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	'''Sudhans''' (also known as '''Sudhozai''') is one of the major tribes from the districts of [[Poonch district, Pakistan\|Poonch]], [[Sudhanoti District\|Sudhanoti]], [[Bagh District\|Bagh]] and [[Kotli District\|Kotli]] in [[Azad Kashmir]], allegedly originating from [[Pashtuns\|Pashtun]] areas.<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Untold Story of the People of Azad Kashmir\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=autVo01f2AsC \|publisher=Columbia University Press \|page=xix\|first=Christopher \|last=Snedden\|quote=Sudhan/Sudhozai – one of the main tribes of (southern) Poonch, allegedly originating from Pashtun areas.}}</ref>		'''Sudhans''' (also known as '''Sudhozai''') is one of the major tribes from the districts of [[Poonch district, Pakistan\|Poonch]], [[Sudhanoti District\|Sudhanoti]], [[Bagh District\|Bagh]] and [[Kotli District\|Kotli]] in [[Azad Kashmir]], allegedly originating from [[Pashtuns\|Pashtun]] areas.<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Untold Story of the People of Azad Kashmir\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=autVo01f2AsC \|publisher=Columbia University Press \|page=xix\|first=Christopher \|last=Snedden\|quote=Sudhan/Sudhozai – one of the main tribes of (southern) Poonch, allegedly originating from Pashtun areas.}}</ref>

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'''Sudhans''' (also known as '''Sudhozai''') is one of the major tribes from the districts of [[Poonch district, Pakistan|Poonch]], [[Sudhanoti District|Sudhanoti]], [[Bagh District|Bagh]] and [[Kotli District|Kotli]] in [[Azad Kashmir]], allegedly originating from [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] areas.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Untold Story of the People of Azad Kashmir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=autVo01f2AsC |publisher=Columbia University Press |page=xix|first=Christopher |last=Snedden|quote=Sudhan/Sudhozai – one of the main tribes of (southern) Poonch, allegedly originating from Pashtun areas.}}</ref>

==History and particulars==
[[File:Nawab Jassi Khan's shrine.png|thumb|right|200px|The palace of Nawab Jassi Khan, on the Jassi Peer mountain in [[Mang, Azad Kashmir|Mang]] town in [[Sudhanoti]] district of Azad Kashmir.]]
The tribe claims an [[Afghan people|Afghan]] ancestry.<ref>{{cite book |title=Prospects for Peace in South Asia |editor1-first=Rafiq |editor1-last=Dossani |editor2-first=Henry S. |editor2-last=Rowen |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=2005 |isbn=9780804750851 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwO9zmj6aQ0C&pg=PA361 |page=361 |chapter=Pakistan's Relations with Azad Kashmir and the Impact on Indo-Pakistani Relations |first=Rifaat |last=Hussain}}</ref> According to Syed Ali, Sudhans have a [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] descent and moved to the Poonch district of Kashmir region some centuries ago.<ref name="Syed Ali">{{cite book|title=Strategic Coercion: Concepts and Cases|date=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-829349-6|page=253|author=Syed Ali|editor=Lawrence Freedman|chapter=South Asia: The Perils of Covert Coercion|quote=Poonch at the time of partition was predominantly Muslim and the overwhelming majority of them were Sudhans, who were descendants of Pashtuns of Afghanistan, settled in the region some centuries ago.}}</ref> Sudhans from [[Poonch Division|Poonch]] considered themselves to be ''Sudhozai'' Pathans ([[Pashtuns]]).<ref>{{cite book |title=Kashmir - The Untold Story |first=Christopher |last=Snedden |publisher=HarperCollins India |isbn=9789350298985 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0cPjAAAAQBAJ |pages=43|quote=Sudhans from Poonch considered themselves to be ''Sudho Zai'' Pathans (Pukhtoons), which explained why the [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] tribesmen from NWFP province lost no time coming to help Jammu and Kashmir's Muslims in 1947..}}</ref> Scholar Iffat Malik of the [[Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad]] writes:
{{quote|The Sudhans claim their origin from Afghanistan and they consider themselves to be descendants of a common ancestor Jassi Khan, who was an Afghan chief and had earned the name of Sudhan (from Sanskrit, meanings "justice, fair and honest") as a compliment to his valour as he 500 years or so ago landed in Western parts of Poonch and fought for their existence, but the local people dominated them In this period, they multiplied quickly and emerged into a strong and powerful tribe. According to them, they are same as the Sudhazai tribe of high class Afghans. In social habits and customs they also are certainly akin to Sudhazais of Afghanistan. Among Afghans, Sudhazai are a very respected clan with long good history behind them. Sikhs and Dogras had to fight the Sudhans in wars spread over a fairly long time as they had never been reconciled to their rule by them, and there was first rebellion in 1837, after Sudhan people went in revolt against Sikh Empire, had captured hills from Sikhs, however Sudhans were defeated by Sikhs but survived as a strong tribe. In 1947, Sudhans were first to challenge Dogras.<ref>{{citation |last1=Malik |first1=Iffat |title=Kashmir: Ethnic Conflict International Dispute |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n9J8QgAACAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-579622-3 |chapter=Jammu Province |p=62}}</ref>}}

About 40,000–60,000 Sudhans were recruited and served in the [[British Indian Army]] during the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second]] World Wars.<ref>{{cite book|title=Strategic Coercion: Concepts and Cases|date=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-829349-6|page=253|author=Syed Ali|editor=Lawrence Freedman|chapter=South Asia: The Perils of Covert Coercion}}</ref>{{qn|date=January 2019}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Pakistan|date=1963|publisher=Frederick A. Praeger Inc|page=199|first=Ian |last=Stephens}}</ref>{{qn|date=January 2019}}

