibhal (c. 1926): all 481 numbered rulers from Bhum Chand of Kangra to Raja Sultan Khan of Bhimber, and where each line settled.
- [When Did the Chibs Come to Bhimber? Dating Raja Chib Chand](https://chibrajputs.com/when-did-the-chibs-come-to-bhimber/): When did the Chibs come to Bhimber? The oldest Chib history says c. 1240, later historians c. 1400. How Timur and Ibrahim Lodi help date Raja Chib Chand.
- [Chib Chand's Vow: The Verha Brahmins and a Promise Kept](https://chibrajputs.com/chib-chand-vow-verha-brahmins/): How the Verha Brahmins became Chib Rajput purohits: Raja Chib Chand's vow to the court priests of the Thakials, as told in the oldest Chib history (c. 1926).
- [The Thakial Rajputs: Bhimber's Rulers Before the Chibs](https://chibrajputs.com/thakial-rajputs/): The Thakial Rajputs ruled Bhimber before the Chibs. What the oldest Chib history (c. 1926) says of Raja Sri Pat, a royal marriage and how Thakial rule ended.
- [Pani Koti: The Ruined City Near Bisa Linked to King Porus](https://chibrajputs.com/pani-koti/): Pani Koti, the ruined city near Bisa in Kharian, is linked by tradition to King Porus and Alexander. What the old chronicles say about its founders and ruins.
- [Chibhal: The Land of the Chibs and Its Two Divisions](https://chibrajputs.com/chibhal/): Chibhal, land of the Chib Rajputs: its boundaries, its capital Bhimber, and how it was divided into Chibhal Rajana and Chibhal Rikki with Khari Kariali.
- [Chib Gots, Mandis and Titles: A Glossary of Chib Clan Terms](https://chibrajputs.com/chib-clan-glossary/): Chib gots, mandis and titles explained A to Z, from Ghanial and Jaskal to Rajana, Raika, Rai and Khan Sahib, with their Urdu forms and sources.
- [Where Did the Chibs Come From? Five Accounts of Chib Origins](https://chibrajputs.com/chib-origins/): 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 of Barhang: Historian of the Chibs](https://chibrajputs.com/raja-muhammad-iftikhar-ali-khan/): 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.
- [Raja Buddhe Khan and the 1931 Samahni Movement](https://chibrajputs.com/raja-buddhe-khan/): Raja Buddhe Khan, Chib zaildar of Samahni, led the 1931 Tahaffuz-e-Qur'an protests against Dogra rule, was tried and acquitted, and fought again in 1947.
- [Rajput History: Origins, Clans and the Code of Honour](https://chibrajputs.com/rajput-history-origins/): Rajput history explained: solar, lunar and fire-born lineages, the 36 royal clans, the code of honour, Muslim Rajputs of Punjab and Kashmir, and the Chibs.
- [Sources on Chib Rajput History: An Annotated Bibliography](https://chibrajputs.com/chib-history-sources/): 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.
- [The Historians of Chibhal: Who Wrote the History of the Chibs?](https://chibrajputs.com/historians-of-chibhal/): 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.
- [Chib Rajputs: History, Origins and Clans of the Chibs of Bhimber](https://chibrajputs.com/chib-rajputs/): The Chib Rajputs of Bhimber: their Katoch origins, Raja Chib Chand, Baba Shadi Shaheed, the rajas and clans of Chibhal, 1947 and the Chibs today.
- [Pothi and Lehri: Two Chib Jagirs, One Ancestor](https://chibrajputs.com/pothi-lehri/): The Pothi Rajgan of Kharian and the Rajgan of Lehri near Mangla share one Chib ancestor. Their Sikh-era jagirs, British titles, officials and family trees.
- [Mandi Rajal: Kamila Kot, Rajpur and the Mirzas of Chibhal](https://chibrajputs.com/mandi-rajal/): Mandi Rajal, the Mirzana branch of the Chibs of Bhimber: Mirza Izar Beg Khan, its seats at Rajal, Rajpur and Kamila Kot, and its families after 1947.
