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The Jamote or Jamot people (Sindhi: ڄاموٽ) are a Sindhi ethnic community and a tribe of Sindhi Sammat people of Sindh and Balochistan.[1] They are natives of Kachhi plain and Kalat regions of Balochistan and in Sindh they are long settled in Larkana and Shikarpur districts of Sindh.[2] Jamote and Lasi together form the 4.56% of the total population of Sindhi people in Balochistan province as of 2017.[3] As of 2011[update], the chief of the Jamotes was Syed Mohammed Ali Shah Jamote.[4]
The terms Jamote and Jadgal are used for Sindhi (muslims only) people in Balochistan.
Clans[edit]
Aliani, Badinpota, Baranpota, Chanra, Chanripota, Dahareja, Dahesar, Diya, Dethar, Daharnahiya, Depar, Deparja, Girya, Hasanpota, Hanbhi, Jamote, Jiendar, Jiandani, Mulhani, Moondra, Othar, Papa, Patra, Patiyar, