HI EVERYONE myself Nouman shah Bodla and in this blog am gonna put some light on our cast history and Tribal history.

Tribal History

According to our own traditions, there was ancestor was Shaikh Shahabudin, also known as Sheikh Shahabulmuluk Quraishi Siddiqui. The Shaikh arrived in Multan during the period of the Lodhi Sultans, and became a disciple of the Sufi Khwaja Muhammad Iraq Ajami. One day the Khwaja told Shahabudin that him that the Shaikh was his Bou-E-Dil. The word Bodla is derived from the Persian word “Bou-E-Dil” which literally means “Fragrance of heart” but in general word it means “the person who knows feeling of heart”. The Khwaja was saying that his disciple knew he thoughts. Shahabulmuluk, as he was now known as settled in the village of Khai, located near the town of Bahawalnagar. Over time the Bodlas spread eastwards, settling in large numbers near the town of Fazilka, from their original settlement at Khai

 Bahawalnagar. Over time the Bodlas spread eastwards, settling in large numbers near the town of Fazilka, from their original settlement at Khai.

As Mughal authority collapsed in the 18th Century, a Bodla by the name of Mahakumdin established an independent state based at Bahak Khas. The state remained independent until the rise of the Ahluwalia Sikhs. Among the tribes of the Sutlej, there is a tradition that the Bodla had the power of curing disease by exorcism, especially snake bites and hydrophobia. They were able to use this status in their conflict with the Pathans of Mamdot, and the Daudpotas of Bahawalpur, who also claimed the territory between Fazilka and Deepalpur. Many of these tribes such as the Wattu, as well as some Joiya and Dogar considered the Bodlas to be their pirs.

Distribution of Bodla in Punjab by District According to 1901 Census of India

At the beginning of the 20th Century, most the Bodla population resided in or near Sutlej valley, half of their territory lies within Indian Punjab, stretching from Khanewal in the west to Hisar in what is now Haryana, in the east.

DistrictPopulation
Ferozepur District1,183
Hissar District621
Montgomery District495
Bahawalpur State479
Mianwali District316
Patiala State290
Total Population3,384

Distribution

The Bodla are found in the lower and middle Sutlej valley in Punjab. They were at one time an entirely pastoral tribe, and are said to have come from Multan through Bahawalpur to Sahiwal, and claim to have originally settled in Multan, at the time of Bahauddin Zakariya, the famous Sufi saint. From Sahiwal, the Bodla spread to Sirsa, where they occupied the Bahak parganna, as a jagir. Historically, they were also found in Firozpur in addition to Sirsa, districts in modern day Indian Punjab and Haryana. In what became Pakistani territory, they were found in Sahiwal, Pakpattan and Vehari districts. The Bodlas of the Punjab in India and Haryana moved to Pakistan, at the time of the Partition of India.

Khai Bodla in Bahawalnagar District is still the main centre of the tribe.

Pakpattan District

The largest number of Bodla villages are located in Pakpattan District. Many of these Bodla are refugees from Fazilka and Sirsa in India. The villages include  kalyana, Arifabad, Bodla, Chak Bhubhar, Chak Kartarpur Hattiyan, Chak Gadai Shah , Chak Thathaee, Chak 61 4/R Bodla Wala, Chak 41/SP,  Chak 51/SP , Nangpaal, Tibah Bodla, Ghulla, Kot Bodla, Jamo Bodla, Kartarpur, Nathain Bodla, Nausher Bodla, Naghpal, Pakka Sadhar, Pir Ghani, 37 SP, and Salim Shah Bodla. 40sp, kotbodla, baparwal. 

Currently I am living in kalyana and we have a lot of history keeper here one of the great man is Main Afzal bodla and his also the chairman of bodla foundation. Pir Munawar shah Bodla (My father)  pir Anwar shah bodla (late). pir Ejaz Ahmad bodla, Pir Muneer Ahmad bodla, Pir Mustafa bodla, pir Ashraf bodla, pir Ahmad shah Bodla,pir Khalid Mahmood bodla, Pir ishtaq Ahmad bodla, pir saleem Ahmad Bodla, Pir zhaid bodla, pir Adnan Anwar Bodla, Pir toqeer Ahmad bodla, Pir Salman shah Bodla, Pir Amir shah bodla, pir Qamar shah bodla, pir saqib shah Bodla, pir AZEEM shah Bodla, pir noveed shah Bodla, Pir asim shah bodla, Pir Rizwan shah bodla, Mubeen munir bodla