- [Raja Suhbat Ali Khan Shaheed and the Jammu Killings of 1947](https://chibrajputs.com/raja-suhbat-ali-khan-shaheed/): Raja Suhbat Ali Khan, a Chib police sub-inspector from Ghawaliyan, was shot beside the Tawi in Jammu in October 1947. His life, death and family.
- [The Samahni Chibs: Raja Hakim Khan, Raj Bai and the Kot of Samahni](https://chibrajputs.com/samahni-chibs/): Samahni history and its Chib family: Raja Hakim Khan, Aurangzeb's courtier who built the Kot, the Rajouri princess Raj Bai, and the jagir near Bhimber.
- [Pothi Jang Khan and Chahi: The Line of Raja Chhel Khan](https://chibrajputs.com/pothi-jang-khan/): Pothi Jang Khan, a Chib village near Bhimber founded by a descendant of Raja Chhel Khan: its Numbardars, its soldiers and the exodus of October 1947.
- [The Rajgan of Kasgumah: Maj. Gen. Farman Ali Khan to Raja Zulqarnain Khan](https://chibrajputs.com/kasgumah/): The Rajgan of Kasgumah, a Chib jagir family of Bhimber, from Raja Azimullah Khan's 1810 grant to Maj. Gen. Farman Ali Khan and minister Raja Zulqarnain Khan.
- [Mandi Bandala: Sarai Saadabad, the Zaildars and the Khori Jagir](https://chibrajputs.com/mandi-bandala/): Mandi Bandala in Samahni, Bhimber: Sarai Saadabad on the Mughal road, a coronation in its chowk, the zaildar families and Wazir Burhan Khan of Khori.
- [The Liberation of Bhimber, October 1947](https://chibrajputs.com/liberation-of-bhimber-1947/): Bhimber 1947: how volunteers from Barhang and Brigadier Habib-ur-Rahman Khan took Bhimber from the Dogra State army between 20 and 26 October 1947.
- [Brigadier Raja Habib-ur-Rahman Khan: From the INA to the Liberation of Bhimber](https://chibrajputs.com/brigadier-habib-ur-rahman-khan/): Brigadier Habib ur Rahman of Panjeri: INA officer on Subhas Chandra Bose's last flight in 1945, leader of the 1947 capture of Bhimber, Gilgit administrator.
- [The Chibs in The Chiefs of the Punjab: Jhelum, Pothi and Bisa](https://chibrajputs.com/chiefs-of-the-punjab-chibs/): 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.
- [Thal Pir: Raja Shadab Khan, Raja Dal Khan and a War Between Brothers](https://chibrajputs.com/thal-pir/): Thal Pir, a great rock at Ralwah near Samahni, marks where Baba Shadi Shaheed’s Hindu brother Raja Dal Khan was killed. The war, the legend and the shrine.
- [The Domal of Poonch: Descendants of Raja Dom Khan](https://chibrajputs.com/domal-tribe/): The Domal tribe of Poonch descends from Raja Dom Khan, brother of Baba Shadi Shaheed, who founded Rajdhani at Parawa Thakiala; meet its villages and leaders.
- [Lt. Gen. Raja Muhammad Akbar Khan of Kalri: A Chib General](https://chibrajputs.com/lt-gen-raja-muhammad-akbar-khan/): Lt. Gen. Raja Muhammad Akbar Khan (1922–1978) of Kalri, Bhimber: Chib soldier, ISI chief, 1971 commander in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan's ambassador in London.
- [Rani Thakial, Sajana Teli and the Black Dog: Legends of Baba Shadi Shaheed](https://chibrajputs.com/rani-thakial/): Rani Thakial, queen of Baba Shadi Shaheed, is said to have entered his grave alive. Her story, with Sajana Teli, the black dog and the two-coloured jasmine.
- [Kot Chibban and Mughlora: An Old Fort and Chib Chand's First Home](https://chibrajputs.com/kot-chibban-mughlora/): Kot Chibban, a Ghanial Chib village on an old fort mound east of Bhimber, and Mughlora, where Raja Chib Chand first settled: history, families and people.
