The Pal, Paluh, or Palh (Sindhi: پلهہ) is a Sindhi Sammat tribe of Sindh province, Pakistan,[1][2] in parts of Punjab bordering Sindh, also in Balochistan province, and also found in the Rajasthan of India.[3][4][5][6] There is a railway station in Sindh, Hyderabad Badin line named after the name of Palh, Palh railway station.
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Pakistan, India | |
| Languages | |
| Sindhi | |
| Religion | |
| Islam - Sunni, Shia, Deobandi, erstwhile Hinduism, Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Sindhis |
Distribution edit
Most of this tribe live mainly in the Miranpur, Sindh, Padidan and Dariya Khan Marri areas of Naushahro Feroze District, Village Palh, and Dadu areas of Dadu District, Jam Sahib in Shaheed Benazirabad district, Ranipur, Sindh, Kunmb, Kandari, Village Tarki Turail and Palh village in Khairpur District. However some families are settled in the cities of Larkana, Sukkur, Hyderabad, Karachi, Multan, Quetta and Islamabad The total population of Palh tribe is around 23,000.[citation needed] There are some villages by the name of Palh in Badin, Dadu, Khairpur, and in Sukkur Districts.[7][8]
The head of this tribe is called Sardar and current head of Palh tribe is Haji Arbab Ali Khan Palh.
Notable people edit
- Haji Idrees Palh (Social Activist).
- Haji Khan Palh
- Wadero Latif Dino Palh Kandhra
- Muhammad Qabool Palh
- Muhammad Noah Palh
- Haji Muhammad Bachal Palh
- Advocate Ali Palh
- Ali Nawaz Palh
- Professor Akhtiar Ali Palh Khairpur
- Rafique Ahmed Palh Chairman Sukkur Board
- Aijaz Ahmed Palh Officer grade 20 currently commissioner KMC municipal
- Mehdi Palh (Zoologist) s/o Late Imdad Ali Palh
References edit
- ^ Census Commissioner, India. (1933). Census of India, 1931, Volume 8, Issue 1. Manager of Publications. p. 565.
- ^ "پلهہ 2 : (Sindhianaسنڌيانا)". www.encyclopediasindhiana.org (in Sindhi). Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ ʻSukhvir Singh Gahlot, Banshi Dhar (1989). Castes and Tribes of Rajasthan. Jain Brothers. p. 79. ISBN 8185287007.
- ^ Frank Tousey (1980). The Frank Reade Library, Volumes 81-97. Garland. p. 9.
- ^ ʻAlī, Anṡārī ʻAlī Sher (1901). A Short Sketch, Historical and Traditional, of the Musalman Races Found in Sind, Baluchistan and Afghanistan, Their Genealogical Sub-divisions and Septs, Together with an Ethnological and Ethnographical Account. Printed at the Commissioner's Press.
- ^ "Palh is 24th son of Unar son of Samon had twenty-eight sons" (PDF).
- ^ "پلهہ : (Sindhianaسنڌيانا)". www.encyclopediasindhiana.org (in Sindhi). Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ "پلهہ". www.encyclopediasindhiana.org (in Sindhi). Retrieved 2022-06-06.