The Story of My Family Part One: From a Family Heaven to a Family Battlefield My parents were probably married in 1984. Before I was born, they had a daughter. Sadly, she was stillborn. Some time later, I was born. After me came my younger brother and another sister. In 1992, I was sent to Syed Qazim Islamia Middle School. I was still a child, but those years became some of the most important years of my life. Our Joint Family In 1992, we lived in a joint family. It included my parents, my two siblings, my two uncles, my grandparents and an adopted paternal aunt. One of my uncles was married and had children. The other was divorced and lived a carefree life. We owned about 75 kanals of land. We had sheep, bulls, cows and calves. We also had poplar, almond and acacia trees. By the standards of our village, our family possessed property worth lakhs of rupees. In my childhood, the family seemed like heaven. But the heaven did not last. The Return of My Eldest Uncle My eldest uncle w...
Pedigree of the Bhat Community of Lethapora The following is a preliminary account of the Bhat Community of Lethapora, compiled from family information, oral traditions and local accounts. Some names, relationships and details remain uncertain and may require verification through family records, elderly community members and other reliable sources. The Main Bhat Family According to family tradition, Azam Bhat reportedly came to Lethapora, where he worked as a watchman in the local apple orchards. He was known as a respectable and well-mannered man. He later married a local woman and had a son named Wahab Bhat. Wahab Bhat had four sons: 1) Jumm Bhat Jumm Bhat had one son, Muhammad Shaban Bhat. Shaban Bhat, who passed away in 2014, had three sons: • Gh. Nabi Bhat • Ali Muhammad Bhat • Gh. Mohi-ud-Din Bhat And , an adopted daughter. Gh. Nabi Bhat has a son named Mushtaq Ahmed Bhat. Ali Muhammad Bhat has a son named Momin Ali Bhat. Gh. Mohi-ud-Din Bhat has three sons: • ...