Nawab Jassi Khan is the legendary founding father of Sudhan people
Nawab Jassi Khan and his battlion. It is said that some centuries ago Nawab Jassi Khan, who was chief of his family, battlelion first settled near Kotli, in the Murree hills. Another tribe held the opposite bank of the Jhelum and tyrannised over the Locals of Poonch Kashmir, who called in the Sudhans to their aid. The Sudhans having defeated the tribe, seized their country and named it Sudhanoti, it was at this time that they took the title of Sudhan, The Sudhanwhich has many meaning like (fair, just, brave, etc…) this name was an honorary name given to their Pathan ancestors; Nawab Jassi Khan and his battlelion. which they had earned as a compliment to their valour from the locals. In this period, they multiplied quickly and emerged into a strong and powerful tribe. Shrine of Jassi Khan can be found at Jessa Peer in Mang, Azad Kashmir and Sudhan betka organized by Jassi Khan can be found at Holar in Kotli, Azad Kashmir. Nawab Jassi Khan is also considered to be the founder of Sudhanoti region, he named the Sudhanoti.
(Mostly Sudhans say, even Sardar Ibrahim Khan mentioned in his book that; Nawab Jassi Khan belonged to Sadduzai tribe of Afghanistan)
(While some Sudhans also say that Nawab Jassi Khan belonged to deffirent Afghan Pathan tribes)
