Kalhora

The Kalhora (ڪلهوڙو) is a Baloch 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.

Kalhora
Regions with significant populations
Pakistan
Languages
Sindhi
Religion
Islam - Sunni
Related ethnic groups
Baloch people

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

See also

References

  1. 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 Baluchi origin that ruled Sindh independently from the decaying Moghul Empire beginning in the mid-eighteenth century.
  2. 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 Baluchi element in Sind.
  3. Pakistan Quarterly. As the Kalhoras were also a Baluch Dynasty. 1958.
  4. 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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