Kuran
Kuran (कुरान)[1] [2] Kuran (कुराण) is a gotra of Jats found in Madhya Pradesh and in Uttar Pradesh. [3]
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Origin
These people got this name afterplace named Kirsan. [4]
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Kuran = Coranitæ (Pliny.vi.32).
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[5] 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
Cap. Dalip Singh Ahalawat has reported in an article published in Jat Samaj Patrika (Oct./Nov.1991) that Jats had ruled in Scythia and Central Asia. He has given a list of about 70 Jat gotras who have ruled there. Kuran is one of the ruling tribes.
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
Villages in Ratlam district
Villages in Ratlam district with population of this gotra are:
Barbodana (1),
Notable persons
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Reference
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. क-96
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.32,sn-339.
- ↑ Jat History Thakur Deshraj/Chapter VIII,s.n. 246, p.586
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Adhunik Jat Itihas, Agra 1998, p. 228
- ↑ Natural History by Pliny Book VI/Chapter 32
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