- [Major Raja Muzaffar Khan of Kotera Khanka: ADC, Polo Star and Soldier](https://chibrajputs.com/major-raja-muzaffar-khan/): Major Raja Muzaffar Khan of Kotera Khanka: polo star and ADC to Maharaja Hari Singh, later a zaildar, who raised the Darhal Battalion (AK 16) in 1947.
- [Mohalla Shadi Khel: The Delhi Family of Baba Shadi Shaheed](https://chibrajputs.com/mohalla-shadi-khel/): Who are the Shadi Khel? The Delhi descendants of Baba Shadi Shaheed by his Afghan wife, and the old Delhi quarter named after him, as four witnesses attest.
- [Kalri and Mandi Da'ora: The Dhauryal Chibs and a Stand Against the Sikhs](https://chibrajputs.com/kalri-daora/): Mandi Daora near Bhimber: Raja Dhaur Khan's Dhauryal Chibs, the Sikh raid only two boys survived, the Chaudhri family, and the soldiers of nearby Kalri.
- [Thotha Rai Bahadur: The Rais of Khari Kariali](https://chibrajputs.com/thotha-rai-bahadur/): Thotha Rai Bahadur near Kharian is the seat of the Rais of Khari Kariali: its Mughal-era founding, the feud that cut 84 villages to 22, and its chiefs.
- [Subedar Khan Inayatullah Khan: The Jagirdar Who Freed the Banah Valley](https://chibrajputs.com/khan-inayatullah-khan/): Khan Inayatullah Khan of Khui Ratta (1882–1966): State Forces Subedar, foe of usurious moneylenders, Muslim Conference patron and raiser of a 1948 battalion.
- [Chib Rajputs in Kashmir Politics: From the Muslim Conference to AJK Government](https://chibrajputs.com/chibs-in-kashmir-politics/): Chib Rajputs in politics, from the 1931 Samahni rising and the Muslim Conference to ministers and MLAs of Azad Kashmir, drawn from a 1997 Chib history.
- [Miracles of Baba Shadi Shaheed: Testimonies of Devotees, 1957–1997](https://chibrajputs.com/baba-shadi-shaheed-miracles/): Baba Shadi Shaheed miracles as told by named devotees: vows for children, a lion's salute, graves rebuilt after a dream and the red jasmine, 1957–1997.
- [Forced or Free? How Baba Shadi Shaheed Embraced Islam](https://chibrajputs.com/baba-shadi-shaheed-conversion/): Was Baba Shadi Shaheed’s conversion to Islam forced by the Sultan of Delhi or freely chosen? What the Chib chronicles, British records and 1997 history say.
- [Mandi Ghawaliyan: One Chib Family, Hindu and Muslim Branches](https://chibrajputs.com/mandi-ghawaliyan/): Mandi Ghawaliyan in Samahni, Bhimber: Raja Jagat Singh's foundation, its Hindu and Muslim pattis, and its sons from the 1931 agitation to the events of 1947.
- [Raja Goja Chand and His Four Sons: Roots of the Chib, Chahi and Domal Lines](https://chibrajputs.com/raja-goja-chand/): Raja Goja Chand, Bhimber's Hindu raja remembered as Goja Pir, ruled from Chowki Bandi near Samahni; his four sons founded the Chib, Chahi and Domal lines.
- [Khari Kariali: The Second Chib State and the House of Raja Mal Khan](https://chibrajputs.com/khari-kariali/): Khari Kariali, the second Chib state west of the Bhimber Nala, was ruled by Raja Mal Khan's line until the Sikhs took it in 1810. Its mandis, rulers and fall.
- [The Khans of Khui Ratta: Chief Jagirdars of the Banah Valley](https://chibrajputs.com/khui-ratta/): Khui Ratta, the quarrel of the well: four centuries of the Khanka Chib Khans, chief jagirdars of the Banah Valley in Kotli, from a Mughal grant to 1998.
- [From Mujawirs to Auqaf: Keepers of the Baba Shadi Shaheed Darbar](https://chibrajputs.com/shrine-auqaf-1961/): How the Baba Shadi Shaheed darbar passed from hereditary Khokhar mujawirs to the Azad Kashmir Auqaf in 1961, and who has run the shrine since then.
