Kayani Mughal

The Kayanii (Urdu: Hindko کیانی ‎) is a title used by ghakar tribe based in Rawalpindi, northern Pakistan.

Medieval Gakhars and Babur

In his Baburnama, Babur noted that:

Up to this time, around 1519, the Gakhars and Janjua Rajputs had engaged in an endless battle for sovereignty over the Salt Range.

However, the alliance of Raja Sahib Khan (Janjua overlord) and Malik Bir Khan Gakhar, saw a period of peace between the two tribes (both being visionary princes, and with a legendary friendship of treating each other as half brothers). This was later abruptly ended upon the ascension of Hathi Khan Gakhar as the leader of the Gakhar tribe, who assassinated Malik Hast Janjua's father, thereby reawakening the old feud between the two clans.

Concerning the Gakhar clan, Babur goes on to say.

Babur also gives an account of his attack on Ruler of Pothohar Hathi Khan (Hamad Khan) Gakhar at the fortress of Pharwala.

The medieval Gakhars and Humayun

Humayun, Babur's son, ruled from 1530–1540. Humayun lost his Indian territories to the Afghan Sultan, Sher Shah Suri, and, with Persian aid, regained them fifteen years later.