Key Terms
- Sudhan
- A tribal and ethnic community centered in the Poonch and Azad Jammu and Kashmir region, with a significant diaspora.
- Biradari
- Literally "brotherhood"; a kinship or community grouping that plays a major role in social and political life.
- Pahari–Pothwari
- A north–western Indo–Aryan language continuum spoken in parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and northern Punjab.
- Dogra
- The ruling dynasty of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- Poonch
- A historically important principality and district in the western Himalayas, central to Sudhan history.
Places & Historical References
- Sudhanoti
- A district in Azad Jammu and Kashmir whose name reflects the prominence of the Sudhan community.
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir
- A self–governing territory administered by Pakistan, encompassing much of the Sudhan homeland.