Huwala people
Appearance
Regions with significant populations | |
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Languages | |
Persian, Gulf Arabic | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Persians (including Bandaris), Kurds, Baloch, Afro-Persians |
Hola (Persian: هوله) are the descendants of Sunni Persians and Afro-Persians who migrated to the Arab states of the Persian Gulf during the 19th century.
Non-Arab descent
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DNA tests have confirmed that the Janahi Hola family belongs to the R1a1a haplogroup[1], which is mostly found within Iranian Kurds, Persians, Baloch, Africans and Bandaris.[2] This means that the family does not belong to the Arab Bani Khalid tribe, as previously claimed.
Hola families
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- Bucheeri – Afro-Persian
- Janahi – Persian and Afro-Persian
- Alattawi – Afro-Persian
- Alawadi – Persian
- Galadari – Persian
- Alhamad – Afro-Persian
- Alkhaja – Afro-Persian
- Bastaki – Persian
- Fakhro – Persian
- Koheeji – Persian
- Alhadi – Afro-Persian
- Aljowdar – Pakistani-Persian
- Fekri – Pakistani-Persian
- Mustashar – Pakistani-Persian