Bisu
Bisu (बिस) Bissu (बिस्सु) Vissu (विस्सु) Vishu (विशु) is gotra found in Rajasthan. Bisudi clan is found in Afghanistan.[1]
History
H. W. Bellew writes that Pissuroi by Strabo, I recognise in the existing Besudi or Bisudi.[2]
Bisudi — the Pissuroi of Strabo, before noticed — inhabit the Bisud district west of Pughman range from Kabul to Bamian, and are reckoned at about forty thousand families, all Shia' in religion. They are in numerous subdivisions, the chief being : — Babali, Burjagae, Daulatpa, Dihkan, Darghan, Darvesh, Jhalak, Jangzae, Sargae, Sokpa, etc.
There is another district called Bisud in the Jalalabad valley, between the junction of the Kunar and Kabul rivers ; but no Hazarah are now found there. [3]
Bisudi claim descent from the brothers Satuk Kamar and Satuk Sokpa. Of these names, Satuk is a Turki title of respect, equivalent to our " Mister", and corresponds with the Persian Khwajah, which means "gentleman," " merchant," etc. Kamar is the name of a Skythian tribe, which is not uncommon in Afghanistan, and appears to have been early incorporated with the Rajput of Saurashtra, where it was afterwards changed to Jetwa, according to Tod. [4]
Bhim Singh Dahiya mentions some Rigvedic tribes. Vissu is mentioned as Visanin
(46) Visanin (विषाणिन) : RV VII/18/7. They are the Bisnhnoi/Vissu of today and they live in the area where river Sarasvati (Ghaggar) was lost in the Thar desert.
- आ पक्थासो भलानसो भनन्तालिनासो विषाणिनः शिवासः |
- आ यो.अनयत सधमा आर्यस्य गव्या तर्त्सुभ्यो अजगन युधा नर्न || RV VII/18/7
Distribution in Rajasthan
Villages in Sikar district
Mailasi (15), Puran Bari,
Villages in Barmer district
Locations in Jaipur city
Tonk Road,
Villages in Nagaur district
Villages in Pali district
Villages in Jhunjhunu district
Gugan Ki Dhani (8), Khedar Ki Dhani,
Villages in Hanumangarh district
Kular, Nukera, Ratanpura, Shergarh, Sangaria,
Villages in Churu district
Distribution in Haryana
Villages in Sirsa district
Godekan (गोदेकां), Kaluana, Teja Khera,
History
Notable persons
External links
References
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.36
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.36
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.46
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.47
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