Kashmiri Pandit Surnames

Khwaja F.A.Butt is probably right. Bhatta, a Brahmin surname is often found in Assam. Some have added Acharya to their surnames to become Bhattacharyas. Sad so many Brahmins in Kashmir were forcefully converted!

Bhat.. i don't know thwe meaning, But i love it. it is muslim surname mostly in Kashmir and Pakistan.
Arif Bhat
Bilal Bhat
Nisar Bhat
Salman Bhat
Habib-ullah Bhat
Nazir Bhat.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE MEANING OF the name ESHAI,in Hebrew
language it means the gift from GOD.How old is this name in
KASHMIR and who were the early ESHAIS.Some say this name was
given by Hazarat Shah Hamdan an Iranian Sufi.Were the early
Eshais jews?

kashmir and the original redidents are more close to the central asia. Till to this date,and despite interacting, marrying out side their own cast, kashmiri are very distinct in their out look and behaviour.kashmiri are found in every part of sub-continent(Pak-Indo)due to the economic reasons and harsh weather conditions, but hardly people or other parts are seen in the Kashmir Valley,this was due to one reason that Kashmiri hardly accept out-sider,they have very strong ethnicity and one can harly find unity among them. this make them week and kashmiri facing with lot of misiries and socio-political-economic problem over the last many many years.
it is very difficult to subjogate any kashmiri blood and butts are very difficult to handle,due to the reason, i found their character more of a Rajput(martial) and not of a Pandit (brahmin). concentration of other Kashmiri clans said to be the descendent of Rajput like; Rahtore, Magray, Rather, Lone, Dar or Dhar; from Mughals are the, Eshai, Banday,Mir (not all mir,as some are using this as a title and acutally are bhutt/butt.)

Kashmiri culture is quite in-different from Pak-Indo and one can easily distinct Kashmiri from the people from other parts of pakistan and india.

also people from other community do not like kashmiri and i do not find any valid logic but it seems more of due to jealousy from their God-gifted abilities, they exebit in every walks of life and distinct beauty,the place and people have got enough chunk from the nature.

About Butt/Bhutt, there are a large people living in different part of U.K (particularly)irish community,with the surname of Bhutt/butt,this is may be due to certain families migrated in 18ins or may be some other reason,if any one can put light on it.
there are many other surnames left in the list uploaded like; Banday,Buch,Eshai, Khand,rafiqi, Rathore,Rather,and Shawl,they are comming to my mind this moment.

word starting from Bhutt, bhut,butt,bhat,bhatti,bhati,bhutto,bhutta, bhatia and so on, represent class of teachers(in hindu religion),those who use to read religious books and teach people were know with these names.

bhutt of kashmir and of other southern part may not have the same lineage. bhutt or butt of kashmir are very fair,handsome.
with the advent of DNA technology, these things can be determin whether bhutt people living in different parts are from one group or not.

DNA test conducted some 12-15 back in Pakistan by some labs in KRL(if i am not forgetting,lab's name) proved that our pakhtoon are the desendents of some tribes migrated from present somalia,first gone to bulgaria and the neighboring areas and then came to the present region (Pakistan and Afghanistan),

there are people that from the same family (pujab) one using Butt and the other using bhatti.

There are families in Gujrat,Gujaranwala,Wazirabad,Sialkot(pakistan),many bhattis claims to be kashmiri. most of them are of fair color and stong structure, not like the ones resided in different other parts of punjab,sind and so on, with dark skin and skinny structure.

I read one book and where-in the author mentioned,both bhutt and bhutti were the sons of Raja Sahlanban,the ancestor of them made the city of GAJ(by raja Gaj)in Afghanistan and in who's name the present name is Ghazni.

bhat's were actually hindu brahmans. . . Its one of the higher casts even in hindus. . . When some kashmiris reverted to muslim religion they still kept their surname as Bhat. . .

Yar my name is Ibraz Butt. My grandfather's name was M.Afzal Butt and my Great Grand Father's name was Malik Abdullah.
Ones i asked my grandfather that why do we put 'Butt' with our name where your father used to put Malik along with his name.
Grandpa answerer ' that is a tittle given to our family in kashmir. My father put the the clan name instead of the tittle and so did i and ur father'
I dont know exactly from which are of jammu we migrated from. can anybody help?

I agree with m u but when he says that mr muzhar but has little knowledge of kashmir history.bhat's are using their sir name from centries.no one from low cost community has used sir name :bhat:

@ M. U. Butt

If you had read history you would know what a wild and a secluded tribe of Butt was. They were beaten up by the Lone's, who were among the ruling class of Kashmir, Gradually the Butts got civilized and are now what they are. Like all Kashmiris they are good at eating and fighting...with each others. However, they prove to be excellent friends of other ehtnicities. Like other Kashmiris, the Butts were also excluded from military service -disqualified for being inherently disobedient. Kashmiris unfortunately suffer to a great extent from self-conceit and jealousy among themselves....and MU Butt is one of such glaring examples.
He ought to read History of Kashmir by Munshi Mohd Din Fauq for enlightenment.