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{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="2" |Jatt Clan: '''Maken'''
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|'''Distribution'''
|Punjab (Pakistan)
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|'''Descended from:'''
|Parmar rajput jatt
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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 Meken, sometimes also spelt Maikan 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. 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 invading Baloch. 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 of the Bar. They, occupied a compact territory in the Kirana Bar, lying to the west of Gondal territory, although a smaller number are also in Jhelum and Gujrat districts. There present territory now forms part of Sargodha, Khushab, and Mianwali districts, although as already mentioned, there are smaller broken settlements in Jhelum, Gujrat, and Mandi Bahauddin districts. In Pothohar, in Jhelum / Chakwal region, the Mekan form an important tribal community.

== '''Nature''' ==
They are courageous and prudent. They have a history of bravery and most of the Maken's ancestors were warlords. In the present pakistan's history they have been appointed on important Public positions and some are very famous politicians. Maken's are political rivals of Qureshi family in Sargodha district of Pakistan.

== '''Distribution and Villages''' ==
The Maken are found mainly in Sargodha, Khushab, Jhelum, Gujrat, Vehari, Jhang, Multan, Khanewal, Bahawalnagar and Mandi Bahauddin districts. 

The Mekans form the majority of the population in Kot Bhai.Khan union council of Sargodha. Their villages in Sargodha District include Behak Maken, said to have been first village founded by the Mekans when they moved to the Bar , Abu Wala, Chakrala, Deowal, Gondal (Shahpur Tehsil), Mochiwal, Okhli Mohla, Sultanpur Meknawala, Jalpana, Dera Karam Ali Wala, Chak No 88 N.B,Chak No 142 N.B, Nihang Chak 71 NB Chak 74 NB, Chak 10 N.B, Chabba Purana, Faiz Sultan Colony in Shahpur Tehsil, Kot Bhai Khan, Kot Pehlwan, Aqal Shah, Kot Kamboh, Wadhi, Kot Shada, Gul Muhammad Wala and Verowal in Bhera Tehsil and Sher Muhamadwala in Bhalwal Tehsil. Across the Jhelum, Mekan are also found in Mohibpur village in Khushab District.

Outside this core areas, in Jhelum District, there most important villages are Chautala (Jhelum Tehsil) , Chak Mujahid (Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil) and Tobah (Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil), while in Chakwal District, important Mekan villages include Mangwal, Vero, Lakhwal, Thanil Kamal, Dingi Zer, Dhoke Dhabri (almost evenly divided between Gondal and Mekan), Chak Bhoun, Dhoke Maykan near Thoa Bahdur and Ghugh (which largely a Ghugh Jat villages, but home to several Mekan families). The Mekan Jats in terms of population form the most important Jat clan in Chakwal.

While in Gujrat District, they are found in village Mekan in Kharian Tehsil, and in neighbouring Mandi Bahaudin District, there main villages are Mekan, Thatti Bawa, Lassouri Kalan and Lassouri Khurd.

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[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Punjab (Pakistan)]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Pakistani tribes]]