Khuman

{{short description|Clan of the Indian ethnic group, Meetei}}

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| clan name = Khuman

1300 BCE-1800 CE

| image badge = Classical Meitei illuminated manuscript painting — depicting a “Paphal” of Khuman serpentine dragon — from the “Pakhangba Lambuba”, an Ancient Meetei language text (engraved in traditional Meetei Mayek writing system).jpg

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| badge_caption = A Classical Meitei illuminated manuscript painting, depicting a “Paphal” of the Khuman totem of a Meitei dragon, from the “Pakhangba Lambuba”, an Ancient Meitei language text, engraved in traditional Meetei Mayek script

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| country = Kangleipak (historic)

India (present)

| region = Manipur

| district = Thoubal district

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| ethnicity = Meitei people

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| chiefs name = Khuman Iputhou

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| chiefs title = Khuman Ningthou

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| historic seat = Mayang Imphal

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| titles = Khumancha

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| date of death of last chief = 1760 CE

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Khuman ({{langx|mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯈꯨꯃꯟ}}|}}) is a group of people, which is recognized as one of the seven Yek Salai clans of the composite Meitei confederacy. Historically, they ruled parts of Kangleipak (present day Manipur){{Cite book|last=Session|first=North East India History Association|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DDVuAAAAMAAJ&q=khuman+salai|title=Proceedings of North East India History Association|date=1991|publisher=The Association|language=en}} prior to subjugation by the Ningthouja dynasty (Mangang) c. 13th century.{{Cite book|last1=Momin|first1=Mignonette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Djx131iEeYkC&q=ningthouja+subdue+principalities&pg=PA62|title=Society and Economy in North-East India|last2=Mawlong|first2=Cecile A.|last3=Qādrī|first3=Fuz̤ail Aḥmad|date=2006|publisher=Regency Publications|isbn=978-81-89233-40-2|language=en}}{{Cite journal|last1=Bhattacharjee|first1=J.B.|last2=Bhattacharya|first2=J.B.|title='Loiyamba Shinyen': A Landmark in Meitei State Formation in Medieval Manipur|date=2003|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44145476|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=64|pages=362–368|jstor=44145476|issn=2249-1937}} The Khuman-Lon Puya records information about their rule.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_QtuAAAAMAAJ&q=khuman+kangleirol|title = Proceedings of the Session|year = 1971}} The Meitei language meaning of Khuman is a narrowed darkness.

File:Flag of Kangleipak.svg, the black color represents the Khuman group of Meitei people.]]