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The Mahal, are sometime pronounced Mandal, are a Jat gotra, now found mainly in Punjab, although few are still found in Jarauda in Muzaffarnagar District of Uttar Pradesh. They are one of the larger Muley Jat clans. ==History and origin== The Mahal or Maahal are a tribe that originally came from Samana and settled in Karnal, in what is now Haryana. It acquired the name Mahal from an ancestor who was found newly born by his dead mother's side. In the local dialect of Hindi and Urdu (Haryanwi), marhi is a tomb or shrine.〔A Glossary of the tribes and castes of Punjab by H. A Rose〕 During the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam, a member of the tribe converted to Islam. In return, he was a granted an estate in Muzaffarnagar, Charthawal and Saron. In 1806, after providing assistance to the British in the Anglo-Maratha wars, the family was granted a Jagir (estate) in Karnal.〔A Gazetteer of Muzafarnagar District〕 According to other traditions, they are descended from Yazdgerd III, the last Sassanian ruler of Iran. They migrated to Kabul, during the rule of Prithvi Raj Chauhan, under a Malik Salahauddin. On the recommendation of the nawab of Samana, the Malik received a grant of a 100 villages (referred to as mandal in the Hindi language), from Khanda Rao, a brother of Prithvi Raj. . In the time of the Sultan Alauddin Khilji, the Mahal received the jagirs of Samana and Malkana.〔A Gazetteer of Patiala State page 63〕 The Mahal were in popular estimation, considered to a be a Mulla Jat tribe, and most members consider themselves to be Jats.〔A Gazetteer of Karnal District Part A〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marhal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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