The Bharwana or Bhanwar or Bhawar and Bharon/Bharion are a sub-clan of the
Sial tribe.
To the north-east of Mianwali city is Bharionwala, a ten thousand kanal revenue state, where the Bharion tribe resides. Bharion tribe in Mianwali Bharion wala, Mianwali City, Sohrab Khelanwala, Kandian, Khanqah Sirajia, Jal Janoobi, Sajhri, Piplan, Musawali while in Bhakkar Bhakkar and Kalurkot, Layyah in layyah, Fatehpur Chowk Azam, Bandial in Khushab and Joharabad. Bharon or Bharion are two different pronunciations of the name of the same tribe. The main branch of the Sial tribe, living on the banks of the river Chenab, is the Bharwana tribe, while among the many other branches of the Bharwana there is a branch called the Bharion or Bharon. These tribes belong to Bharwana and are spread over the entire thal desert between Chenab River and Indus River. Those in
Jhang district
Jhang District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district of Faisalabad Division, Faisalabad division in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province, Pakistan. Jhang is the capital and administrative seat of the district.
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, Pakistan, and some migrated to Mianwali district converted to Islam under the influence of the
Sufi
Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism.
Practitioners of Sufism are r ...
poet. The current chief of the tribe is Muhammad aun bharwana
Farid Ganj Shakar.
See also
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Chund Bharwana
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Qaim Bharwana
References
Jhang District
Punjabi tribes
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