Nasar
Nasar (नासर) or Nasr (Bala Nasar, Nasiri) is a Jat clan found in Afghanistan.[1]
Origin
History
Nasar tribe in Afghanistan
H. W. Bellew[2] writes that Another tribe similar to the Kharoti is the Nasar, one of the Povindah clans of caravan merchants. They pretend to be a branch of the Hotaki Ghilzi ; but these last claim the Nasar as their hamsayah, or vassals. The connection is merely that of landlord and tenant ; both the Kharoti and Nasar summering for pasture in the territories occupied by the Tokhi and Hotaki respectively, and wintering in the Daman of the Indus Derajat. Some of the Nasar claim descent from Shah Husen Ghori, and others claim to be Baloch in descent. The Nasar, although assimilating to the Pathan in language and customs, are a different people in complexion and features, and show undoubted marks of Indian origin. They are reckoned at thirteen thousand families. There is a small Nasar settlement in the Koh Daman of Kabul ; but most of the tribe is without land in Afghanistan, and is chiefly . engaged in the carrying trade between India and the countries of Central Asia,
Notable persons
- Salih Nasr - See The history of India : as told by its own historians. Volume II/IV. Jamiu-l Hikayat of Muhammad Ufi, by Sir H. M. Elliot Edited by John Dowson, 186, p. 175
References
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.45,108,109,120,121,123
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.125
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