Yeah, I know exactly what you're talking about; a lot of it is due to Hare Krishna(ISKCON) work in the '80s and '90s in Soviet and later Post-Soviet...
The only difference I can see from the results I posted on this thread is that they renamed Great Britain to England, Wales and Scotland. No changes...
Yeah he's meant to be a Barlas which is meant to be a Turani tribe. But some people contend the origins of the Barlas. Thats what I mean when I said...
Interesting. My family use Makhdum too; in fact it's my Dad's first name on paper and my grandad and his brothers are addressed by it colloquially.
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