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Pahores of India and Pakistan

Introduction: Pahore is name of a tribe which mainly lives in India and Pakistan. Its origin comes from Rajisthan which is presently located in India. Pahore are actually residents of Jaisalmir (now a district of Rajisthan) which itself was a big state ruled by Bhaatti Rajputs. Pahore was the name of the one of the rulers of that state who was buddist by religion. Due to some internal conflict within the royal family on the throne of Jaisalmir, the Pahore migrated from Jaisalmir along with his friends and relatives who backed him towards the present Punjab and Sindh Provinces of Pakistan, where Pahores or Pahore tribe embraced Islam perhaps through a Learned Muslim Scholar who was a kind of spiritual leader. Pahores who are actually Bhaatti by cost now call themselves Pahores. Although the original language of Pahores was Rajisthani which is similar to Thari Language in Pakistan. When Pahore or Bhaattis moved to Pakistan they interacted with Punjabis in Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahimyar Khan, Bahawalpur, Bahawal Nagar etc, therefore, their language started accepting the dialect of Siraiki and Riasti. Similarly in Sindh their language inter-connected with Sindhi. It is hard to find the histroical information about this tribe due to many factors. I guess they are 1. their internal conflict on the throne 2. they became Muslim 3. they migrated. These three factors were good enough to let them abandon their own language and their culture and their own traditions. Their trditions that came from Bhuddism were wiped out because they adopted Islamic traditions from Arabic culture.

Demography: Although little is know about the exact places where this tribe reside. Main clusters of population lives in both India and Pakistan. India they are known as Bhaatti and in Pakistan they are called Pahore. Bhaati reside many in the Jaisalmir District of Rajisthan. In Pakistan Bhaatis (Pahores) reside mainly in Thul (Districts Jacobabad), Khanpur (District Shikarpur),Khipro(District Sanghar), Hyderabad, Tando Ghulam Ali (District Badin),Tharparkar, Mirpurkhas, Karachi, Dadu, Larkana, Khairpur in Sindh. In Punjab (Pakistan) they live in Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur etc. Besides some people from thgis tribe also live in District Bolan, Balochistan, and NWFP etc.

Languages: Major Lnaguages of this tribe are Rajisthani, Siraiki, Sindhi, Riasti, Balochi, Urudu, Hindi, English, German, Arabic, etc. Exact knoweldge about langaues is not available. But Rajisthani is the main language spoken historically. Then due to migration they adopted many languages because they strated to live in small groups far away from each other.

Tribal Heads: Pahores are headed by family of late Mir Murad Ali Khan Pahore who lived and died in a small village in Thul District Jacobabad. During his time, the villagers gave the name of Muradpur to that village. Later another name called Joungal was added by his rival group over there to destroy his memories. As Pahore gentically are the human with attitude of betraying with their heads, as happended for the throne of Jaisalmir, so in his hometown these people played the same role.

In this family the noteable Persons are Sardar Nabi Bux Khan Pahore Late who was a veru bold person and worked for welfare of his tribe until his death. His Sons Sardar Gul Muhammad Khan and Sardar Ali Muhammad Khan Pahore also served their tribe well and particpated in the active social work with low profile in the politics. After the death of Sardar Ali Muhammad Khan, the elder son of Sardar Gul Muhammad Khan, namely Sardar Nabi Bux Khan-II Pahore became the tribal head. This gentle man is working very hard for the betterment of the tribe and is actively involved in the district politics of Jacobabad and Shikarpur. He received his Masters Degree in English Literature from Univeristy of Sindh as an external candiate securing First Position in the entire Sindh. He has six sons and one daughter. The elder son Mir Gul Muhammad Pahore is now supposed to become the head, is also Masters Degree holders in Economics as external candiate from Shah Abdul Latif Univeristy Khairpur, Sindh. Other sons are Raja Ghazanfer Ali　（Vice Principal Army School, Shikarpur), Muhammad Masoom Pahore (Assistant Director in EPA Sindh, BE (Civil), ME (Environment, Japan), Ph.D（Japan)), Dr. Ahmed Din Pahore (MBBS Sindh), Dr. Moinudeen Khan (DVM Sindh) and Dr. Zen al abideen (MBBS, PD Sindh).