The Sial tribe are a Punjabi, Sindhi, Baluchi and Pakhtun people found among Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus in Pakistan and India.
Sials are found among Jatts,[1] Rajputs and Khatris[2]
There is also branch of Jatt originating predominantly from the Jhang District of northern Punjab, Pakistan. The Sials are predominantly Muslims and there are also Christian, Sials.
After the independence of Pakistan, Hindu and Sikh Sials migrated from West Punjab to East Punjab in India. Muslim Sials live in Pakistan while non-Muslims in India. Among Sikhs the Sials are predominantly Rajput/Khatri, however, there are Sials in Jafarabad, Nasirabad and Bolan districts of Balochistan. Sials living in Punjab, Sindh & Balochistan speak Punjabi, Sindhi and Siraiki. There are also Rind Sial a Baloch tribe.
[edit] Notable Sials
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ A glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province, Volume 3 , Page 298,
- ^ A glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West India Volume 3 Page 517
