Editing Multan (section)

===Kathi period===
Several historians have suggested that before the Muslim invasion, the [[Vala (clan)|Valas]], a prominent clan of the [[Kathi people|Kathi]] [[Rajput|Rajputs]], were among the early rulers of the Thatta region. These groups are thought to have originally resided along the [[Indus River]], encompassing areas such as [[Thatta]] and Multan, before migrating to the [[Kathiawar]] region of present-day [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. In the bardic tradition, the Vala rulers are associated with the birad, or blessing, of "''Tatta Multan ka Rao''" (Lords of Thatta and Multan), a title that underscores their historical ties to these locations.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vala |first=Najbhai |url=https://archive.org/details/kathiyawad-vala-ane-kathi-rajvansho/page/n96/mode/1up |title=કાઠિયાવાડ: વાળા અને કાઠી રાજવંશો |publisher=Pravin Prakashan Pvt. Ltd. |year=1999 |edition=1st |location=Rajkot |page=97 |language=gu |trans-title=Kathiyawad: Vala and Kathi Dynasties |quote=વાળા અને કાઠી રાજવંશોને, તેમની માંગણ કોમ કે જે મીર, ઢાઢી વિ. (જે મુસલમાન કોમ છે) તે અત્યારે પણ પ્રસંગોપાત્ત “ઠઠ્ઠા-મુલતાનના રાવ” તરીકે બિરદાવે છે.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Tod |first=James |author-link=James Tod |url=https://archive.org/details/annalsantiquitie01todj/page/134/mode/1up?view=theater |title=Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India |publisher=Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press |year=1920 |editor-last=Crooke |editor-first=William |editor-link=William Crooke |volume=1st |page=134 |chapter=Chapter 7 Catalogue of the Thirty-six Royal Races |quote=All the genealogists, ancient and modern, insert the Vala tribe amongst the Rajkulas. The birad, or ' blessing,' of the bard is Tatta Multan ka rao, indicative of their original abodes on the Indus.}}</ref>