A legendary group of people who were shipwrecked on a coast, came ashore at Jakhau, and whose origins are obscure are the people the village Jakhau and port are named after.
The Jakhs said to were shipwrecked on the Kutch coast and came ashore at place, now known as Jakhau. Their origins are obscure. The village and port are named after the legendary Jakh Botera who were shipwrecked on the Kutch coast and came ashore at Jakhau. Their origins are obscure-but one school of thought is that they were of zerthotrians iraani or parsi origins and good at horsemenship, medicine and archery. 
