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Akbari jatts and darbari jatts

" Darbari Jats, the descendants of those who gave their daughters to Emperor Jahangir, just as the Akbaris gave daughters to Akbar. Thus, some of the Mann Jats of Tuto Mazara are Darbaris, but they will take brides for their sons from non-Darbaris, provided the dowry (dahej) is ample."

"Among the Jats the only social distinctions are the well known 'Akbari' or Darbari makans--35 in number according to the usual accounts.But in Amritsar the Akbari is only the highest of a series of four grades,the Aurangzebi(those admitted to this rank during the rule of Aurangzahib),Khalsai(or those admitted during Sikh times) and Angrezi(of those admitted since British ruler began) being the other three,and no less than 150 villages,all generally speaking in the Manjha,now claim Darbari status.There is also a Shahjahuani grade,the Sansi Jats,of Raja Sansi,having been admitted in the reign of Shah Jahan.The origin of the Akbari group is thus described.When the emperor Akbar took in marriage the daughter of Mihr Mithan,a Jat,of the Manjha,35 of the principal Jat,and 36 of the leading Rajput families countenanced the marriage and sent representatives to Delhi....The Akbari Jats follow some of the higher castes in not allowing remarriage of widows,and in practising darbara,which is a custom of giving vails at weddings to the mirasis of other Akbari families.Below the Akbari is the Darbari grade,descendants of those who gave their daughters to the emperor Jahangir"