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{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="2" |Rajputana Clan: '''Maken'''
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|'''Distribution'''
|Punjab (Pakistan)
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|'''Descended from:'''
|Parmar rajput 
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|'''Branches:'''
|None
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|'''Religion'''
|Islam, Hindu, Sikh
|-
|'''Languages'''
|Punjabi and Seraiki
|-
|'''Surnames:'''
|Maken, Sardar, Chaudhary,Mehar
|}
The '''Mekan''' (spelled Maken too) are a caste, or clan of Jat [http://www.jatland.com/home/Gotras/M] and are claimed to ancest from [[Jat]]s  mostly converted to [[Islam]], around the 12th or 13th century AD. They are mostly settled in the [[Sargodha District]] of the [[Punjab (Pakistan)]].
Whereas, the people of mekan caste in Baluchistan are considered a sub-branch of Jamot,in their historical books has proven that they have come from Punjab before partition of Pakistan, they have one village near to "Bhaag nari". most of them are landlords and farmers and they are very hard worker. They are known to be most courageous, prudent, kind but obstinate people. They have a history of bravery and most of the Mekan’s ancestors were warlords marking a history of bravery. In the present Pakistan's /Indian's history they have been appointed on important public positions and some are very prominent politicians.

== Origin ==
The Mekean, sometimes also spelt Maikaken or even Meikan, are a tribe of Jat status. They claim descent from the Panwar (Parmar) Rajputs, and spring from the same ancestor as the Dhudhi tribe. The tribe claims to have settled in the Thal, after the end of Arab rule in Sindh, when the Hindu king of Kanauj, a Parmar Rajput took possession of the Thal region, and settled his kinsmen, the Mekan tribe claims to have settled in the Thal, after the end of Arab rule in Sindh. They then established a state based in the town of Mankera, now in Bhakkar District, which covered much of the Thal, and lasted for five hundred years, until the state was destroyed by invadingfilled by heavy influx of Balochs. According to one of their traditions, the Mankera state was founded by a Raja Singh, who belonged to the royal house of Kannauj, and said to have accepted Islam during the time of the Sultan of Delhi, Ghias-ud-din Balban, courtesy of Baba Farid Ganj Shakr. Towards the 12th century, the Baloch from Makran flocked into the country in and around Mankera, and subsequently ruled this state for the next three hundred years. The Mekans that settled in the Kirana Bar, and became pastoralist, like the other tribes(contracted; show full)
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[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Punjab (Pakistan)]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Pakistani tribes]]