Kassar

Kassar or Mughal Kassar (Urdu: ( کسر / مغل قصر ) are a Mughal tribe and one of the three major land-owning tribes in the Dhanni country of Chakwal District in Punjab province, Pakistan. They occupy the northern part of Dhani, called 'Babial and Chaupeda'. In the Punjab settlement report of 1862, it is mentioned that they had come from Jammu along with the Mair-Minhas tribe and had been settled in this area by the Mughal Emperor, Zaheerudin Babur. However, in Punjab census of 1881 they claimed that they themselves were of Mughal descent, and presented a family tree that connected their lineage with Babur in the 8th generation and showed their ancestor Kassar (who was said to be a Barlas Mughal) as a distant cousin of Babur. Hence, they claimed that they had come with Babur's army as his fellow tribesmen and were settled in Dhani along with the Mairs and Kahuts by the Emperor himself. According to the census of 1931, their male population was approximately 4000. Kassars tend to prefer their own caste for marriages but second priority goes to Mair Minhas and Kahout Quraish.