Naich

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Naich (नाइच)[1][2] [3] is Jat Gotra found in Shahpur, Multan, Bahavalpur districts in Pakistan. [4],[5]

History

H.A. Rose[6] refers Maclagan who describes Bhuttas as a Jat or Rajput clan found in Multan tahsil and allied to the Langahs, etc., Bhutta, Langah, Dahar, Shajra and Naich, being said to be sons of Mahli in the couplet : —

Saghi, jihāndi dādi, Sodi jihāndi mā,
Mahli jāi panj putr — Dahar, Bhutta, Langah, Naich, Shajra.

Distribution in Pakistan

Naich - The Naich claim Rajput ancestry. They found in Bahawalpur, Sadiqabad, Kabirwala, Rahim Yar Khan, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Bhakkar and Khushab districts of Punjab. The Naich are a Saraiki-speaking Jat clan.

According to 1911 census, the Naich Muslim Jat clan had a population of 4,093 in Bahawalpur State in Pakistan.[7]

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