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Lotian (लोटियाण) Lot (लोट)[1] [2] is gotra of Jats. [3] Lot/Lut/Luti clan is found in Afghanistan.[4]
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Origin
- Lothian : Lothian is referred to a province encompassing most of what is now southeastern Scotland. The name is said to be given by King Lot, who chiefly figures as king of Lothian, but in other sources he also rules Orkney and sometimes Norway.
- There is a King mentioned in Rajatarangini named Loṭhana or Lothanasimha of Loharkot.
History
According to H. W. Bellew the Mazari tribe inhabited a tract of about fifty miles by thirty, forming the extreme south of Dera Ghazi Khan district, and comprise the sections which include: — Lot.[5]
H. W. Bellew writes that Lot or Lut for Luti tribe of the Lut desert of Kirman.[6]
Lota village
- लोटा (जाट गोत्र - लोट) : लोटा नाम का गाँव झारखंड के पश्चिमी सिंहभूम जिले की बंदगांव विकास-खंड में है।
In Rajatarangini
See Lothana
Distribution in Punjab
Villages in Jalandhar district
- Lohian is village in Jalandhar -II tahsil in Jalandhar district in Punjab, India.
Notable persons
- Khatib Lút - See Sir H. M. Elliot Edited by John Dowson, The history of India : as told by its own historians. Volume II/IV. Jamiu-l Hikayat of Muhammad Ufi,p.196
External links
References
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. ल-28
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.59,s.n. 2228
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p. 280
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, H. W. Bellew, p.185
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan,p.133
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan,p.185
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