Kalhora

The Kalhora (ڪلهوڙو) is a Sindhi tribe of Sindh, Pakistan,[1][2][3] although they claim to be of Arab origin and direct descendants from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, companion and paternal uncle of Prophet Muhammad.

Kalhora
Regions with significant populations
Pakistan
Languages
Sindhi,
Religion
Islam - Sunni
Related ethnic groups
Sindhi people

They founded the Kalhora Dynasty that ruled the Sindh stretched from Karachi to Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan for nearly a century from 1701 – 1783 CE.[4]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. Verkaaik, Oskar (2004). Migrants and Militants: Fun and Urban Violence in Pakistan. Princeton University Press. pp. 94, 99. ISBN 978-0-69111-709-6. The area of the Hindu-built mansion Pakka Qila was built in 1768 by the Kalhora kings, a local dynasty of Sindhi origin that ruled Sindh independently from the decaying Moghul Empire beginning in the mid-eighteenth century.
  2. Ansari, Sarah F. D. (1992). Sufi Saints and State Power: The Pirs of Sind, 1843-1947. Cambridge University Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-52140-530-0. Another key to Kalhora 'success' lay in their strengthening of the Sindhi element in Sind.
  3. Pakistan Quarterly. As the Kalhoras were Sindhi Dynasty. 1958.
  4. Sarah F. D. Ansari (31 January 1992). Sufi Saints and State Power: The Pirs of Sind, 1843-1947. Cambridge University Press. pp. 32–33. ISBN 978-0-521-40530-0.


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