Ethnicity.2Freligion Sindhis

1 ethnicity/religion

1.1 sindhi muslims
1.2 sindhi hindus
1.3 emigration

ethnicity/religion



priest king wearing sindhi ajruk , c. 2500 bc, in national museum of pakistan.

the region received name, sindh, river sindhu (indus). people living in region referred sindhi. terms hindi , hindu derived word sindh , sindhu, ancient persians pronounced s h (e.g., sarasvati harahvati). in same way, persians called people of region hindhi people, language hindhi language , region hindh, name used region since ancient times, , later whole northern part of indian sub-continent today. india known hindustan.

the 2 main , highest ranked tribes of sindh soomro — descendants of soomro dynasty, ruled sindh during 970–1351 a.d. — , samma — descendants of samma dynasty, ruled sindh during 1351–1521 a.d. these tribes belong same blood line. among other sindhi rajputs bhachos, bhuttos, bhattisbhanbhro mahendros, buriros, lakha, sahetas, lohanas, mohano, dahars, indhar, chachar, dhareja, rathores, dakhan, langah, etc. sindhi-sipahi of rajasthan , sandhai muslims of gujarat communities of sindhi rajputs settled in india. closely related sindhi rajputs jats of sindh, found in indus delta region. however, tribes of little importance in sindh compared in punjab , balochistan. identity in sindh based on common ethnicity.

sindhi muslims

abida parveen pakistani singer of sindhi descent , 1 of foremost exponents of sufi music.

with sindh’s stable prosperity , strategic geographical position, subject successive conquests foreign empires. in 712 a.d., sindh incorporated caliphate, islamic empire, , became ‘arabian gateway’ india (later become known bab-ul-islam, gate of islam).

muslim sindhis tend follow sunni hanafi fiqh substantial minority being shia ithna ashariyah. sufism has left deep impact on sindhi muslims , visible through numerous sufi shrines dot landscape of sindh.

sindhi hindus

read sindhis in india

sindh home hindus. ratio of hindus higher before independence of pakistan in 1947. many hindus migrating india , other parts of world; regarded minority in decline.

hindus in sindh concentrated in cities before independence of pakistan in 1947, during many migrated india according ahmad hassan dani. hindus spread on sindh province. thari (a dialect of sindhi) spoken in sindh in pakistan , rajasthan in india.

sindhi hindus believe in tenets of sikhism predominantly sahajdhari. result, group can regarded concurrently following hinduism , sikhism.

emigration

the sindhi diaspora emigrated india , sindh significant. emigration sindh began before , after 19th century, many sindhis settling in europe, united states , canada large sindhi population middle eastern states such united arab emirates , kingdom of saudi arabia. wave of emigration began in 1947 india after partition.