Khukhrain
The Khukhrain or Khokhrain[1] is a sub-group composed of eight clans of the Khatri caste that originally hailed from the areas of the Salt Range.The Khukhrains spread over Khushab, Dhune Kheb, Chakwal, Pind Dadan Khan, Peshawar, Nowshera and Lahore.[2][full citation needed] They were a powerful tribe during the attacks of Mahmud of Ghazni and resisted him during his third invasion after the defeat of Jayapala at the Battle of Bhera in 1004-5.[3][full citation needed] King Jai Dev Anand defeated Mahmud of Ghazni, making him a prisoner of war.Some scholars such as Muhammad Ikrām Chutai believe that a number of Khukhrains were converted to Islam by the Sufi Baba Farid.