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'''Dogar''' is a community historically found in the [[Punjab|Punjab region]] of India and Pakistan. They were nomadic livestock herders who became owners of land in the relatively arid central area where cultivation required vigorous work. Unable to adapt, they eventually lost their position with the rise of more industrious agriculturist communities, notably the [[Jat people|Jats]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Peasant History of Late Pre-colonial and Colonial India |volume=8 |first=B. B. |last=Chaudhuri |publisher=Pearson Education India |year=2008 |isbn=978-8-13171-688-5 |pages=194–195 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ljmIJySEm4UC&pg=PA194}}</ref>
{{short description|Clan of India and Pakistan}}
{{Other uses|Dogar (disambiguation){{!}}Dogar|Dogra (disambiguation){{!}}Dogra}}
{{Distinguish|Dogras}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}


In the late 17th century, the Dogars in the [[faujdar]]i of [[Lakhi Jangal]], in [[Multan District|Multan]], were among the tribes that challenged the authority of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal emperor]] [[Aurangzeb]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Centre and Periphery in the Mughal State: The Case of Seventeenth-Century Panjab |first=Chetan |last=Singh |journal=Modern Asian Studies |volume=22 |issue=2 |year=1988 |pages=299–318 |jstor=312624 |doi=10.1017/s0026749x00000986}}</ref>
The '''Dogar''' are a [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] people of [[Muslim]] heritage (''[[:wikt:bradree|bradari]]'').<ref name=John2009>{{cite thesis |last=John |first=A |year=2009 |title=Two dialects one region: a sociolinguistic approach to dialects as identity markers |type=MA thesis |publisher=Ball State University |docket= |oclc= |url=https://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/193541 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105190645/https://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/bitstream/handle/123456789/193541/Ajohn_2009-3_BODY.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |archive-date=5 November 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 'Dogar' is commonly used as a [[last name]].<ref name=John2009/>  


The Dogar are disparagingly referred to in [[Waris Shah]]'s well-known story, ''[[Heer Ranjha]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviewed Work: Hīr Vāriṡ Śāh, poème panjabi du XVIIIe siècle: Introduction, translittération, traduction et commentaire. Tome I, strophes 1 à 110 by Denis Matringe |first=Peter |last=Gaeffke |journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society |volume=111 |issue=2 |date=April 1991 |pages=408–409 |doi=10.2307/604050 |jstor=604050 }}</ref>
== History ==
 
The Dogar people settled in [[Punjab]] during the [[History of Punjab#Medieval Punjab (c.500 AD – 1526 AD)|Medieval period]].<ref name=Singh1988/> They have been classified as a branch of the [[Rajput]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fiaz |first1=HM |last2=Akhtar |first2=S |last3=Rind |first3=AA |title=Socio-cultural condition of South Punjab: a case of Muzaffargarh District |journal=International Research Journal of Education and Innovation |date=2021 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=21–40 |doi=10.53575/irjei.3-v2.2(21)21-40 |url=http://www.irjei.com/index.php/irjei/article/view/27/17|doi-access=free }}</ref> (a large cluster of interrelated peoples from the [[Indian subcontinent]]). Initially a [[Pastoralism|pastoral]] people, the Dogar [[History of agriculture in the Indian subcontinent#Late Middle Ages (1200–1526 CE)|took up agriculture]] in the Punjab, where they became owners of land in the relatively arid central area where cultivation required particularly strenuous work.<ref name=Chaudhuri2008>{{cite book |title=Peasant History of Late Pre-colonial and Colonial India |volume=8 |first=BB |last=Chaudhuri |publisher=Pearson Education India |year=2008 |isbn=978-8-13171-688-5 |pages=194–195 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ljmIJySEm4UC&pg=PA194}}</ref> In addition to cultivating crops such as ''[[jowar]]'' (millet) and [[wheat]], they seem partly to have continued pastoral practices, sometimes [[pastoral nomads|as nomads]].<ref name=Singh1988>{{cite journal |last=Singh |first=C |author-link=Chetan Singh |title=Conformity and conflict: tribes and the 'agrarian system' of Mughal India |journal=The Indian Economic & Social History Review |year=1988 |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=319–340 |doi=10.1177/001946468802500302 |url=https://www.academia.edu/download/62288224/Conformity___Conflict.pdf }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The arid conditions proved challenging, especially in the light of competition from peoples with more established agricultural ways (notably the [[Jats]]), and over the centuries the Dogars developed a long-lasting reputation for marauding behaviour,<ref name=Chaudhuri2008/> such as animal raiding and other types of theft, including highway robbery.<ref name=Singh1988/>
 
In the late 17th century, the Dogars residing within the [[faujdar]]i of Lakhi Jangal (in present-day [[Multan District|Multan]]) were among the tribes that challenged the authority of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Aurangzeb]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Centre and periphery in the Mughal State: the case of seventeenth-century Panjab |vauthors=Singh C |journal=Modern Asian Studies |volume=22 |issue=2 |year=1988 |at=313 |jstor=312624 |doi=10.1017/s0026749x00000986|s2cid=144152388 }}</ref>
 
