Tahlon

Tahlon (टहलोन) is a gotra of Jats.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Tahlon = Tylos (Bahrain) (Pliny.vi.32)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Arabia.... Fifty miles from the coast, lying in the interior, is the region of Attene, and opposite to Gerra is the island of Tylos¹⁸, as many miles distant from the shore; it is famous for the vast number of its pearls, and has a town of the same name; in its vicinity there is a smaller island,¹⁹ distant from a promontory on the larger one twelve miles and a half. They say that beyond this large islands may be seen, upon which no one has ever landed: the circumference of the smaller island is one hundred and twelve miles and a half; and it is more than that distance from the Persian coast, being accessible by only one narrow channel.

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18 The modern island of Bahrein, according to Brotier, still famous for its pearl-fishery.

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