- [Panjeri: The Jaskal Chibs, the Saint's Footprint and the Zaildars](https://chibrajputs.com/panjeri/): Panjeri near Bhimber, Azad Kashmir: the Jaskal Chibs' old mandi, its saint's-footprint legend, the Zaildar family of Sardar Rahim Dad Khan and its soldiers.
- [Khan Muhammad Umar Khan: The Hidden Heir Who Became a Mughal General](https://chibrajputs.com/khan-muhammad-umar-khan/): Khan Muhammad Umar Khan, founder of the Chib house of Khui Ratta: exchanged at birth to escape his father's killers, he rose to serve Jahangir and Shah Jahan.
- [The Hindu Chibs of Dewa Vatala: The Line of Raja Ghaggi Khan](https://chibrajputs.com/hindu-chibs-dewa-vatala/): The Hindu Chibs of Dewa Vatala descend from Raja Ghaggi Khan, a grandson of Baba Shadi Shaheed who kept the old faith. Their garhs, branches and fate.
- [The Ghanial Chibs of Kharian: Villages, Families and Soldiers](https://chibrajputs.com/ghanial-chibs-kharian/): The Ghanial Chibs descend from Raja Ghanni Khan of Bhimber. Explore their villages in Kharian, from Lathori to Jaipur, and the soldiers they produced.
- [Chib Soldiers: From the British Indian Army to Pakistan's Generals](https://chibrajputs.com/chib-soldiers/): Chib Rajput soldiers from 1849 to 1971: cavalry risaldars, State Forces officers, an INA brigadier, a Pakistani lieutenant general and the clan's war dead.
- [The Banah Valley: Temples, Springs, Shrines and the Baisakhi Fair](https://chibrajputs.com/banah-valley/): Discover the Banah Valley near Kotli, Azad Kashmir: the springs of Ban Ganga, 22 rock-cut spouts, Karjai Fort, Mai Tooti's shrine and the Baisakhi fair.
- [Mandi Malot: The Darya Khan Line of Chibhal Rajana](https://chibrajputs.com/mandi-malot/): Mandi Malot, first of the Chib mandis of Chibhal Rajana: Raja Darya Khan's foundation, its two wands, and the house of Raja Raj Ali Khan of Malot.
- [Raja Chib Chand: The Katoch Prince Who Founded the Chib Dynasty](https://chibrajputs.com/raja-chib-chand/): Raja Chib Chand, the Katoch prince of Kangra who married into the ruling house of Bhimber early in the 15th century and gave his name to the Chib Rajputs.
- [The Bhimber Royal Family: From Faiz Talab Khan to the Present Chief](https://chibrajputs.com/bhimber-royal-family/): The Bhimber royal family after the fall of the Chib state: Raja Faiz Talab Khan, the 1847 pension, the chiefs at Jhelum and the Chib chief today.
- [Saints and Shrines of Bhimber: From Pir Shah Shutar Bukhari to Sukka Talab](https://chibrajputs.com/shrines-of-bhimber/): A guide to the shrines of Bhimber: Pir Shah Shutar Bukhari, Mitthi Ret where Baba Shadi Shaheed fell, Rani Thakial's well, the Sukka Talab and Pir Jafar.
- [Raja Sultan Khan and the Sikh Wars: Pir Badesar, Pothi and Chhachho Pir](https://chibrajputs.com/raja-sultan-khan-sikh-wars/): Raja Sultan Khan's Sikh wars, from the Chib chronicle: a rival raja crowned at Naushera, Sikh defeats at Pir Badesar, Pothi and Chhachho Pir, and captivity.
- [The Chib Rajputs in 1947: Battles, Refugees and Martyrs](https://chibrajputs.com/chib-rajputs-1947/): The Chib Rajputs in 1947: the battle for Bhimber, killings in Jammu, refugee columns and a Chibhal divided by the ceasefire line, from a 1997 clan history.
- [The Mandis of Chibhal: How Raja Madan Khan's Sons Divided the Land](https://chibrajputs.com/chibhal-mandis/): How the Chib mandis began: Raja Madan Khan's sons, Shah Daula's award at Baghsar, and the estates of Malot, Ghawaliyan, Bandala, Rajal and Khui Ratta.
