The Dogar are a Punjabi Muslims heritage clan( bradari).[
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History
Dogar people settled in Punjab during the Medieval period.[ They have been classified as a branch of the Rajput][ such as animal raiding and other types of theft, including highway robbery.][
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In the late 17th century, the Dogars residing within the of Lakhi Jangal (in present-day Multan District) were among the tribes that challenged the authority of the Mughal Empire emperor Aurangzeb.
In literature
In the Sufi poet Waris Shah's tragic romance of 1766, Heer Ranjha, Dogars are scorned as commoners (along with Jats and other agricultural groups).
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