Sapru
Encyclopedia
Sapru is a clan
of Kashmiri Pandit
s. The majority of the caste is now living in diaspora outside the Kashmir Valley
. Most Saprus are Hindus while some are Muslims. Muslim Saprus use the title Sheikh. One of the most famous Muslim Sapru is Muhammad Iqbal
, the Indian Muslim philosopher and poet.
Clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a...
of Kashmiri Pandit
Kashmiri Pandit
The Kashmiri Pandits are a Hindu Brahmin community originating from Kashmir, a mountainous region in South Asia.-Background:The Hindu caste system of the region was influenced by the influx of Buddhism from the time of Asoka, around the third century BCE, and a consequence of this was that the...
s. The majority of the caste is now living in diaspora outside the Kashmir Valley
Kashmir
Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...
. Most Saprus are Hindus while some are Muslims. Muslim Saprus use the title Sheikh. One of the most famous Muslim Sapru is Muhammad Iqbal
Muhammad Iqbal
Sir Muhammad Iqbal , commonly referred to as Allama Iqbal , was a poet and philosopher born in Sialkot, then in the Punjab Province of British India, now in Pakistan...
, the Indian Muslim philosopher and poet.