- [How Bhimber Came Under Jammu: The Mehtas and the Murder of Mehta Bahadur Singh](https://chibrajputs.com/bhimber-under-jammu/): Bhimber state history: how the Chib rajas came under Jammu in the 1700s, and how the murder of Mehta Bahadur Singh put a Jammu wazir in Bhimber.
- [Bhimber's Monuments: The Mughal Sarai, Baoli, Hammam and Chib Palaces](https://chibrajputs.com/bhimber-monuments/): Explore the Bhimber monuments: Akbar's Mughal sarai and Elephant Gate, a 70-step baoli, a royal hammam and the ruined palaces of the Chib rajas of Bhimber.
- [The Rajas of Bhimber: Every Chib Ruler From Chib Chand to Sultan Khan](https://chibrajputs.com/rajas-of-bhimber/): The Rajas of Bhimber, from Raja Chib Chand to Raja Sultan Khan: every Chib ruler of Bhimber in order, with dates, capitals, branches and a timeline.
- [Trigarta: The Katoch Kingdom in the Mahabharata](https://chibrajputs.com/trigarta-kingdom-of-the-katoch-rajas/): Long before Bhimber, the ancestors of the Chibs ruled Trigarta, the land of three rivers. Its king Susharma appears in the Mahabharata as an ally of the Kauravas, and the Katoch rajas of Kangra kept his memory alive in one of the longest royal genealogies in the world.
- [Porus and the Battle of the Hydaspes (326 BC)](https://chibrajputs.com/porus-and-the-battle-of-the-hydaspes/): In 326 BC Alexander the Great met King Porus on the banks of the Jhelum, the river that flows past the Chib homeland. Katoch tradition and the Chibs’ shajra remember Porus as Raja Parmanand Chandra, an ancestor of the Chib Rajputs.
- [Kangra Fort: Ancestral Stronghold of the Katoch Rajas](https://chibrajputs.com/kangra-fort/): For centuries the fort of Kangra was the seat of the Chibs’ ancestors, the Katoch rajas. Mahmud of Ghazni plundered it, Firoz Shah Tughlaq besieged it and Jahangir finally took it: the story of the ancestral stronghold of the Katoch rajas.
- [Guler and Kangra: The Brother Houses of the Chibs](https://chibrajputs.com/guler-and-kangra-brother-houses/): Around 1400 the three sons of Raja Megh Chand of Kangra founded three royal houses: Kangra, Guler and Bhimber. How Hari Chand fell into a well and founded Guler, and why the Chibs count the Katoch houses of Kangra and Guler as their kin.
- [From Abhisara to Chibhal: The Ancient Land of the Chibs](https://chibrajputs.com/from-abhisara-to-chibhal/): The hills between the Jhelum and the Chenab were known in ancient times as Darvabhisara, and their king Abisares dealt with Alexander the Great. Later they became Chibhal, the land of the Chibs. The long history of the Chib homeland.
- [Bhimber and the Sultans of Kashmir](https://chibrajputs.com/bhimber-and-the-sultans-of-kashmir/): Before the Mughals, Bhimber already guarded the southern road into Kashmir. In the age of the Kashmir Sultans a Chib raja turned back an invading army, fugitives sought refuge in his hills, and the armies of three empires passed beneath them.
- [The Fourteen Septs of the Chib Clan](https://chibrajputs.com/fourteen-septs-of-the-chib-clan/): The fourteen septs of the Chib clan in Rose's Glossary, compared with the 1997 Chib history's own got and mandi tables: ancestors, lines, seats and titles.
- [The End of Chib Rule: Gulab Singh and the Dogras](https://chibrajputs.com/the-end-of-chib-rule/): The end of Chib rule in Bhimber: how Raja Sultan Khan's state passed to Gulab Singh of Jammu, told from the British record and the Chib chronicle.
