Noon family
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The Noons is a jatt clan members of Noon clan use Rana
Rana (title)
Rana is a Princely title of Royalty in Sanskrit. Rana is used by the Jats and Rajput of South Asia. The name is usually interpreted to mean "Prince".Compound titles Rana Sahib, Rana Bahadur, and Maharana.-Royal title in India:...

, Malik
Malik
Malik is an Arabic word meaning "king, chieftain".It has been adopted in various other, mainly Islamized or Arabized, Asian languages for their ruling princes and to render kings elsewhere. It is also sometimes used in derived meanings...

 and Chaudhry as title.

History

The Noon clan resides mostly in Sargodha
Sargodha
Sargodha is a city in the Sargodha District of Punjab province, Pakistan.Sargodha is located in the northwest of Pakistan. It is the eleventh largest city of Pakistan and also known as Pakistan's best citrus-producing area. It is an agricultural trade centre with various industries...

 district and Multan
Multan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...

 district of Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

.The Noon clan migrated from Dehli and settled in the Bhalwal
Bhalwal
Bhalwal is a town of Sargodha District in the centre of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town of Bhalwal is the headquarters of Bhalwal Tehsil and lies in an agricultural area, close to the M-2 motorway, to which it is being connected by two interchanges...

 and the Shujabad
Shujabad
Shujabad is the oldest tehsil of Multan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located about 45 km in south from Multan. Chenab River is situated in the west of city. Neighbouring settlements include Jalalpur Pirwala, Multan and Lodhran. Its population is about 600,000 .Shujabad is...

 areas. The origin of Noon Family among different groups is bit controversial , Majority consider it as a descendent of Tiwana
Tiwana
Tiwana is a Jat Punjabi Rajput clan that hails the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. The Tiwanas of East Punjab are Jat Sikhs, while the Tiwanas of West Punjab are Muslims. Tiwanas are descendants of Panwar Rajputs....

 Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...

 clan from Mitha Tiwana
Mitha Tiwana
Mitha Tiawana is a village and having status of union council of Khushab District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.-References:Rana M. Naeem Nasir,Bureau of Emigration & Overseas Employment, Islamabad...

. The Tiwana is a sub caste of jatt, lives in a village in the Khushab
Khushab
Khushab is a city of Khushab District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city serves as the headquarters of Khushab Tehsil an administrative subdivision of the district....

 district.In areas other than Sargodha Noon's relate them to Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...

s instead of Jats The family business of majority of the Noons is Agriculture or Agriculture related business. Bhalwal area is popular for production of oranges and Shujabad area is popular for production of mangoes in Pakistan. The Noon family got prominence from Malik Feroz Khan Noon
Feroz Khan Noon
Malik Sir Feroz Khan Noon, KCSI, KCIE, Kt was a politician from Pakistan.-Early life:Born on 18th of June 1893 at village Hamoka,tehsil Khushab, Punjab. He was educated at Aitchison College, Lahore....

 and Rana Muhammad Shahryar Noon.The Noon family is also present in districts Bhakkar, Okara, Sahiwal, Lodhran, D.I.Khan and Shujabad.

The villages of the Noon family majority population are as follows:
  • Shujabad
    Shujabad
    Shujabad is the oldest tehsil of Multan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located about 45 km in south from Multan. Chenab River is situated in the west of city. Neighbouring settlements include Jalalpur Pirwala, Multan and Lodhran. Its population is about 600,000 .Shujabad is...

  • Ali Pur Noon
    Ali Pur Noon
    Ali Pur Noon is an historical village near Bhera in Sargodha District, Punjab, Pakistan.-History:It was settled in the nineteenth century, Malik Anwer Ali Noon son of Malik Sultan Ali Khan Noon of the village Sultan Pur Noon who moved here from Sardar Pur Noon along with their family to cultivate...

     - Malik Anwer Ali Noon
    Malik Anwer Ali Noon
    Malik Anwar Ali Noon of Ali Pur Noon, son of Malik Sultan Ali Khan Noon is a popular, prominent politician and a famous landlord of Sargodha in the Noon family. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. His own village is Ali Pur Noon, situated...

     Ex-MNA/PPP, Malik Amjad Ali Noon
    Malik Amjad Ali Noon
    Malik Amjad Ali Noon, born on 17 June 1954 in Lahore province Punjab, is a Pakistani politician.-Family:His father Malik Anwer Ali Noon mostly lived in their hometown village Ali Pur Noon. The Noon family has 27 villages in Bhalwal Tehsil: Nurpur Noon, Sultan Pur Noon and Sardar Pur Noon, among...

     Politician/PPP hail from this village.
  • Khare Pur Noon - A small village with majority population of Noon family in the Bhalwal district Sargodha
  • Kot Hakim Khan Noon - The main old village belonging to the Noon family, inhabited by over 16,000 people.
  • Nurpur noon
    Nurpur Noon
    Nurpur Noon is a village in Sargodha District, Punjab, Pakistan. It was settled in the nineteenth century ,Nurpur Noon is inhabited by over 8,000 people.Noon is subcaste of Jatts.Nurpur Noon is home to two very successful studfarms. Noon stud farm...

     - Ex-Prime minister of Pakistan, Malik Feroz Khan Noon and his family belong to this vllage.
  • Sardar Pur Noon
    Sardar Pur Noon
    Sardar Pur Noon, is a town in Sargodha District, Punjab, Pakistan. It was settled in the nineteenth century by the Noon family, who moved here from Mitha Tiwana in Khushab.Sardar Pur Noon is inhabited by over 35,000 people. and has the status of town. The village is surrounded by citrus, Malta and...

     - Named after the name of Sardar Khan Noon
  • Sultan Pur Noon
    Sultan Pur Noon
    Sultan pur noon is a village situated in Bhalwal district Sargodha Punjab Pakistan .Sultan Pur Noon is inhabited by over 28,000 people. It is a self sustained community, having schools, medical clinics , ironmongers, carpenters, traditional craftsmen in leather arts, clay arts, etc. The village is...

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  • Zaffer Abad Noon
    Zaffer Abad Noon
    Zaffer Abad Noon is a small village , situated in Bhalwal Tehsil near Ali Pur Noon, Majorit of population of this village is Awan family of Khushab. Malik Karam Bakhsh Awan, Ex-Member of National Assembly of Pakistan hails from this village...

     - The majority population in this are is Awan
    Awan (Pakistan)
    Awan , is a South Asian Zamindar tribe, putatively of Arab origin, living predominantly in northern, central, and western parts of Punjab, Pakistan...

     Family,Who belong to Malik tribes in Pakistan


Prominent persons from the Noon family
  • Rana Shoukat Hayat Noon Ex. MNA
  • Rana Taj Ahmad Noon Ex. MNA
  • Malik Anwer Ali Noon
    Malik Anwer Ali Noon
    Malik Anwar Ali Noon of Ali Pur Noon, son of Malik Sultan Ali Khan Noon is a popular, prominent politician and a famous landlord of Sargodha in the Noon family. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. His own village is Ali Pur Noon, situated...

     Ex. MNA
  • Rana Qasim Noon Ex. Minister
  • Malik Feroz Khan Noon Ex. Prime Minister of Pakistan
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