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Panhwar or Panwar are a Sindhi

Sindhi people

Sindhis are a Sindhi speaking socio-ethnic group of people originating from Sindh, a province Formerly of British India, now in Pakistan. Today Sindhis that live in Pakistan belong to various religious denominations including Islam, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Christianity...

Muslim Rajput tribe found in Sindh

Sindh

Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

, Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

and Azad Kashmir

Azad Kashmir

Azad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir...

in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. The term Panwhar is used for the Parmar Rajputs clans that have converted to Islam

Islam

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, and are settled in what is now Pakistani territory.

History

Panhwars are found mostly in Sind (Dadu,Mirpurkhas etc.) and in Baluchistan, Panhwars are by ethnicity related to Taif (Saudi Arabia, Al-Jazeera or Middle East) to Prophet Muhammad’s wet nurse Halimah Al-Saadiyah’s tribe who were travelling people from one place to another for survival (water etc.). Word Panhwar is Sindi word for travelling people as per old Sindi story knows as Marwi and Omar. Marwi was Panhwar and her tribe was known as Panhwar, because of being travelling people for survival.

Distribution

Word Panhwar is a Sindi word which means “travelling people”, like Arab badoo in Middle East travelling from one place to another for survival. Panhwars were one of old Arabian tribes lived in Sind as Sindi people; they do not belong to any Indian raja or Rajput etc. families.

In Punjab

They are found in Bahawal Nagar, lahore, Bahawalpur mainly in Punjab. They use Khan and Mian with their names. Their sub-clan is Jhaydoo Khan (Matyana) in Punjab. Their major occupation is agriculture.

In Sindh

They have been mentioned in the history several times and in the 18th century, when the capital of Sindh was Khudabad

Khudabad

Khudabad is a city in Dadu District, Sindh, Pakistan. It is located at 26°39'0N 67°45'0E with an altitude of 31 metres and lies to the south of the district capital Dadu.-History:...

. The Panwhar are found in two areas, a large community in found along the Indus in Dadu

Dadu District

Dadu is a district of Sindh Province, Pakistan.Dadu district was created in 1933 by the British Indian administration by merging Kotri and Kohistan tehsils from Karachi district and Mehar, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Dadu, Johi and Sehwan tehsils from Larkana district. The population of the district is...

, Mehar

Dadu District

, Larkana

Larkana District

Larkana or Larkano is a district of Sindh province of Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, it had a population of 1,927,066 of which 28.70% were urban. Its main city is Larkana...

and Sukkur

Sukkur District

Sukkur district is a district in Sindh Province in Pakistan. It is divided into 4 administrative strata , namely; Sukkur City, Rohri, Saleh Pat and Pano Aqil. Among them Sukkur city and new Sukkur are urban centre while Pano Aqil is famous for having one of largest military cantonment of the country...

Jamshoro districts.

In addition the region of Dhat, in what is now Tharparkar

Tharparkar District

Tharparkar District is one of twenty three districts of Sindh province in Pakistan. It is headquarters is at Mithi. It has the lowest Human Development Index of all districts in Sindh.-Demography:...

and Sanghar

Sanghar District

Sanghar District is one of the largest districts of Sindh province, Pakistan. It is located in the centre of Sindh and is bounded to the east by India. The district capital, Sanghar, is itself a small city roughly east-south-east of the city of Nawabshah and the same distance north of Mirpur...

district, in the desert of Thar, is also home to several Panwhar communities.

Many Panhwars live in Mirpurkhas, Shadipali, and many other areas, mostly Panhwers Live in Mirpurkhas are educated. There are many well known personalities like Dr Muhammad Yousuf Panhwer, Mr Salah-ud-din Panhwer, Hameed Panhwer, and many other. In young generation Dr Abdul Sattar Panhwer (General Sec of MSF mirpurkhas).

History

Distribution

In Punjab

In Sindh

See also