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The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and su ...
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Jats of Sindh
Jat Muslim or Musalman Jat also spelled Jutt ( ur, ) (also spelled Jatt or Jutt; ) are a sub-group of the Jat people, who are followers of Islam and are primarily native to the Punjab region, Gujarat Region or Northern regions of the Indian S ...
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Muley Jat
Jat Muslim or Musalman Jat also spelled Jutt ( ur, ) (also spelled Jatt or Jutt; ) are a sub-group of the Jat people, who are followers of Islam and are primarily native to the Punjab region, Gujarat Region or Northern regions of the Indian ...
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Jats of Azad Kashmir
The Jats are one of the largest communities found in Azad Kashmir, making up the majority of the population of Mirpur District, and forming a large part of the populations of Bhimber and Kotli districts.
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Jat
The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and su ...
s of
Kutch are a cattle breeding nomadic
Muslim community, found in the
Kutch region of
Gujarat
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India
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. They are one of a number of communities of
Maldhari Maldharis are herdsmen community in Gujarat, India. Originally nomads, they came to be known as Maldharis after settling in Junagadh district (mainly Gir Forest).
"Maldhari" is an occupational term which refers to people from a variety of castes ...
pastoral nomads found in the
Banni region of
Kutch.
History and origin
The Jat, or Jath claim descent from ancient pastoral tribes of the
Indus River Delta region of
Sindh, where some members of the tribe still reside. Jath word come from Sindhi word jotay for this peoples. Jath are converted Muslim. Jath of kutch and Sindh belong to
rabari
The Rabari people (also known as Desai, Rabari, Raika, and Dewasi people) are an ethnic group from the Rajasthan also found in Gujarat Kutch region.
Origin Myth
The Rabari myth of origin is kshatriya that Shiva put them on earth to tend to the ...
tribe. Some rabaris Camel herder's groups of Balochistan converted into Islam and known as jath. Some that were assimilated from later waves of migration and who remain in
Sindh are referred to as the
Sindhi Jats. From there, they moved into the Bani region in search of pastorage. With the
partition of India, the Jat of Kutch have lost all contact with their kinsmen in
Sindh.
Present circumstances
The Jats are a
Maldhari Maldharis are herdsmen community in Gujarat, India. Originally nomads, they came to be known as Maldharis after settling in Junagadh district (mainly Gir Forest).
"Maldhari" is an occupational term which refers to people from a variety of castes ...
cattle-herding group, and are mainly distributed in
Kutch and
Saurashtra. They have three territorial divisions, the Halari Jat (found in
Jamnagar and
Porbandar), Verai Jat (
Banaskantha District
Banaskantha district is one of the thirty-three districts of the Gujarat state of India. The administrative headquarters of the district is at Palanpur which is also its largest city. The district is located in the Northeast of Gujarat and is pre ...
), and Kutchi Jat (found in
Kutch District). The Kutchi are further subdivided into the Dhanetah, Girasia and Fakirani, the latter consider themselves superior to the other two, and are strictly endogamous. They are further divided into clans like the Badajang, Podani, Aamar, Vangayi, while the Girasia are divided into the Mudrag, Bhallad and Hallayi. All these clans, except the Fakirani, enjoy equal status. The
Saurashtra Jat, known as Malek, maintain a system of
gotra exogamy.
[People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Two edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 528–533]
In addition to cattle rearing, the community are also involved in the breeding of camels, especially the Fakirani. A good many of the
Saurashtra community are small-scale peasant farmers. A few are landless, and work as agricultural labourers. The Kutch Jat are also known for their embroidery work.
See also
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Jat
The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and su ...
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Jats of Sindh
Jat Muslim or Musalman Jat also spelled Jutt ( ur, ) (also spelled Jatt or Jutt; ) are a sub-group of the Jat people, who are followers of Islam and are primarily native to the Punjab region, Gujarat Region or Northern regions of the Indian S ...
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