==In literature==
In the Sufi poet [[Waris Shah]]'s tragic romance of 1766, ''[[Heer Ranjha]]'', Dogars are scorned as commoners (along with Jats and other agricultural groups).<ref>{{cite journal |title=''Hīr Vāriṡ Śāh, poème panjabi du XVIIIe siècle: Introduction, translittération, traduction et commentaire. Tome I, strophes 1 à 110'' by Denis Matringe [review] |first=P |last=Gaeffke |journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society |volume=111 |issue=2 |date=1991 |pages=408–409 |doi=10.2307/604050 |jstor=604050 |quote=...and we come across scathing remarks about 'plebeians' such as Jats, Dogars and other agricultural castes.}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
* [[Lakhi Jungle]]


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*{{cite book |title=E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936 |publisher=BRILL |year=1987 |isbn=978-9-00408-265-6 |page=114 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xd5VonTOppMC&pg=PA114}}
*{{cite book |last1=Ibbetson |first1=D |author-link1=Denzil Ibbetson |chapter=The Dogars |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/panjabcastes00ibbe/page/176/mode/2up?q=%22474.+The+Dogars%22 |title=Panjab castes |title-link=Panjab Castes |orig-date=1883 |publication-date=1916 |location=Lahore |publisher=Government Printing, Punjab |pages=177–178}}
*{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://archive.org/details/glossaryoftribes03rose/page/n518/mode/1up?ref=ol&view=theater&q=Dogar |title=Dogar |author-link=Horace Arthur Rose |encyclopedia=A glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier province |last=Rose |first=HA |year=1911 |volume=II  |location=Lahore |publisher=Samuel T Weston |pages=244–246}}
*{{cite book  |last1=Longworth Dames |first1=M  |author-link1=Mansel Longworth Dames |chapter=Fīrūzpūr |title=E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936 |volume=3 |title-link=Encyclopaedia of Islam |location=Leiden |publisher=Brill |publication-date= 1987 |orig-date=1934 |isbn=978-9-00408-265-6 |page=114 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xd5VonTOppMC&pg=PA114}}
 
{{Ethnic and social groups of the Punjab}}


[[Category:Social groups of Punjab, Pakistan]]
[[Category:Social groups of Punjab, Pakistan]]
[[Category:Social groups of Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Social groups of Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Herding castes]]
[[Category:Herding castes]]

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The Dogar are a Punjabi people of Muslim heritage (bradari).[1] 'Dogar' is commonly used as a last name.[1]

History[edit | edit source]

The Dogar people settled in Punjab during the Medieval period.[2] They have been classified as a branch of the Rajput[3] (a large cluster of interrelated peoples from the Indian subcontinent). Initially a pastoral people, the Dogar took up agriculture in the Punjab, where they became owners of land in the relatively arid central area where cultivation required particularly strenuous work.[4] In addition to cultivating crops such as jowar (millet) and wheat, they seem partly to have continued pastoral practices, sometimes as nomads.[2] The arid conditions proved challenging, especially in the light of competition from peoples with more established agricultural ways (notably the Jats), and over the centuries the Dogars developed a long-lasting reputation for marauding behaviour,[4] such as animal raiding and other types of theft, including highway robbery.[2]

In the late 17th century, the Dogars residing within the faujdari of Lakhi Jangal (in present-day Multan) were among the tribes that challenged the authority of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.[5]

In literature[edit | edit source]

In the Sufi poet Waris Shah's tragic romance of 1766, Heer Ranjha, Dogars are scorned as commoners (along with Jats and other agricultural groups).[6]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 John, A (2009). Two dialects one region: a sociolinguistic approach to dialects as identity markers (PDF) (MA thesis). Ball State University. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Singh, C (1988). "Conformity and conflict: tribes and the 'agrarian system' of Mughal India" (PDF). The Indian Economic & Social History Review. 25 (3): 319–340. doi:10.1177/001946468802500302.[permanent dead link]
  3. Fiaz, HM; Akhtar, S; Rind, AA (2021). "Socio-cultural condition of South Punjab: a case of Muzaffargarh District". International Research Journal of Education and Innovation. 2 (2): 21–40. doi:10.53575/irjei.3-v2.2(21)21-40.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Chaudhuri, BB (2008). Peasant History of Late Pre-colonial and Colonial India. Vol. 8. Pearson Education India. pp. 194–195. ISBN 978-8-13171-688-5.
  5. Singh C (1988). "Centre and periphery in the Mughal State: the case of seventeenth-century Panjab". Modern Asian Studies. 22 (2). 313. doi:10.1017/s0026749x00000986. JSTOR 312624. S2CID 144152388.
  6. Gaeffke, P (1991). "Hīr Vāriṡ Śāh, poème panjabi du XVIIIe siècle: Introduction, translittération, traduction et commentaire. Tome I, strophes 1 à 110 by Denis Matringe [review]". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 111 (2): 408–409. doi:10.2307/604050. JSTOR 604050. ...and we come across scathing remarks about 'plebeians' such as Jats, Dogars and other agricultural castes.

Further reading[edit | edit source]