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Mazhar Butt says about the surname Bhat Does anyone know the origin of the surname Butt as listed against Dame Clar Butt's name?? What is the connection between her nationality and Kasmiri surname and how many other British people have their surnames as Butt's and how did their surname as Butt originate?? Quite a mystery which still has to be researched for roots! Here is more about her,,,,, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dame_Clara_Butt Dame Clara Ellen Butt, DBE (1 February 1872 – 23 January 1936), sometimes called Clara Butt-Rumford after her marriage, was an English contralto with a remarkably imposing voice and a surprisingly agile singing technique. Her main career was as a recitalist and concert singer.
Comment was made 13 years ago
Shanta says about the surname Bhan I believe that "bhanu" refers to "sun" in Sanskrit. As many Kashmiris were Brahmans, "Bhan" refers to Vedic and Aryan "sun worshippers" who were of the priestly caste. This is my surname also.
Comment was made 13 years ago
Mazhar Butt says about the surname Bhat There is a book published in Pakistan wherein the author has proven that Butts and Bhatti's are the same. The name of the book is 'Butt se Bhatti''...If someone wants to learn more about his caste he can buy this book from any leading book publisher in Lahore or Karachi. I am a pure Kasher breed- Butt, Lone's and Tantra's. My grand father/dadi migrated to Wazirabad from Kashmir, my nana/nani from Jammu.....my father moved from Bomabay to Karachi at the time of Patition. I live in Karachi but have never heard of any Kashmiri writing his name as 'Bhatt''... I had a customer from India, his name was Arun Bhatt, and he told me he was a Rajput and spoke Marathi and had no concern with Kashmir or Kashmiri's. According to Munshi Mohd Din Fauq, Butt's of Kashmir were a tribe like any other clan there. They overcame the Lone's who were among the ruling class and ruled Kashmir for some time when they were subdued by the Lone's. According to him and some other sources lower castes of Kashmiri's such as those Daangars etc switched over to call themselves Butt's. Even the Dars began to write Butt's with their names. Even today in Pakistan you will note people addressing Kashmiri of every Kashmiri caste as Butt's which goes to prove some element of 'superiority' does exist with the title BUTT? I also read somewhere that Kashmiri's of ancient times tranfixed the name of the place they belonged to with their names. I am not sure if there is any place in Kashmir called Butt?? Also, it is said that due to extremely religious-mindeness and saint-worshipping nature of the Kashmiri's many non-Butt's and people of other ethnic races who had settled down in Kashmir adopted the titles such as Khawaja with their names. I have glimpsed through the ancient history of Kashmir, the famous book called Taringini but was surprised to find NO mention of the caste Butt. However, it was consoling to note that all Kashmiri's were descendants of Princes or Raja's! That give Kashmiri's a valid plus point. Let not people like MU Butt wiggle and wallow with jealousy againt a fellow Kashmiri...
Comment was made 13 years ago
N. RoyChoudhury says about the surname Bhat 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!
Comment was made 13 years ago
Arif says about the surname Bhat 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.
Comment was made 13 years ago
KAWAJA says about the surname 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?
Comment was made 14 years ago
Satyender Hangloo says about the surname HANGLOO 'HANGLOO's' are descendants of BHULLA PANDIT who was the brother of saint SWAMI MIRZA KAK(kak sabh). Orginally they were the pandita's, who migrated from adjoining parts of Tibet to a village called as Hangalgund(anantnag)which is named after the Goddess SHAKTI HINGLADEVI.
Comment was made 14 years ago
Heer Dar. says about the surname Dhar Yes! The Dars or the Dhars are from kasmiri pundit origin originally . But due to the violence in the valley they shifted to other areas of India like Bengal (for trade)and gujrat also for trade. But a large of these Original people from kashmir can befound in jammu, kolkata, himachal and Delhi. They were brahmin warrioirs. They were the modt selfdependentwho also gave freedom to read and write to their daughters and girls. In the mod 18-th century the dar girls used to run businesses in handicrafts. So basicaly they origin from srinagar (anantnag, kangan and mattan). A part of this community can be found in the village ustehar, tehsil baijnath, district Kangra(Himachal Pradesh. ) The kaul and dar community lives there. By the way most of dar oundits are today converted to muslims but still hindus exist too.The Dar and the Kaul-also the khosa, kar ganju are hail from kasmir valley.
Comment was made 14 years ago
Heer Dar says about the surname Kaul The Kauls and the Dars are same . The high upper class in Kasmiri valley region. They werre the first who gave girls the freedom to educate nd read. Their girls were always free.until the crap happened. Pllease ppl dont change your sirnames oridentities.
Comment was made 14 years ago
Puja Kaul Zadoo says about the surname Zadoo many kashmiri pandits" Zadoo's" are avoid to tell his/her full name. Infact some of them are ready to change there sir names. pls don't do that. we recognise only withour surnames.
Comment was made 14 years ago