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Sanjay Kaul Partazi says about the surname Pahalwan My mother is from phalwans.Phalwan's are basically kaul's. My mother's Great Grandfather was a phalwan(wrestler), it is said that no one in the whole kashmir valley could challange him . A famous wrestler visited kashmir to challange him but his dream was also shattered,after that people started calling him phalwan & the same became the surname.
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Sanjay Kaul Partazi says about the surname Safapuri Safapur is a place near Tulmul 3-4 kms from Kherbhawani. The word safapur has come out from the original word sabhapur. It is said when Lord Rama during 14 yrs Banvas visited Kashmir , He called a meeting of Rishis/sadhus at that place That is why the place was named as sabhapur. After visiting this place Lord Rama travelled Towards north kashmir & the name of the place he stayed is known as RAMHAL. It is said that the Footprints of Ramji still exists there.
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Sanjay Kaul Partazi says about the surname partezi Our Great Grandfather was Revenue officer posted at Anantnag Area in Dogra Regime & was incharge of measurement of land ,In Urdu the meaning of word measurement is PARTAL.With the pessage of time this word partal was pronounced as partali which became partazi with time. Actually our Gotra is Datatri & surname is Kaul.
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Leena says about the surname Safaya Hi, My last maiden name is Safai.The fact that we settled down generations in Maharashtra. We were told that we are originally Kashmiris. The interesting fact is I found out people having the exact last name in Iran and USA.
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Ashok says about the surname Kaul कौल, کاول - Wikipedia has some information on this surname - some is probably true and some may not be - The surname Kaul may have originated from the Sanskrit word Kaula 'Well Born' (from Sanskrit Kula 'Family'). The surname Kaul may have been derived from Mahakaul (The Great Kaul), which is an epithet of Shiva. This has led many scholars to believe that all Shaivas of Kashmir could have been Kauls. This view, however, is not supported by too many scholars. Kaul equates to Kula (clan in English) in Sanskrit. Clan is Klane in German.
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Ashok says about the surname Achkan Achkan means a coat with buttons up to the top. Typical kashmiri laqab which stuck
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Ashok says about the surname Essue I doubt if Kashmiri's went to Jamaica - not the adventurous type. Doubt a common ancestry either due to complexion.
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Ashok says about the surname Sharma Shiv Kumar Sharma is from Jammu - he is NOT a kashmiri
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Narayan Adeeb says about the surname Adeeb Hello, 'Adeeb' though an urdu word (is often a muslim name or surname) is also a Kashmiri surname. The lineage starts from Pt. Devi Prasad Dar who was a poet and took the 'takhallus' (title) of Adeeb and started being called Pt. Devi Prasad Dar 'Adeeb'. His son dropped Dar and wrote his name as Pt. Ram Prasad Adeeb. The famous actor of yesteryears Prem Adeeb was of the same lineage... so are Chaitanya Adeeb (TV actor) and Kamal Adeeb (character actor in films and commercials). The past couple of generations have mainly been into services. The current crop is predominantly into business and management. (Trivia: 23 generations of Adeebs are known. The webpage http://23adeebs.blogspot.com would give you the heredition line) Thanks
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Ashok Kumar Chirvi says about the surname chirvi Our forefathers were scattered in various places in Srinagar,Kashmir; mostly in Fateh Kadal,Gankhan,Chhattabal and Nowhatta. I am decendent of the one of the renouned bussinessman father Shri Sham lal Chirvi who owned clinics in Srinagar under the name "Doctors Inn" at Fateh Kadal and Gankhan.We stayed put at Srinagar upto 1991 when mass migration of community took place from the valley. While my father is living at Talab Tillo, Jammu: I am residing at Delhi. One of my daughters is with US based Agilent Technologies the other one is persuing PHd as Research assistant in University of Texas at Arlington,USA. Ashok kumar Chirvi IA&AS-Retired on 30 April 2010
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