Jarral
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This article is about the tribe. For the Union Council, see Jarral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The Jarral Rajputs (Urdu: جـرال راجپوت, also spelled Jaral. Jarral, Jerral) are a Muslim Rajput tribe of Azad Kashmir and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.
Jarral Rajputs claim to be descendants of the Pandavas. They are named after their apical ancestor, Raja Jir Rao, a Rajput descendant of the Pandavas referred to in the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata.[1]
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- ^ Punjab Chiefs by Sir Lepel H. Griffin (Lahore, 1909, p.97)
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