Sial (tribe)

Sial Tribe
سیال
Religions Islam (majority)
Sikh and Hindu (minority)
LanguagesPunjabi
CountryIndia, Pakistan
RegionPunjab
EthnicityPunjabi

The Sial or Siyal (Punjabi and Urdu: سيال) is a Punjabi clan[1][2] found in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, split between India and Pakistan.

  1. ^ Eaton, Richard Maxwell (2000). "The Political and Religious Authority of the Shrine of Baba Farid in Pak-pattan, Punjab". Essays on Islam and Indian history. New Delhi ; New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 345–346. ISBN 978-0-19-565114-0.
  2. ^ Peacock, A. C. S., ed. (2017). Islamisation: comparative perspectives from history. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. doi:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474417129.001.0001. ISBN 978-1-4744-1712-9. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctt1g09v0p. LCCN 2017385928. OCLC 959035754. The Siyal clan of Jats of Jhang District, according to both the shrine's hagiographic accounts and the earliest known history of the clan itself, was introduced to Islam by Baba Farid himself, who is said to have converted the clan's founder, Ray Siyal