Kalhora
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Pakistan | |
| Languages | |
| Sindhi, | |
| Religion | |
| Islam - Sunni | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sindhi people |
The Kalhora (ڪلهوڙو) is a Sindhi tribe of Sindh, Pakistan,[1][2][3] although they claim to be of Arab origin and direct descendants from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, companion and paternal uncle of Prophet Muhammad.[citation needed]
They founded the Kalhora Dynasty that ruled the Sindh stretched from Karachi to Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan for nearly a century from 1701 – 1783 CE.[4]
Notable people
- Ali Murad Khan Kalhoro, 1880 - 1925.
See also
References
- ^ Verkaaik, Oskar (2004). Migrants and Militants: Fun and Urban Violence in Pakistan. Princeton University Press. pp. 94, 99. ISBN 978-0-69111-709-6.
The area of the Hindu-built mansion Pakka Qila was built in 1768 by the Kalhora kings, a local dynasty of Sindhi origin that ruled Sindh independently from the decaying Moghul Empire beginning in the mid-eighteenth century.
- ^ Ansari, Sarah F. D. (1992). Sufi Saints and State Power: The Pirs of Sind, 1843-1947. Cambridge University Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-52140-530-0.
Another key to Kalhora 'success' lay in their strengthening of the Sindhi element in Sind.
- ^ Pakistan Quarterly. As the Kalhoras were Sindhi Dynasty. 1958.
- ^ Sarah F. D. Ansari (31 January 1992). Sufi Saints and State Power: The Pirs of Sind, 1843-1947. Cambridge University Press. pp. 32–33. ISBN 978-0-521-40530-0.
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