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conquest of Sind (712) they, with a cognate tribe called Meds, constituted the bulk of the population. They enlisted under the banner of Mahommed See also:

bin Kasim, but at a later date offered a vigorous resistance to the Arab invaders. In 836 they were overthrown by Amran, who imposed on them a See also:

TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute of See also:

DOGS, ISLE OF

dogs, and used their arms to vanquish the Meds. In 1025, however, they had gathered audacity, not only to invade See also:

MANSURA

Mansura, and compel the See also:

ABJURATION (from Lat. abjurare, to forswear)

abjuration of the Mussulman See also:

AMIR, or AMEER (an Arabic word meaning " commander," from the root amr, " commanding ")

amir, but to attack the victorious See also:

army of Mahmad, laden with the spoil of See also:

SOMNATH

Somnath. Chastisement duly ensued: a formidable flotilla, collected at Malian, shattered in thousands the comparatively defenceless Jat boats on the Indus, and annihilated their See also:

NATIONAL

national pretensions. It is not until the decay of the See also:

MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

Mogul See also:

EMPIRE

Empire that the Jats again appear in See also:

HISTORY

history. One See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of them, settled See also:

south of See also:

AGRA

Agra, mainly by bold plundering raids founded two dynasties which still exist at See also:

BHARATPUR, or BHURTPORE

Bharatpur (q.v.) and See also:

DHOLPUR

Dholpur (q.v.). Another branch, settled north-See also:

west of See also:

DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi,who adopted the See also:

SIKH

Sikh See also:

religion, ultimately made themselves dominant throughout the Punjab (q.v.) under Ranjit Singh, and are now represented in their See also:

ORIGINAL

original See also:

home by the Phulkian houses of See also:

PATIALA, or PUTTIALA

Patiala (q.v.), See also:

JIND

Jind (q.v.) and See also:

NABHA

Nabha (q.v.). It is from this latter branch that the Sikh regiments of the See also:

INDIAN

Indian army are recruited.

The Jats are mainly agriculturists and See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle breeders. In their settlements on the See also:

GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges and See also:

JUMNA, or JAMUNA

Jumna, extending as far See also:

east as See also:

BAREILLY, or BARELI

Bareilly, they are divided into two See also:

GREAT

great clans, the Dhe and the Hele; while in the Punjab there are said to be one See also:

HUNDRED

hundred different sections. Their religion varies with locality. In the Punjab they have largely embraced Sikh tenets, while in Sind and Baluchistan they are Mahommedans. In See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance they are not See also:

ill-favoured though extremely dark; they have See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth, and large beards, sometimes stained with See also:

INDIGO (earlier indico, from Lat. indicum, the Indian sub-stance or dye; the Sans. name was niti, from nila, dark blue, and this through Arab. al-nil, annil, gives " aniline ")

indigo. Their inferiority of social position, however, to some extent betrays itself in their aspect, and tends to be perpetuated by their intellectual apathy.

End of Article: JATS, or JUTS

Additional information and Comments

I have to add only two things: 1 jat is not a degraded rajput since basically jats do not belong to Braminical Hindu which a rajput belons. So jat is a first class jat than a degraded rajput. 2Jat is not dark in color and he iscomparatively fairer than other indian communities .

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