Tank (surname)

Tank, Tak and Taank is a surname found in Indian subcontinent. The last name is largely found among communities of North West Indian States like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana.^[1]^[2] In India they follow Hinduism and Islam.

In Historical books which was mostly written by muslim scholars Tank was mentioned as tribe or caste which was associated with sonar, rajput, Khatri and jaat castes.^[3] ^[4]^[5]^[6] Tanks are mentioned as converted muslims from other religion and castes.^[7] ^[8]^[9] their is an example where tank tribe got converted to Islam by own choice or by relationship tais.^[7]

Muzaffar Shah and Zafer khan Muzaffar mentioned themselves as covered muslims from a lower subdivision sect of Hindu Khatris called 'Tank'^[10]^[11]

References[edit]

^ Singh, Kumar Suresh; Lal, Rajendra Behari; India, Anthropological Survey of (2003). Gujarat. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 561. ISBN 978-81-7991-105-1. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ India's Communities. Oxford University Press. 1998. p. 1440. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ Singer, Milton B.; Cohn, Bernard S. Structure and Change in Indian Society. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-0-202-36933-4.
^ Abbas, Saiyed Anwer (2021-08-02). Confluence of Cultures: Hindu, Jain & Buddhist Icons in Mosques & Mausoleums of Gujarat. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-63904-604-1.
^ Kapadia, Aparna (2018-05-16). Gujarat: The Long Fifteenth Century and the Making of a Region. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-15331-8.
^ Wink, André (1991). Indo-Islamic society: 14th - 15th centuries. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-13561-1.
^ ^a ^b Abbas, Saiyed Anwer (2021-08-02). Confluence of Cultures: Hindu, Jain & Buddhist Icons in Mosques & Mausoleums of Gujarat. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-63904-604-1.
^ Khan, Iqtidar Alam (2008-04-25). Historical Dictionary of Medieval India. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5503-8.
^ Abbas, Saiyed Anwer (2021-08-02). Confluence of Cultures: Hindu, Jain & Buddhist Icons in Mosques & Mausoleums of Gujarat. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-63904-604-1.
^ Wink, André (1991). Indo-Islamic society: 14th - 15th centuries. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-13561-1.
^ Khan, Iqtidar Alam (2008-04-25). Historical Dictionary of Medieval India. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5503-8.

[1] Singh, Kumar Suresh; Lal, Rajendra Behari; India, Anthropological Survey of (2003). Gujarat. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 561. ISBN 978-81-7991-105-1. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[2] India's Communities. Oxford University Press. 1998. p. 1440. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[3] Singer, Milton B.; Cohn, Bernard S. Structure and Change in Indian Society. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-0-202-36933-4.

[4] Abbas, Saiyed Anwer (2021-08-02). Confluence of Cultures: Hindu, Jain & Buddhist Icons in Mosques & Mausoleums of Gujarat. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-63904-604-1.

[5] Kapadia, Aparna (2018-05-16). Gujarat: The Long Fifteenth Century and the Making of a Region. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-15331-8.

[6] Wink, André (1991). Indo-Islamic society: 14th - 15th centuries. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-13561-1.

[:0-7] Abbas, Saiyed Anwer (2021-08-02). Confluence of Cultures: Hindu, Jain & Buddhist Icons in Mosques & Mausoleums of Gujarat. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-63904-604-1.

[8] Khan, Iqtidar Alam (2008-04-25). Historical Dictionary of Medieval India. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5503-8.

[9] Abbas, Saiyed Anwer (2021-08-02). Confluence of Cultures: Hindu, Jain & Buddhist Icons in Mosques & Mausoleums of Gujarat. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-63904-604-1.

[10] Wink, André (1991). Indo-Islamic society: 14th - 15th centuries. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-13561-1.

[11] Khan, Iqtidar Alam (2008-04-25). Historical Dictionary of Medieval India. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5503-8.

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