25/08/2026
Famous noble Hayat Khattar family of Wah (in Punjab , Pakistan now )
Original pedigree from authentic historical sources (1860s)
KHATTARS OF WAH: FULL AND PROPER HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND AUTHENTIC PEDIGREE
The Khattars are in fact Rajputs by origin, descended from 'Chauhan' or 'Chohan' , a major branch or clan of the Rajputs.
Original Pedigree and Genealogy of the Hayat, Khattar Family of Wah, as per the Account Given to Col. CH Hall, by Mullah Sarwar, Genealogist to Sardar (later Nawab) Muhammad Hayat Khan, 1866 and duly recorded at the Residence of the Sardar, in his company, in October of that year.
1. Chauhan (or Chohan) Agnivanshi Rajput, Remote Progenitor –probably of Hun/Central Asian ancestry who came via Kashmir and settled with his clan/tribe in various parts of the areas that were later Punjab, UP and Rajputana.
(Several generations)
2. Rai Shiv Dayal Chauhan (came from Kashmir or upper/hills of Punjab and settled at Bagh Nilab, near Indus River, c. 1050 AD)
(Several generations)
3. Rai Kishan Dayal
4. Rai Har Dayal
5. Rai Ram Dayal
6. Had two (2) sons, Rai Sukh Dayal (supposedly remote ancestor of Tiwanas, Noons etc) and Rai or Raja Jai Dayal (direct line)
7. Raja Jiwan (son of Raja Jai Dayal)
8. Raja Mahinder
9. Raja Gajinder
10. Raja Rajinder
11. Raja Harnarain
12. Raja Badrinath13. Had two (2) sons, Raja Dayanand who via his later descendant Raja/Rai Alyas, was progenitor of the Ghebas, Jodhras etc; and Raja Raghunand (direct line)
14. Raja Kaidarnath (alias ‘Kaidu Raja’ or ‘Khattar Raja’) son of Raja Raghunand, converted to Islam around 12th AD, and received title of ‘KHATTAR KHAN’. All Khattars today, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh, descended from him, in Pakistan and India and elsewhere.
15. Khattar Raja/Khattar Khan had 6 sons, and they divided into two (2) groups (a) KALA SECTION (led by Kalay Khan) and (b) CHITTA SECTION or ‘FEROZAL’ SECTION (led by Feroz Khan)
16. From Chitta/Ferozal Section over the next many generations, with frequent inter-marriages and inter-relations with various Afghan, Persian and Turki (Turkish/Central Asian) settlers, was RAJA SARBULAND KHAN , who received also the title of ‘Sardar’ and was also known as ‘Sardar Sarbuland Khan’.
(From line of Sarbuland Khan)
17. Said Ahmad Khan
18. Ghazan Khan
19. Jamal Khan (founded village of ‘Jalalsar’ after his son, now ‘Wah’)
20. Jalal Khan (lived under the reign of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir)
21. Had two sons, Inayat Khan and Habeeb Khan; and from Habeeb Khan are:
22. Kamil Khan and Ghazi Khan; and from Kamil Khan:
23. Shah Wali Khan (also known as ‘Shah Wali Mansabdar’ as he was in Mughal service and enjoyed ‘Mansab’ or rank; and from him:
(3-4 generations)
24. Several sons, (a) Sardar Karam Khan (b) Hassan Khan (c) Fatteh Khan (d) Kaim Khan and (e) Noor Khan.
Sardar Karam Khan was murdered by his half-brother, Fatteh Khan in 1848 or 1849; and he too was later murdered by Khattars of Dharek. The sons of late Sardar Karam Khan are as follows;
25. (a) Gulab Khan (b) Bahadur Khan Dy Suptd of Police (c) SARDAR MUHAMMAD HAYAT KHAN, ASST. COMMISSIONER (THE MAIN SUBJECT OF THIS PEDIGREE) born: 1833/34; (d) Ghulam Khan’ and (e) Sikandar Khan.
(Pedigree ends here)
AN ADDL LATER NOTE
Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan (1833/34-1901) had many children from various wives and concubines, and from one wife Begum Zainab Khanam (also known as Sharafat Begum) daughter of Mian Ghulam Jilani, employee and minister of Kapurthala State, he had the following sons: (a) Nawabzada Muhammad Aslam Hayat Khan (died 1924); (b) Sardar Mahmood Hayat Khan (died 1910) (c) Sardar (later Nawab) Sir Liaquat Hayat Khan, ex-Prime Minister of Patiala State, British Punjab (1887-1948) (d) Sardar Ghairat Hayat Khan (died 1911); and (e) CAPT ® SARDAR SIR SIKANDAR HAYAT KHAN, KBE, KCSI etc , former Premier of the Punjab (1892-1942)—the noblest and most distinguished of the sons of his notable father and the most brilliant of the scions of Khattar race, the true pride of all Punjabis, Hindu, Muslim or Sikh.
