Many thanks for the encouragement and guidance.Hope to see you here often.

No doubt Matore has produced many soldiers and Generals of great repute.

So I believe this statement is true than “Janjua’s of Matore are Great”

I belongs to janjua family ov matore, son ov ARSHAD MEHMOOD JANJUA & grand son CAPT FAZAL DAD KHAN JANJUA & decendent of DADA PEER KALA..

As for one of our ancestors being forced to convert, it has been cited that he was a convert to Sufi Islam (Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh by Parvez Dewan, Manas Publications, 2004, p422) by many sources (Gulshan-e-Mohyali) both of which are external non Janjua publications. The fact that this occurred in an era where no Muslim Rulers exercised overlordship on, nor could they be offered monetary tax exemptions or benefits (such as were available during Mughal days) makes one appreciate the selflessness of the converts embrace of this faith of selfless love and spirituality.

In truth, this conversion didn’t cement the conversion of the entire clan, and one can never prove anything 800years on. But what is interesting is the inference you make that a proud Rajput is not “allowed” to make a decision to embrace another faith he sees virtue in. I deduce Rajputs to be brave people, brave enough to appreciate a faith that enriched the culture of Hind through the divine Sufi missionaries who illuminated the lives of the poor and guided those who needed it. I am proud my ancestors saw past the petty peer pressures and stubborn loyalties to a faith that itself encourages spiritual growth (ie Hinduism) and accepted the Sufi call to Islam. History is evident that we Janjua were no less warlike after our conversions, we were more so!
Infact, despite being co religionists with the Delhi Sultanate, we were always at war with them, to the extent their court writers (Amir Khusro no less) wrote poems eulogising how the “Delhi Badshah’s made the blood flow of Janjua that boats may glide in it”. My ancestors waged bloody rebellions with Muslim kings, not Islam. They embraced it and synthesised it within their own Rajput culture/tradition. We are not less with Islam, but MUCH MUCH more. Fact is, Islam for us is an amazing and great religion which we are very proud of and which has showed us, that if our kasab are neech, then we are neech. Even a Dalit (untouchable) deserves the respect of a human being and is our brother in Islam or our equal in humanity. We chose to take this bold step. Your clan evidently did not (infact, Pathanias are a sub branch of Tomars, of which many converted to Islam).
We took on our communities petty peer pressure which always criticised people who left their faith, even in instances where the Rajputs converted out of genuine sheer conviction (please read Rulers of India, Lord Lawrence and the Reconstruction of India Under The Crown by Sir Charles Aitcheson, K.C.S.I., M.A., LL.D., Clarendon Press 1897,V p117). So then is it weakness to convert, or actually is it courage that is required to break away from caste bonds, community resentment and peer pressure? I say courage.

No grudges or personal enmity here.

Indian culture is so rich, and the areas of migration bringing dufferent dynamics to ones identity is an intriguing study, and I would encourage you to read this up. But be very careful with colonial works because they are very biased and with a negative slant towards people. Ultimately they were written by racists and supremacists.

Good luck in future with your research bro