Nadhan

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Nadhan (नधान)[1][2] Nadha (नधा) is a Gotra of the Jats.

Origin

History

Sir H. M. Elliot[3] writes about a tribe called Nadha:

From Multán to the vicinity of Mansúra the country is occupied by a warlike race, called Nadha. It consists of a number of tribes scattered about between Túbarán Makrán, Multán, and Mansúra, like the Berber nomads. The Nadhas have peculiar dwellings, and marshes in which they take refuge, on the west of the Mihrán. They possess excellent camels, and, particularly, a sort which they breed, called Karah. This is held in high esteem in Khúrasán and the rest of Persia. It resembles the camel of Balkh and the female camel of Samar-kand, for it is of good temper and has two humps; not like the camels of our countries, which have only one.

  • From Mansúra to the confines of Nadha six days.
  • From the confines of Nadha to the city of Kír [Kíz] about ten days.
  • From Nadha to Tíz, at the extremity of Makrán, sixteen days. The town which the Nadhas most frequent for buying, selling, and other matters, is Kandáïl. Kír Káyán is a district known by the name of Aïl,2 inhabited by Musulmans and other people dependant on the Nadhas of whom we have just spoken. The country produces corn, raisins, fruits, camels, oxen, and sheep. It bears the name of Aïl, because a man of that name conquered it (in ancient times), and laid the foundation of its prosperity.

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