The term Rohilla is derived from the Pashtu Roh, meaning mountain, and literally means a mountain air, and was used by the Baluch and Jats of the Derajat region to refer to the Pashtun mountains tribes of Loralai, Zhob and Waziristan regions.
Ali Muhammad was succeeded by Hafiz Rahmat Khan Barech (1749-1774), whom he appointed h¹fiz or regent of Rohilkhand on his deathbed [REF].