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.
Chib Rajput marriage customs in the oldest Chib history (c. 1926): Rajas, Mandiyals and Dheridars, daughters married upward, and property shared by wives.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.