- [Travellers in Chibhal: Bernier, Moorcroft and Vigne](https://chibrajputs.com/travellers-in-chibhal/): A French doctor in the camp of Aurangzeb, an English veterinary surgeon on his way to Central Asia and an English artist bound for Kashmir: what three European travellers saw at Bhimber between 1665 and the 1830s.
- [Mangla Dam and the Chib Diaspora](https://chibrajputs.com/mangla-dam-and-the-chib-diaspora/): In the 1960s the waters of Mangla Dam drowned old Mirpur and some 280 villages in the Chib homeland. Many of the displaced families set out for Britain, and today Chib families live across the world. How a dam shaped the modern Chib story.
- [From Kangra to Bhimber: The Katoch Origins of the Chib Rajputs](https://chibrajputs.com/katoch-origins-of-the-chib-rajputs/): The Chibs descend from the Katoch rajas of Kangra, one of the oldest royal houses of the Himalayas. Around 1400 Raja Partab Chand, son of Raja Megh Chand, founded the Chib state of Bhimber, and his son Chib Chand gave the clan and the land of Chibhal their name.
- [Baba Shadi Shaheed (Raja Shadab Khan): Ruler, Healer and Martyr](https://chibrajputs.com/baba-shadi-shaheed/): Baba Shadi Shaheed, Raja Shadab Khan of Bhimber, was the first Chib ruler to embrace Islam: healer of a sultan, Mughal commander and martyr. His full story.
- [Bhimber: Gateway on the Mughal Road to Kashmir](https://chibrajputs.com/bhimber-gateway-to-kashmir/): For three centuries the Mughal emperors passed through Bhimber on their way to Kashmir. The Chib capital stood at the foot of the hills, where the imperial road began its climb, and the ruins of the imperial sarai still stand above the town.
- [The Battle of Bhimber (1812)](https://chibrajputs.com/battle-of-bhimber-1812/): The Battle of Bhimber, 1812: how Raja Sultan Khan turned back a Sikh army, in the colonial histories and the Chib chronicle of Pir Badesar and Chhachho Pir.
- [Raja Sultan Khan: The Last Ruler of Bhimber](https://chibrajputs.com/raja-sultan-khan/): Raja Sultan Khan, last Chib ruler of Bhimber: his reign, Hayat Begum, the Sikh wars, Gulab Singh and the conflicting accounts of his death at Jammu.
- [Customs and Traditions of the Muslim Chib Rajputs](https://chibrajputs.com/chib-customs-and-traditions/): Chib customs and traditions: the first haircut at Baba Shadi Shaheed's shrine, bread for a Teli at weddings, the healing toe, the tikka and the urs.
- [Baghsar Fort: The Mughal Fort of the Samahni Valley](https://chibrajputs.com/baghsar-fort/): Perched above a lake in the Samahni valley, Baghsar Fort watched over the Mughal road to Kashmir. It came under the Chib rajas of Bhimber, and it holds the burial place of Emperor Jahangir’s entrails.
- [Mangla Fort: Seat of the Chibs of Khari-Khariali](https://chibrajputs.com/mangla-fort/): Mangla Fort on the Jhelum: seat of the Chib state of Khari Kariali, its rajas, the Sikh siege of 1810, Raja Akbar Ali Khan's peace and the sources.
- [Karjai Fort: Sentinel of the Bannah Valley](https://chibrajputs.com/karjai-fort/): Karjai Fort, or Devi Garh, crowns Karjai mountain above the Banah Valley near Khui Ratta, Kotli: Mughal in local memory, credited to Gulab Singh in the book.
- [Baba Shadi Shaheed Shrine at Aadhi Dhak: History and Guide](https://chibrajputs.com/shrine-of-baba-shadi-shaheed/): Baba Shadi Shaheed shrine on Aadhi Dhak near Bhimber: its tanks, mosques and graves, the two-coloured jasmine, the urs and the Chib first-haircut rite.

## Pages

- [Find Your Village](https://chibrajputs.com/chib-villages/): Search 223 villages, towns, forts and shrines that the history articles connect with the Chib Rajputs, by name, area or got.
