Soomra dynasty

Soomra dynasty
Sindhi: سومرا گهراڻو
1026–1351 (Continued in exile until 1440 in Umerkot)
StatusVassals of the Abbasid Caliphate (1026-1351)[1]
CapitalThari (in present-day Badin District in Sindh)
Official languagesSindhi (in Arabic and Devanagari scripts)[2][3]
Common languagesSindhi (native language)
Arabic (liturgical language)
Religion
Shia Ismaili
GovernmentMonarchy
History 
• Soomra dynasty begins
1026
• Soomra dynasty ends
1351 (Continued in exile until 1440 in Umerkot)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Habbari dynasty
Samma Dynasty
Today part ofSindh

The Soomra dynasty (Sindhi: سومرا گهراڻو, romanizedSūmrā Gharāṇō)[4] was a late medieval dynasty of Sindh ruled by the Soomro tribe of Sindh, and at times adjacent regions, located in what is now Pakistan.[5]

  1. ^ Stanton, Andrea (2012). Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa, Volume 4. SAGE Publications. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-4129-8176-7.
  2. ^ Panhwar, M. H. (2003). An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Soomra Kingdom of Sindh: 1011-1351 AD. Soomra National Council, Pakistan. p. 222.
  3. ^ Lakho, Ghulam Muhammad (2006). The Samma Kingdom of Sindh: historical studies (1st ed.). Jamshoro: Institute of Sindhology, University of Jamshoro. pp. 176–177. ISBN 9789694050782.
  4. ^ Balocu, Nabī Bakhshu Khānu (2021). Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta. Sindhī Adabī Borḍ. p. 1036.
  5. ^ "The Arab Conquest". International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics. 36 (1): 91. 2007. The Soomras are believed to be Parmar Rajputs found even today in Rajasthan, Saurashtra, Kutch and Sindh. The Cambridge History of India refers to the Soomras as "a Rajput dynasty the later members of which accepted Islam" (p. 54 ).

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