Pathan (clan)

**Pathan**
Pathan
	A Pathan man drinking Tea
Religions	Hinduism; Islam;
Languages	Gujari; Kashmiri; Punjabi; Urdu; Hindi;
Country	India; Pakistan;
Region	Punjab, Pakistan; Azad Kashmir; Himachal Pradesh; Uttarakhand; Jammu and Kashmir;
Ethnicity	Gurjar (Gujjar)

Pathan^[1]^[2]^[3] sometimes misspelled as Pathanah^[4] is a clan of the Gurjars mainly based in Punjab and Kashmir.^[3]

Distribution[edit]

They inhabit mainly in the areas like Punjab, Pakistan, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, India.^[4]

^ Shashi, Shyam Singh (2006). The World of Nomads. Lotus Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-81-8382-051-6.
^ Rawat, Ajay Singh (1993). Man and Forests: The Khatta and Gujjar Settlements of Sub-Himalayan Tarai. Indus Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 978-81-85182-97-1. Despite their conversion to Islam, the Gujjars have main- tained many rituals and practices of their Hindu ancestors. They have retained the 'Gotra2 system, though they are not clear about the genesis of their gotras, except that it refers to their Hindu ancestry. Their important gotras are Kasana, Lodha, Padhana, Bagri, Dinda, Dhetra, Chabra, Pathan, Kasani, Bhainsi.
^ ^a ^b Rahi, Dr Javaid (2017-01-01). The Gujjars Vol: 06 Edited by Dr. Javaid Rahi Book series on Gujjar History and Culture. Jammu and Kashmir Acacademy of Art, Culture , Languages , Jammu. p. 341. The Gujjars are divided into various gotras (clans), which are the same as among the Hindu Gujjars. Some of the clan names of the Gujjars inhabiting the lower Himalayas are Kasana, Chechi, Chauhan, Theckari, Dhinda, Pathan, Poshwal(d), Lodha and Kaalas.
^ ^a ^b Sir Edward Maclagan, Sir Denzil Ibbetson (1980). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: Based on the Census Report of the Punjab, 1883. Amar Prakashan. p. 232. PATHANAH, & Gujar clan (agricultural) found in Amritsar (Punjab.