Athar

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Athar is a Muslim Jat clan found in Pakistan.

Origin

Jat Gotras Namesake

Jat Gotras Namesake

Mention by Pliny

Pliny[1] mentions Lake Mieotis and the adjoining nations....Some writers say that the Auchetæ, the Athernei, and the Asampatæ, Scythian tribes, have made inroads upon this territory, and have destroyed the Tanaitæ and the Inapæi to a man.

Mention by Pliny

Pliny[2] mentions Arabia....Ampelome57 also, a Milesian colony, the town of Athrida, the Calingii, whose city is called Mariva58, and signifies "the lord of all men;" the towns of Palon and Murannimal, near a river by which it is thought that the Euphrates discharges itself, the nations of the Agrei and the Ammonii, the town of Athenæ, the Caunaravi, a name which signifies "most rich in herds," the Coranitæ, the Œsani, and the Choani59. Here were also formerly the Greek towns of Arethusa, Larisa, and Chalcis, which have been destroyed in various wars.


57 Probably the same place as we find spoken of by Herodotus as Ampe, and at which Darius settled a colony of Miletians after the capture of Miletus, B. C. 494.

58 Hardouin remarks that Mariaba, the name found in former editions, has no such meaning in the modern Arabic.

59 Mentioned by Ovid in the Metamorphoses, B. v. 1. 165, et seq. Sillig, however, reads "Ciani."

History

Distribution in Pakistan

Distribution in erstwhile Bahawlpur State

According to 1911 census the Athar were the principal Muslim Jat clan in Bahawalpur State with population of Athar (581) . [3]

Notable persons

References

  1. Natural History by Pliny Book VI/Chapter 7
  2. Natural History by Pliny Book VI/Chapter 32
  3. Census Of India 1911 Volume xiv Punjab Part 2 by Pandit Narikishan Kaul

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