Hatalski/Gatalski is a 'szlachta' clan from Mogilev province in present-day Belarus. Empress Catherine the Great of Russia confirmed their nobility in 1785. Their coat of arms is similar to clan Lubicz family crest. In Lubicz there is a horseshoe shown as in the arms of Dabrowa and Pobog, with two crosses, of which one is atop the shoe, the other in its center. The shield is blue in color, the crosses white. Atop the helmet are three ostrich plumes. In Gatalski coat of arms the upper cross is replaced with three arrows, and atop the helmet there are five ostrich plumes. The two branches of the Hatalski clan were located at Chausy and Zhelezniki. However, traditional etymology defines Hatalski as a toponymic surname originating from the Silesian region of Poland (i.e. "from Hatale"), which contradicts historical whereabouts of the clan. Therefore, it seems more appropriate that the family name Gatalski derives from Gatal, the Sarmatian king, mentioned in Polybius' "Histories" among the European rulers who signed the peace treaty with king Pharnaces I of Pontus in 179 BCE, as 'Sarmatism' flourished in the 1500's - 1800's and various 'szlachta' clans claimed ancient Sarmatian origins. Sarmatians aka Saurumata is a cognate of the Avestan "Sairima", which was the name of a Western region. The Sairima are mentioned only in the Fravardin Yasht of the Avesta. In later traditions involving the mythological ancestors of the Arya, the Turya and the Sarima, their ancestor is known as Sarm, in Pahlavi texts, and Salm, in the Shahname. Their historic origins are assumed to be in the southern Ural region in 4th century BCE.