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Earliest groups of Sindhis came to the island of Ceylon which is the now modern day country of Sri Lanka estimated two centuries ago in hopes for business and trade. [3] and they came via migration from Hyderabad city of Sindh. [4] and most were Hindus that came to Sri Lanka due to business.
Most Sindhi tribes, clans and surnames are a modified form of a patronymic and typically end with the suffix - ani, Ja/Jo, or Potra/Pota, which is used to denote descent from a common male ancestor. One explanation states that the -ani suffix is a Sindhi variant of 'anshi', derived from the Sanskrit word 'ansh', which means 'descended from'.
Sindhis in Sri Lanka; Europe. Sindhi British; Sindhi Gibraltarians; North America. Sindhi Americans; ... One of the oldest Sindhi tribes is the Charan. [100]
Many bear the tribes Tareen, Naghar, Agha, and Kakar. The vast majority of Sindhi Pathans originate from Quetta and southern Afghanistan, and a few come from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Shikarpur, New Zarkhail, Pir Bux Khan Wandh, Garhi Yasin, and Sultan Kot Shahpur Chakar, whereas others live in other urban, sub-urban, and rural areas of Sindh.
Earliest groups of Sindhis came to the island of British Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka) estimated two centuries ago in hopes for business and trade. [6] A majority of them had migrated from Hyderabad city of Sindh via the Arabian Sea, [7] and most were Hindus who had come for business. [8] [9]
Sri Lankan Moors (trace ancestry to Arab traders who settled in Sri Lanka and native Tamil women) Iraqi biradri - a community of Muslims in north India (trace ancestry from Arab tribe of Bani Tamim) Labbay Arab traders who settled in South India; Konkani Muslims trace their ancestry to Arab traders. Mappila Muslims trace their ancestry to Arab ...
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The Memon are a Muslim community in Gujarat India, and Sindh, Pakistan, the majority of whom follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. [4] They are divided into different groups based on their origins: Kathiawari Memons, Kutchi Memons and Bantva Memons from the Kathiawar, Kutch and Bantva regions of Gujarat respectively, and Sindhi Memons from Sindh.