- [Ask the Chib History Guide](https://chibrajputs.com/ask-the-guide/): The Chib History Guide is an AI assistant that answers your questions about the Chib Rajputs from the articles on this website: their origins, the rajas of Bhimber, Baba Shadi Shaheed, the gots and families, villages, soldiers and much more.
- [Members' Library](https://chibrajputs.com/members-library/): The deepest material on ChibRajputs.com: chapter-by-chapter guides to the oldest histories of the Chib Rajputs, the complete family trees, and the lists of officers and villages.
- [Reset Your Password](https://chibrajputs.com/password-reset/): Enter your username or email address and we will email you a link to choose a new password.
- [My Membership](https://chibrajputs.com/member-account/): Your membership, payments and account details.
- [Member Login](https://chibrajputs.com/member-login/): Log in to read the full Members' Library and ask the Chib History Guide without limits.
- [Welcome to the Members' Library](https://chibrajputs.com/welcome-member/): Thank you for joining ChibRajputs.com. Your account is ready and you are logged in.
- [Complete Your Membership](https://chibrajputs.com/membership-payment/): Your account is ready. Send the membership fee by EasyPaisa or JazzCash, then send us the transaction ID with the form below.
- [Become a Member](https://chibrajputs.com/membership/): ChibRajputs.com is bringing the oldest histories of the Chib Rajputs into English, page by page.
- [Tarikh-e-Chibhal (c. 1926): The First History of the Chibs](https://chibrajputs.com/tarikh-e-chibhal/): Tarikh-e-Chibhal (c. 1926) by Thakur Major Singh Chib, the first history of the Chib Rajputs: a chapter-by-chapter guide to all 113 printed pages.
- [Engr. Fakhar Jabran Chib: Creator of ChibRajputs.com](https://chibrajputs.com/fakhar-jabran-chib/): Engr. Fakhar Jabran Chib (Raja Fakhar Jabran) created ChibRajputs.com and is Secretary General of the International Chib Rajput Forum (ICRF).
- [The Chib History Book (1997), Chapter by Chapter](https://chibrajputs.com/chib-history-book/): The Chib history book behind this website is a 1997 Urdu compilation of about 450 pages by Raja Muhammad Iftikhar Ali Khan, an advocate of Karachi from Barhang near Bhimber.
- [Lineage / Family Tree](https://chibrajputs.com/lineage-family-tree/): The family tree, or shajra-e-nasab, is one of the most treasured records of every Chib family.
- [Heritage Sites](https://chibrajputs.com/heritage/): Several of these sites stand close to the Line of Control, and some are closed to visitors. Please check local conditions before you travel.
- [Notable Figures](https://chibrajputs.com/notable-figures/)
- [History](https://chibrajputs.com/history/): The Chibs are a Rajput clan of the hills of Kashmir and the northern Punjab.
- [Home](https://chibrajputs.com/): Raja Chib Chand, a Katoch prince from Kangra, settles at Mughlora near Bhimber and gives the clan its name.
- [About Us](https://chibrajputs.com/about-us/): [vc_row hide_bg_image_on_tablet="" hide_bg_image_on_mobile=""][vc_column icons_position="left"][vc_empty_space height="8.1rem" hide_on_desktop="" hide_on_notebook="" hide_on_tablet="" hide_on_mobile=""][trx_sc_promo title_style="default" title_tag="h1" link_style="default" image_position="right" video_in_popup="" size="normal" full_height="" text_paddings="1" title="Legacy of the Chib Dynasty" subtitle="who we are" description="The Chib Rajputs are a proud, family-minded clan of Azad Kashmir and the northern Punjab: Muslims by faith and Rajputs by descent.
- [My account](https://chibrajputs.com/my-account/)
- [Checkout](https://chibrajputs.com/checkout/)
- [Cart](https://chibrajputs.com/cart/)
- [Shop](https://chibrajputs.com/shop/)
- [Contacts](https://chibrajputs.com/contacts/)
- [Gallery](https://chibrajputs.com/gallery/): A visual history of the Chib Rajputs: the land of Chibhal, the forts of its rajas, old maps and paintings, faces from our family albums, and new artwork that brings the old chronicles to life.
- [Blog](https://chibrajputs.com/blog/)


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