Magray Town

CLASSICAL.
VILLAGES & TOWNS IN KASHMIR HAVING NAMED MAGRAY:-
1. Magray Village Motarin khaigala, Rawalakot
2. Magray Village - District Bagh
3. Magray City - Kuttan Neelum valley, Muzaffarabad
4. Magray Abad – Rawalakot
5. Magray Gali, Lipa Valley, Muzaffarabad
6. Magray Abad - Neelum Valley, Attmaqam,Kel road, Muzaffarabad
7. Magray Hills Kanchikot, Rawalakot
8. Kharal Magrayan Distt Bagh
9. Sardari Magrayan, Kel, Neelum Valley,Muzaffarabad.
MEANINGS OF MAGRAY:-Magray means, “Then Martials", "The Warriors", "Military and war like people". Magray is also spelled as Magrey, Magre and Magri, but the correct spelling is Magray. The plural of Magray is Magres.
WHAT IS MAGRAY? Magray is a Martial Kashmiri tribe of Rajput origin. Magray sprung from Kashtri-un-Nassal Rajput. Kashtri-un-Nassal Rajput are one of the four classes of Hindus. Kashtri were people of ruling class having responsibility for the defence of the state. Ladhay Magray was the forefather of Magray tribe. Magres accepted Islam at the hand of Syed Ali Hamdani in thirteenth Century. The first person who entered in Kashmir and settled there belonged to Magray tribe thus making Magray tribe, the founders of Kashmir. Magray tribe ruled over Kashmir for seven hundred years. They invited Mughals to enter Kashmir in order to end disturbances in the valley. However, subsequently Mughals were defeated and pushed back by the Magray tribe. Magray tribe is settled all over the world with majority in Kashmir Valley.

MAGRAY
1. WHAT IS MAGRAY?
Magray is a Martial Kashmiri tribe of Rajput origin. Magray sprung from Kashtri-un-Nassal Rajput. Kashtri-un-Nassal Rajput are one of the four classes of Hindus. Kashtri were people of ruling class having responsibility for the defence of the state. Ladhay Magray was the forefather of Magray tribe. Magres accepted Islam at the hand of Syed Ali Hamdani in thirteenth Century. The first person who entered in Kashmir and settled there belonged to Magray tribe thus making Magray tribe, the founders of Kashmir. Magray tribe ruled over Kashmir for seven hundred years. They invited Mughals to enter Kashmir in order to end disturbances in the valley. However, subsequently Mughals were defeated and pushed back by the Magray tribe. Magray tribe is settled all over the world with majority in Kashmir Valley.
2. VILLAGES AND TOWNS IN KASHMIR HAVING MAGRAY NAMES:
a. Magray Village - District Bagh
b. Magray City - Kuttan, Neelum valley, Muzaffarabad
c. Magray Hills - Kanchikot, Rawalakot
d. Magray Abad - Rawalakot
e. Magray Gali - Lipa Valley, Muzaffarabad
f. Magray Abad - Attmaqam,Kel road,Neelum Valley, Muzaffarabad
g. Magray Village - Motarin, khaigala, Rawalakot
h. Kharl Magrayan - District Bagh
j. Sardari Magrayan- Neelum Valley Muzaffarabad
3. MEANINGS OF MAGRAY:- Magray is an ancient word, Magray means, "The Martials", "The Warriors", "Military and war like people". Magray is also spelled as Magrey, Magre and Magri, but the correct spelling is Magray. The plural of Magray is Magres.
4. REFRENCES:-All the historical books on Kashmir contain material on Magray tribe and their role in the history of Kashmir. Few of the historical Books are mentioned here for ref.
a. Magray in the Eyes of Hiistory - By Sajid Latif
b. Magray A Warrior Kashmiri Tribe - By Abdul Qayyum
c. Valley of Kashmir - By Sir Walter Lirance
d. Imperial Gazettier of India
e. Tribes and Castes of Kashmir - By Muhammad Din Folk
f. Castes and Tribes of Poonch - By Muhammad Din Folk
g. History of Kasmir - By Khawaja Azamey
h. History of Kashmir - By Muhammad Hassan
j. History Kabeer Kashmir
k. Raj Tarangi
l. Tareekh-e-Kashmir - By Professors Nazir Ahmed Tashna
m. Kashmir in the Era of Muslim empires
n. Tareekh-e- Malkan - By Dr Sadiq Malik
o. Jalwa-e-Kashmir - By Dr Sabir Afaqi
p. Baharistan-e-Shahi
q. Magray The Martials of Kashmir - Sajjad Latif
5. WEB RESULTS:- All the Websites searched with “Magray tribe in Kashmir” mention a lot about the Magray. Few are: Altavista, Google, Yahoo, Msn, Alltheweb ,Metacrawal, Dogpile,Webcrawler, Hotpot,Lycos, Search engine watch, Internet Search engine on line ,Wikipedia the free cyclopedia and many more.

MEANINGS OF MAGRAY :
Magray means, “The Martials” “The Warriors” “Military and war like people”. Magray is also spelled as Magrey, Magre and Magri, but the correct spelling is Magray. The pleural of margay is magres.
WHAT IS MAGRAY?
Magray is a Martial Kashmiri tribe of Rajput origin. Magray sprung from Kashtri-un-Nassal Rajput. Kashtri-un-Nassal Rajput are one of the four classes of Hindus. Kashtri were people of ruling class having responsibility for the defence of the state. Ladhay Magray was the forefather of Magray tribe. Magres accepted Islam at the hand of Syed Ali Hamdani in thirteenth Century. The first person who entered in Kashmir and settled there belonged to Magray tribe thus making Magray tribe, the founders of Kashmir. Magray tribe ruled over Kashmir for seven hundred years. They invited Mughals to enter Kashmir in order to end disturbances in the valley. However, subsequently Mughals were defeated and pushed back by the Magray tribe. Magray tribe is settled all over the world with majority in Kashmir Valle
VILLAGES & TOWNS IN KASHMIR NAMED MAGRAY:
a. Magray Village - Motarin khaigala, Rawalakot
b. Magray Village - District Bagh
c. Magray City - Kuttan Neelum valley, Muzaffarabad
d. Magray Abad - Rawalakot
e. Magray Gali - Lipa Valley, Muzaffarabad
f. Magray Abad - Neelum Valley, Attmaqam,Kel road, Muzaffarabad
g. Magray Hills - Kanchikot, Rawalakot
h. Kharal Magrayan - Distt Bagh
j. Sardari Magrayan - Kel, Neelum Valley,Muzaffarabad