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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
Miyânâs (r) reside chiefly in the district of Mi y â ni, which receives its name from them. They serve as sepoys, and also live by robbery. They are of the following family and sub-tribal names, some of which indicate their Rajput origin, though they came originally from Sindh and have long been Musalmâns:-Bânthâ, Bâphan, Bâpû, Bhaloța, Bhâmdâ, Bhukera, Chalângâ, Châniâ, Châvada, Chhuchhiâ, Dândhi, Dhusi, Gagada, Hoda, Jâm, Jesâ, Jesar, Jhâbai, Kakal, Kandechâ, Katiâ, Kechâ, Kevar, Khârâ, Khirâ, Khod, Lâdak, Lûniâ, Makwanâ, Malak, Manka, Mathadâ, Mayântrâ, Mayâtrâ, Med, Mendhâ, Mokha, Nângiâ, Notiâr, Pâdâ, Padehår, Parit, Patrâ, Pehâ, Râjâ, Râyamâ, Rochâ, Sâd or Sål, Sândhâni, Sannà, Sayechâ, Sedôt, Siàriâ, Sirachas, Sisolia, Sodhâ, Trâyiâ, Trilângâ, Vàrâ.
Modh Brahmans (TT) are from Machhu-Kantha in Kathiawâd. They do the duties of other Brahmans, and are also reciters of Purâņas, copyists, priests, cooks, &c.
Mods () are the descendants of Mod, the grandson of Gajanji, son of Jioji and brother of Abdi. They are at present mulgrâssiâs, and are to be found in the Modâsâ district. Mod became a Muhammadan, and worshipped one Bau-ddin-Pir. He undertook an expedition to Hâlâr, where he died. His body was transferred to Modâsâ, where he was buried according to his directions, at Mod-Kubâ. There is at present at Mod-Kuba a masjid in the shape of a foursided temple with pyramidal roof, which contains his sepulchre. He is worshipped there by the Mods as a pir, or saint.
Mokas-An offshoot of the Mokalsi Raj
pûts.
Nagars () do not figure among the early settlers. The first among them came to Kachh from Ahmadâbâd in the time of Rao Khangârji, A.D. 1550. One or two families followed him from Pâṭṭan and Dholkâ; but they did not muster strong till the time of Lakhpatji. They do not seem to have played a prominent part in the affairs of the state, except one Lakshmidâs. There are about 465 families, including their priests, in the whole of Kachh. They are well known as a political race. They are divided into Vadnagara and Visalnâgara. The latter are landholders.
Burnes's Narrative, p. 236; Postans's Cutch, p. 135; Wilson's Infanticide, p. 349; Trans. Bom. Lit. Soc. vol. II. p. 230.-ED.
[JUNE, 1876.
Nandwânâs (m) are from Marwâḍ. They are found about Anjar, and are chiefly traders.
Ners () and Nodes () are Muhammadans from Sindh.
Notiyârs (art)-Originally Samâs, but now Muhammadans; scattered throughout Kachh. Jamâdâr Fateh Muhammad belonged to this tribe.
Otárs (3)-Muhammadans about Suthri.
Padyars (3)-Muhammadans about Tehra and in Mâk.
Pâers (g)--Mulgrâssiâs about Roha; reckoned among the Dhangs.
Pals (q)-Muhammadan converts from Bhati Rajputs.
Pasayas (Te)-A branch of Kanadde Rajputs among the Dhangs in Wagad.
Pehas (r)-Rajpûts near Nakhatrana. Phuls ()-Muhammmadans near Bitta, Tehra, &c.
Poars (r)-Sindhi Muhammadans. Pokarnasor Pushkarnas () are a numerous class of Brâhmans, chiefly from Mårwâd and Sindh, and are the priests of the Bhâtiâs.
Rajaḍs (3)-Muhammadans.
Rajgars (TTT)-Brahmans of the Audich stock, so-called from their accepting the priestship of the ruling race. They are at present cultivators as well as priests of the Jâdejâs.
Ramdepotrâs (7)-A branch of Sodha Rajpûts residing in Khâvadâ.
Rây ra â s ( ren)—Muhammadans originally from Mokalsi Râjpûts in the north of Kachh.
Rebaris (t-also called Bhopâs (7) from their being the priests of Mâtâ. They chiefly tend flocks of sheep, goats, and camels. Their women make wool yarn, from which they get blankets and their sadis woven by the Dheds. They are from Mârwâd, but most of them have the peculiar Persian physiognomy. One of their family names is Agâ, which seems to support their Persian descent. They are tall and robust, and have an oval face and aquiline nose. They live for days almost solely on the milk of camels.
Perhaps he was the same who destroyed Ghumll about Sam. 1369.-ED.
† Jour. Bom. Lit. Soc. vol. II. p. 232.
