Chattha (also spelled ''Chatha'') is a politically influential

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabis, Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a ...

Jat The Jat people (, ), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in l ...

clan concentrated in the

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, particularly around the historical

Gujranwala District Gujranwala District (), is a Districts of Pakistan, district that is a part of the in Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, Pakistan. Gujranwala District is bordered by the districts of Wazirabad District, Wazirabad, Sialkot District, Sialkot, Hafizabad Di ...

(which includes modern day

Wazirabad Wazirabad (Urdu/) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the administrative capital of Wazirabad District (formerly a Tehsil of Gujranwala District). Famous for its cutlery products, it is known as the city of cutlery and is also quite famous f ...

and

Hafizabad Hafizabad ( Punjabi / ; ; ) is a city and capital of Hafizabad District located in Punjab, Pakistan. Hafizabad is an old settlement. In 327 BC, during Alexander's invasion of Punjab, the territory of the Sandal Bar was reported to be a well popu ...

). The Chatthas, taking advantage of the weakening of the

Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire was an Early modern period, early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to ...

, took over much of Wazirabad District and its environs while also ending tribute payments to the Mughal Governor of Lahore. In doing so, they established the Chattha State. The Chatthas were also able to beat back the expanding

Sikhs Sikhs (singular Sikh: or ; , ) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ''Sikh'' ...

on multiple occasions and had a particular rivalry with the

Sukerchakia Misl The Sukerchakia Misl was one of twelve Sikh Sikh Confederacy, misls in Punjab region, Punjab during the 18th century, concentrated in Gujranwala and Hafizabad districts in western Punjab region, Punjab (in modern-Pakistan) and ruled from (1752 ...

(memorialized in the epic poem, ''Chatthian di Vaar'') who eventually defeated them.

Notable people

Nur Muhammad Chattha Nur Muhammad Chattha (Punjabi:; 1704–1765) was an 18th-century Punjabi Muslim chieftain of the Chattha clan of Jats in the region of Gujranwala, Punjab. A prominent figure during the waning years of Mughal authority in the region, Chattha ro ...

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chieftain of the Chattha clan of Jats *

Pir Muhammad Chattha Pir Muhammad Chattha was a Punjabi Muslim chieftain of the Chattha clan of Jats. He succeeded his father Nur Muhammad Chattha. Reign He is known to be a bitter enemy of Sukherchakia Misl.‘Chatthian di Var’ existed in oral form which was f ...

Punjabi Muslim Punjabi Muslims are Punjabis who are adherents of Islam. With a population of more than 112 million, they are the third-largest predominantly Islam-adhering Muslim ethnicity in the world, after Arabs and Bengalis. The majority of Punjabi Musl ...

chief of Chattha clan of Jats *

Hamid Nasir Chattha Chaudhry Hamid Nasir Chattha () is a politician from Wazirabad, Punjab, Pakistan. He was born on 15 November 1944, in Lahore. Hamid Nasir Chattha was elected as a Member of Punjab Assembly, after losing in 2008 National Assembly elections to ...

, Pakistani veteran politician from

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, from

Akmal Saif Chatha Akmal Saif Chatha is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2003 to 2007 and again from May 2013 to May 2018. Early life and education He was born on 8 November 1973 in Alipur Chatha. He graduate ...

, member,

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, Pakistan

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Surnames of Pakistani origin Surnames Jat clans of Punjab Jat clans of Pakistan {{Pakistan-ethno-stub

Notable people

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