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Hola
هوله
Regions with significant populations
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.

Note: There is at least 1 Hola family which comes from Jawadir, Pakistan.

Non-Arab descent

Persian Hola man

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

Pakistani Hola man
  1. Bucheeri – Afro-Persian
  2. Janahi – Persian and Afro-Persian
  3. Alattawi – Afro-Persian
  4. Alawadi – Persian
  5. Galadari – Persian
  6. Alhamad – Afro-Persian
  7. Alkhaja – Afro-Persian
  8. Bastaki – Persian
  9. Fakhro – Persian
  10. Koheeji – Persian
  11. Alhadi – Afro-Persian
  12. Aljowdar – Pakistani-Persian
  13. Fekri – Pakistani-Persian[3]
  14. Mustashar – Pakistani-Persian[4]

See also

References