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Pages in category "Punjabi-language surnames" The following 165 pages are in this category, out of 165 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Following is a list of Punjabi Muslim tribes, castes and surnames, mainly those with origins in Punjab, Pakistan. Note that some of these may have a significant non-Muslim population. Note that some of these may have a significant non-Muslim population.
This is a list of Punjabi tribes. More specifically, these are tribes (mostly in Pakistan ) and castes (mostly in India ) located within the Punjab region of South Asia , including those that may not be officially recognized by state governments.
Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.
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Many Sikhs append the name of their sub-caste (known as a got in Punjabi and gotra in Hindi) as their surname. [19]: 40–41 [8]: 144 A got is an exogamous grouping within a particular caste (known as a zat in Punjabi and jati in Hindi). [19]: 343 [8]: 144 A zat is an endogamous caste grouping, which contains gots under it.
The Gujarat Sultanate (1407–1523) was a medieval Muslim dynasty founded by Zafar Khan Muzaffar, a member of the Tank caste of Punjabi Khatris according to the contemporary historian Shiekh Sikander [86] or Rajputs. [87] He started as a menial but rose to the level of a noble in the Delhi Sultan's family and became the Governor of Gujrat ...