Makhdoom (clan)
Encyclopedia
Makhdoom is a clan
of the Jat people
found mainly in Punjab, Pakistan
. The most common professions among the Makhdoom clan are those in the field of agriculture
.
Jat clan system
The Jat are an South Asian social and ethnic group and are divided into numerous clans, often referred to as a gotra or vansha. Generally, a clan name is unique to the Jat community. However, some of their clan names do overlap with the Ahirs, Khatris, Lohar, Ramgarhias, Kamboh, Rajputs and Gujjars...
of the Jat people
Jat people
The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...
found mainly in Punjab, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. The most common professions among the Makhdoom clan are those in the field of agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
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