- Soomro
Soomro (Sindhi: سومرو ) is the name of a Sindhi tribe in
Sindh ,Pakistan .The Soomro dynasty, was established by Sumra Muslim Rajput tribe of Sindh.
The Soomra ruled Sindh from 1026-1351. The dynasty had both Arab, Turkish, British, and local Sindhi heritage. The early Soomra rulers were Fatimid Shia Ismailis who owed allegiance to Fatmid Khalifas of Cairo. They sent them tribute and read their names in the Friday Khutba in Masjids.
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni an Orthodox Sunni Muslim in his campaign to defeat heterodox Shia Ismaili sect conquered the Soomro capital of Mansura. The Soomra shifted their capital to Tharri, nearly 14 km eastwards of Matli on the Puran. Puran was later abandoned due to changes in the course of Puran river. Then Thatta was the capital for about 95 years until the end of their rule in 1351 AD. The Soomra was defeated by the Samma Dynasty, Jams of Lasbela or currently known as the Alianis.The Soomras ruled Sindh for almost three hundred years --- until A.D. 1315. But, who were they? Some Muslim writers are inclined to think that there was at least some Arab blood in them. But scholars have no doubt that, like the Jareja Rajputs, they were Parmars. According to the Tarikh-e-Tahiri, the Soomras were Hindus. According to H.T. Sorley, the Soomras did become Muslim, but nobody knows when. They were like the Jareja Rajputs, he says, ``of whom the Rao himself once averred that out of 2,000 Jarejas, there were not three who knew what their religion was". Obviously, the Soomras were Hindus with some Muslim influence, who later became nominal Muslims while retaining their Hindu culture.
Today the Soomro clan is settled in parts Sindh and southern Punjab.
Important Soomra
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Mian Allah Bux Soomro ,Chief Minster Sind
*Rahim Bux Soomro ,Minster Sind
*Muhammad Mian Soomro Chairman Senate of Pakistan
*Zubair Soomro ,President UBL Bank References
* [http://aliazlan.googlepages.com/soomrahistory History of Soomro]
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