Sindhi Rajput

Sindhi Rajputs (Sindhi: سنڌي راجپوت‎) are Sindhi people belonging to the Rajput community and living in Sindh, Pakistan. The Sindhi Muslim Rajputs are considered as Muslim Rajputs. The province of Sindh, in Pakistan is to home to a large number of Rajput clans. Sindhi society is essentially feudal with land held by a small number of families.

Sindhi-Sipahi of Rajasthan

The Sindh-Sipahi originally belonged to the family of Chandravanshi Rajputs. They are said to have converted to Islam, at the time of the conquest of Sindh by the Arabs, around 8th Century A.D.The Sindhi Sipahi form a large part of the Muslim Rajputs population of Marwar and Mewar. According to their traditions, they were Chauhan and Bhati Rajputs who converted to Islam in the Middle Ages.^[1] They are concentrated in Mallani, Sheo, Sanchor in Marwar and in Udaipur.^[2]

They are sub-divided into various tribes, such as the Bhatti, Sodha, Tonwar and Rathore, and further divided into firkas or sub-clans. Their main firkas are the Samma, Panwar, Gajju, Bhayo, Panno, Sithar, Soomra and Mahar. The Samma clan is called so after the name of its founder and traces its pedigree to Bhati Rajputs. The Saand and Gajju were originally Sodha; Bhayo and Panno are said to be descended from Tonwar; and Sithar are Rathore. They have a common origin with the Sindhi Rajput tribes of Pakistan.^[1]

Major Sindhi Rajput clans

Here is a brief description of the major Sindhi Rajput clans:

• Bhayo
• Bhutto
• Joyo or Johiya form part of a communities of tribes known as the Sarai that migrated from Punjab in the 18th Century. *Junejo are a clan of Samma Rajputs.
• Kharal are a clan of the Sarais who immigrated from Punjab in the 18th Century.
• Khokhar
• Mahar are a clan of Bhatti Rajputs, and as such are a Chandravanshi clan.
• Mangrio are a clan of the Chandravanshi Rajputs. Magrio or Mangria is a clan of Meos. Sindhi Sipahi clans Junejo, Samma, Pano and Mangrio comes from Meos of Rajasthan.
• Naru Rajput
• Panhwar or Panwar or Parmar are an Agnivanshi Rajput clan.
• Rathore are a Suryavanshi Rajput clan. Most of the Rathore have remained Hindu.
• Rajpar or Rajper are the descendants of Sammat.
• The Samma claim Yaduvanshi descent.
• Sahito
• Siyal
• Khanzado

Prominent Sindhi Rajputs

• Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan & Former President of Pakistan.^[3]

See also

• DhudhiRajput
• Rajput clans
• List of Rajputs

References