Jarral

The Jarral were a Rajput clan of the Pir Panjal hills, later counted among the Muslim Rajputs, who claimed descent from the Tomar Rajputs of the lunar lineage. Their rajas ruled Rajouri, the ancient Rajapuri named in Kalhana's Rajatarangini. The first of them, Prithvi Pal, held the Pir Panjal passes against Mahmud of Ghazni's raid of 1021, and his line ruled the principality from 1033.

In 1475 the campaigns of the Kashmiri general Malik Tazi Bhat reduced Rajouri to a tributary of the Kashmir Sultanate, though its rajas kept limited autonomy. Under Mughal rule the Jarral rulers came to terms with the empire and received the title Mirza.

They resisted Sikh expansion, but in 1813 Gulab Singh of Jammu captured Rajouri for Ranjit Singh by defeating Raja Aghar Khan, ending Jarral rule.