Basra Gotra
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Basra (बसरा)[1][2] is gotra of Jats found in Punjab, India and Pakistan. Basra (बसरा) Jat clan is found in Shahpur : Basrae (बसराए), a Jat clan found in Amritsar. [3]
Origin
This gotra started from their ancestral people who came from place called Basra Iraq. [4]
Distribution in Punjab
In Gurdaspur district the Basra population is 858. [5]
Distribution in Pakistan
The Basra claim to be of Saroya Rajput ancestry. Found mainly in villages around Pasrur in Sialkot District, and in neighboring Gujranwala District. Some also settled in the canal colony districts of Faisalabad, Sahiwal and Sargodha in the 19th century.
References
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. ब-101
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.50,s.n. 1652
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/B , p.69
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Ādhunik Jat Itihas, Agra 1998, p. 271
- ↑ History and study of the Jats. B.S Dhillon. p.127