Soomra dynasty

Soomra dynasty
Sindhi: سومرن جو خاندان, romanizedsoomran jo Khaandan
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 languagesPersian[2]
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
Sindh Sultanate
Today part ofSindh

The Soomra dynasty 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.[3]

  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. ^ "Sind Quarterly". Mazhar Yusuf. 11 November 1981 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "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 ).