Sindhi Memon

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Sindhi Memons (Urdu: سندھی میمن‎; Sindhi: سنڌي ميمڻ) are an ethnic group residing in Sindh Province of Pakistan. They speak a dailect of Sindhi. This community of Memons might have originated around the year 1422 at a place called Nagar Thatta.

Sindhi Memons are settled all over the Sindh province & Balouchistan province sindh border distt kachi bolan. There are many tribes amongst them, mainly depicting the area they reside in and their lineage. The main clans are Aklani, Borani, Budani, Lalwani,Dharpali, Jumani,Jamot memon,Ayoubani, Dinani, Ranani, Pilani Dodani, Chelharia, Akhund, Jumani, Diplai, Yousefani and Bachani.


Diplai Memon

Diplai Memons (Urdu: میمن‎; Sindhi: ميمڻ) are an ethnic group residing in Sindh Province of Pakistan. They speak Sindhi, one of the Indo-Aryan languages. This community is biggest of all the sindhi memons.

The Diplai ℳeℳon§ stem from the city of Diplo in the Thar desert (or Tharparkar District, Pakistan) which is a mere few miles from the Indo-Pakistan Border. "Diplais" are spread across the globe, with large concentrations in the regional town of Hyderabad in Pakistan, and in the Middle East specially in Kingdom Of Saudi Araba. There is even a "Diplai Town" on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Pakistan. Diplais are generally engaged in professions like the civil bureaucracy, engineering, doctors or the business world.

Notable Sindhi Memons

  • Abdus Subhan Memon, Chairman of the Chief Minister Inspection Team (CMIT). Ex Chief Secretary of Sindh Government, Senior Bureaucrat positions Federal Government, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  • Dr. Manzoor Ahmed Memon, Commissioner, Inland Revenue Services- IRS (Income Tax, Sales Tax & Federal Excise), Federal Board of Revenue, Karachi. Holds additional charge of Coordinator, Direct Taxes, Karachi. Previously held high ranking positions in the Federal Government. Siraj (Siraj ul Haq Memon), (1933–2013) was an Pakistani Sindhi language novelist, journalist, historian, scholar, linguist, story-writer, and advocate of the Supreme Court.
  • Muhammad Usman Diplai (1908-1981), Author, journalist. Authored over 100 novels (Award winning novels ' Sanghar' and 'Noore-Tauheed'). Recipient: President's Award for Pride of Performance Pakistan
  • Mohammed Ali Diplai (b. 1940), Literati and Civil Servant (1966-2000). Federal Service of Pakistan,Chairman Baluchistan Development Authority, Director General, Port Qasim Authority, Director Pakistan Insurance Corporation, Director Security Printing Corporation, Commercial Counselor Pakistan Embassy, Tehran, Commercial Counselor Pakistan Embassy, Copenhagen.
  • Ghullam Hussain Tahrani Memon Advocate & ex-chairman Town committee Diplo
  • Abu Bakar A.Memon Chelhario President Pakistan Business Community, Jeddah
  • Abdul Latif Memon, Group Head Pak-Libya Holding Company PLHC.
  • Abdul Rasool Memon, Justice at Sindh High Court.
  • Abdul Naeem Memon, Session Judge (youngest session Judge of Pakistan)
  • Dr. Mahamood A.Memon Chelhario Retired SMO Sesei Sindh
  • Dr. Anwar Adil Mithwani, Professor & Consultant Pediatrician/Neonatologist, Armed Forces Hospital, Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
  • Ghullam Hussain A.Memon Chelhario Member Central executive committee of associations of builders and developers of Pakistan (ABAD) and senior Vice president Diplai memon co-opreative housing society and Diplai memon Anjuman Hyderabad.
  • Kashif Abubakar Memon, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. [1]
  • Dr. Riaz Ahmed Memon, Bureaucrat & currently serving as secretary to C.M..
  • Dr. Riaz Ahmed Memon, Professor at Sindh University & Head of Department of Maths.

References

  1. ↑ http://oracle.uthsc.edu/directory.php?action=DETAIL&id=T100281600
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