Las

For village of this name see Las Sirohi

Las (लास) (Lais) Jat clan is found in Afghanistan.

History

H. W. Bellew writes that Lath or Las may stand for the Lais or Laith of Sistan, whose dynasty flourished there after the Tahiri.

Sir H. M. Elliot describes Armá-bel. The name of this place frequently occurs during the early period of Arab connection with Sind; but neither its orthography nor position can be established with certainty. ....Combining all these several names and statements together, I am disposed to consider that Armá-bel is the ancient and correct reading; and that its name is partly preserved in, while its position corresponds with, the modern Bela, the capital of the province of Las. It is placed on a considerable eminence-a strong and rocky site on the northern bank of the Purálí (the Arabis of the ancients); and, though it is now partly surrounded by a sorry mud wall, and contains only about 300 houses, there are old Muhammadan sepulchres and other vestages of antiquity in its neighbourhood, especially about five miles to the westward, which seem to indicate its greater importance at some former period. Coins, trinkets, and funereal jars are occasionally found there; and in the nearest point of the contiguous hills, separating the province of Las from the old town of Jhow, numerous caves and rock-temples exist, ascribed by tradition to Farhád and the fairies, but which have been considered by an observant traveller to be the earthly resting abodes of the former chiefs, or governors, of the province.1

Notable persons

• 'Amru Lais - See The history of India : as told by its own historians. Volume II/IV. Jamiu-l Hikayat of Muhammad Ufi, by Sir H. M. Elliot Edited by John Dowson, 186, p. 172

• Ya'kuh Lais - See The history of India : as told by its own historians. Volume II/IV. Jamiu-l Hikayat of Muhammad Ufi, by Sir H. M. Elliot Edited by John Dowson, 186, p. 175

References

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