some historical references to the story of the janjua rajputs sitush stop fucking with our article you gay hindu 'some historical references to the story of the janjua rajputs 'bold text predating all that is related below the pandava ancestors of janjuas were known historically for the great mahabharata war in which arjuna and his brothers were victorious after huge losses on both sides the janjua rajputs possess a proud martial reputation and rank very highly as the aristocracy of the salt range their pride in their ancestry is renowned and are always addressed by their ancestral title of raja rawalpindi district gazetteer robertson reprint lahore p their janjuas exploits and reputation has earned them the regard as the most valiant kshatriyas warlords in the punjab history of mediaeval hindu india by chintaman vinayak vaidya cosmo publ p the tribal system of loyalty to the clan is still adhered and they tend to only align with other tribes of equally high social rank and reputation the aftermath of partition in south asia gyanes kudaisya london p the great janjua tribe have retained their pride of lineage and their r jput title and can be ranked as m n s hu or first class r jp ts physically well looking with fine hands and feet much given to military service especially in the cavalry poor agriculturists with great pride of race and are always addressed as raja panjab castes sir denzil ibbetson reprint delhi p p the janjua are famed as a restless and warlike muslim r jput tribe imperial gazetteer of kashmir and jammu sang e meel reprint p p and are doubtless pure r jputs imperial gazetteer of india v p the indian village community by baden henry baden powell adamant media corp p the janjuas rajputs have been recognised in punjabi history as a 'martial clan' and the british also viewed them as excellent soldiers and distinguished them from other tribes as other tribes no way superior to them in courage or military skill 'punjab chiefs' l h griffin lahore p the ancestors of the janjuas rajputs the last dynasty of the janjua shahis were mentioned by albiruni as noble men of noble bearings who always did what they said al biruni despite living under sultan mahmud's grace praises the house of jayapala janjua th century ad we must say that in all their grandeur they never slackened in the ardent desire of doing that which is good and right that they were men of noble sentiment and noble bearing kalhana th century ad writes of the janjua shahis where is the shahi dynasty with its ministers its kings and its great grandeur the very name of the splendor of shahi kings has vanished what is not seen in dream what even our imagination cannot conceive that dynasty accomplished with ease the tarikh e alfi of the ghorids th century ad mentions the rebellious behaviour of raja ajmal mal est d ad son of raja dhrupat dev of mathura towards the delhi sultanate it records that a rai mal of the mountains between lahore and kabul excited a rebellion against them and intercepted communications between lahore and ghazni there is still today remnants of an ancient fort in malot chakwal which was initially built by the shahis and later rebuilt by raja mal janjua it is also inscribed that the last hindu shahi emperor raja mal embraced islam at this place raja mal was also the first ruler to begin the mining of salt in the salt ranges of kallar kahar and in the khewra salt mines of punjab which is currently the world's second largest salt mine many prominent muslim tribes of potohar plateau in pakistan trace their lineage back to the janjuas through the five princes of the house of raja mal janjua th century ad the five princes were raja bhir raja jodh est d ad ancestor of chakri bajwala darapur janjuas raja kala raja tanoli raja khakha jodh and bhir were born of a gakhar rani while kala khakha and tanoli were born of another rajput rani 'journal of central asia' vol xiii no p according to lepel h griffin in his famous book chiefs and families of note in the punjab lahore ii p he writes that raja jodh and raja wir bhir oldest sons of rai mal divided the country the maloki dhan between them jodh took the salt range near about the makrach and captured the town of makshala from a colony of brahmans he changed its name to makhiala and built there a fort and two tanks for rain water wir also spelt bhir the eldest son of raja mal took the possession of kura also spelt khewra near modern pind dadan khan raja jodh son of raja mal fathered four sons raja raepal villages wagh chakri bajwala darapur sherpur pindi saidpur fa