Kianth

Kianth is a Muslim Jat clan found in Pakistan.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Kianth = Cyaneæ (Pliny.vi.13)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions The Islands of the Euxine.... The islands of the Euxine are the Placate or Cyaneæ¹, otherwise called Symplegades, and Apollonia, surnamed Thynias², to distinguish it from the island of that name³ in Europe; it is four miles in circumference, and one mile distant from the mainland. Opposite to Pharnacea⁴ is Chalceritis, to which the Greeks have given the name of Aria⁵, and consecrated it to Mars; here, they say, there were birds that used to attack strangers with blows of their wings.

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1 Already mentioned in B. iv. c. 27.

2 Mentioned in c. 44 of the last Book.

3 The one lying at the mouth of the Danube, and mentioned in B. iv. c. 27.

4 Mentioned in c. 4 of the present Book. See p. 9.

5 Or "Mars' Island," also called Aretias; at this island, in the south of the Euxine, the two queens of the Amazons, Otrere and Antiope, built a temple in honour of Ares or Mars. It is thought to be the rocky islet called by the Turks Kerasunt Ada, between three and four miles from Kerasunt, the ancient Pharnacea.

Distribution in Pakistan

Kianth - The Kianth are a small Jat clan from Rajasthan. They are found in Faisalabad District, Rahim Yar Khan District and Kashmir. The Kianth Jat have no connection with the Kainth caste of India.

References

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