Minæi
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Minæi was an Arabian tribe mentioned by Pliny.[1]
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Minhas = Minæi (Pliny.vi.32).
Mention by Pliny
Pliny [3] mentions Arabia.....He (Ælius Gallus) brought back with him the following discoveries—that the Nomades63 live upon milk and the flesh of wild beasts, and that the other nations, like the Indians, extract a sort of wine from the palm-tree, and oil from sesame.64 He says that the most numerous of these tribes are the Homeritæ and the Minæi, that their lands are fruitful in palms and shrubs, and that their chief wealth is centred in their flocks.
63 Or wandering tribes.
64 Its uses in medicine are stated at length in the last Chapter of B. xxi.