Rak
Rak is a Muslim Jat clan found in Pakistan.
Origin
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Rak = Rakka = Nicephorion (Pliny.vi.30)
- Rak (Jat clan) = Raktabij. Raktabīja (रक्तबीज) (L.14, V.28), an asura follower of Shiva, mentioned in Pujaripali Stone Inscription of Gopaladeva ....(V.28) - When he praised the goddess that killed (the demon) Raktabîja (रक्तबीज) (L.14) who (could) not be defeated by all gods, all fortune [entered the house Gôpâla] . [1] Pujaripali (पुजारीपली) is village in Sarangarh tahsil in Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[2] mentions Mesopotamia .... In the vicinity of the Euphrates is Nicephorion, of which we have13 already stated that Alexander, struck with the favourable situation of the spot, ordered it to be built. We have also similarly made mention14 of Apamea on the Zeugma.
13 In B. v. c. 21.
14 In B. v. c. 21.
History
Distribution in Pakistan
According to 1901 census the Rak Population was 435 in Multan.
Notable persons
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