==Role in 1947 Poonch rebellion==
{{Main|1947 Poonch rebellion}}
The Sudhan tribe has been described as "a main and martial tribe of dissident Poonch" by [[Christopher Snedden]], a political analyst. [[Sardar Ibrahim Khan]], a [[barrister]], and politician of the [[All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference|Muslim Conference]] party, was among the Sudhan people who rose to significance in 1947 as a result of the campaign and later rebellion against the Maharaja of the [[princely state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. Khan led a significant faction of the Muslim Conference activists in their demands that Singh should join Pakistan rather than accede to India. Together with the [[Dhunds]] from [[Bagh District|Bagh]], it was the Sudhans who were at the heart of this campaign.<ref>{{cite book |title=Kashmir – The Untold Story |first=Christopher |last=Snedden |publisher=HarperCollins India |isbn=9789350298985 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0cPjAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1937 |pages=1937–1938}}</ref> The rebels were directed by the [[Pakistan Army]], and with the support of [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] tribal ''lashkars'' sent in from the [[Khyber Agency|Khyber]] and [[Waziristan]] tribal agencies,<ref>Josef Korbel, ''Danger in Kashmir'', New York:United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan Report, 1954, pp.49–54</ref> they were able to 'liberate' a portion of the state, called [[Azad Kashmir]] (Free Kashmir). Azad Kashmir has been under the control [[Pakistan administered Kashmir|Pakistan]] ever since.

==1955 Poonch Uprising==
{{Main|1955 Poonch uprising}}

Sudhans played an immense role in the [[1955 Poonch uprising|1955 Poonch rebellion]], who revolted against the appointment of [[Sher Ahmed Khan]] and dismissal of [[Sardar Ibrahim Khan]]. The violent anti government protestors demanded regional autonomy, especially in the administration and for budgets.<ref>{{cite book |title=Kashmir - The Untold Story |first=Christopher |last=Snedden |publisher=HarperCollins India |isbn=9789350298985 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0cPjAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1937 |pages=120, 121, 122}}</ref>
==1837 Poonch Revolt==
{{main|1837 Poonch Revolt}}
In 1837, after [[Hari Singh Nalwa]]'s death in the [[Battle of Jamrud]], the Sudhan tribe of [[Poonch District, Pakistan|Poonch]], together with other tribes and [[Pahari people (Kashmir)|Pahari]] speaking people, rose in revolt in [[Poonch District, Pakistan|Poonch]]. The insurgency was led by Shams Khan, a Chief of the Sudhan tribe<ref>Sir Alexander Cunningham, ''Four Reports Made During The Years 1862-63-64-65'', (The Government Central Press, 1871), Volume I, Page 13.[https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=p4AXM4MbyL0C&dq]</ref><ref name=autogenerated4>Sir Lepel H. Griffin, ''The Panjab Chiefs.'', (T. C. McCarthy, Chronicle Press, 1865), Page 594.[https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=Q0ABAAAAQAAJ&dq=panjab%20chiefs&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref> and former confidential follower of [[Dhian Singh]].<ref name=autogenerated4 /> Thus the betrayal of Shams Khan Sudhan against the regime was taken personally and Gulab Singh was given the task of crushing the rebellion. After defeating the insurgents in [[Hazara, Pakistan|Hazara]] and [[Murree]] hills, [[Gulab Singh]] stayed at [[Kahuta]] for some time and promoted disunion among the insurgents. Then his forces were sent to crush the insurgents. Eventually, Shams Khan Sudhan and his nephew were betrayed and their heads were cut off during their sleep while the lieutenants were captured, flayed alive and put to death with cruelty. The contemporary British commentators state that the local population suffered immensely,<ref>Hastings Donnan, ''Marriage Among Muslims: Preference and Choice in Northern Pakistan'', (Brill, 1997), 41.[https://books.google.com/books?id=PL_ACoFwJ2gC&pg=PA41]</ref> many of rebels were caputerd, and treated with a vengeance; their hands and feet were served by axes, while skins of Mali Khan and Sabz Ali Khan, two of the close accomplices of Shams were peeled off their bodies their bodies, and their heads were hung on gallows in a crossing as a warning to others. Hands were ultimately laid on the chief rebel as well, and his head was cut off.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWw8AAAAIAAJ |title=History of Jammu and Kashmir State: The making of the State |last=Kapur |first=Manohar Lal |publisher=Kashmir History Publications |year=1980 |isbn= |location=India |pages=51}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris |chapter=Jammu and Jammutis|first=Christopher |last=Snedden |publisher= HarperCollins India |isbn= |url=https://books.google.be/books?id=s5KMCwAAQBAJ}}</ref><ref name="Iffat Malik">{{citation |last1=Malik |first1=Iffat |title=Kashmir: Ethnic Conflict International Dispute |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n9J8QgAACAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-579622-3 |chapter=Jammu Province |p=62}}</ref>

==Politics==
Together with the [[Dhund (tribe)|Dhund]]s & [[Rajput]]s.it is the Sudhans who dominate the politics of Azad Kashmir in the present day, although the [[Gujjar]] community is probably the largest among the population.<ref>{{cite book |title=Pakistan and Its Diaspora: Multidisciplinary Approaches |editor1-first=Marta |editor1-last=Bolognani |editor2-first=Stephen M. |editor2-last=Lyon |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2011 |isbn=9780230347120 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-UldAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT107 |chapter=The Mirror Crack'd: Shifting Gazes and the Curse of Truth |first2=Marta |last2=Bolognani |first1=Stephen M. |last1=Lyon}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWw8AAAAIAAJ |title=History of Jammu and Kashmir State: The making of the State |last=Kapur |first=Manohar Lal |publisher=Kashmir History Publications |year=1980 |pages=51}}

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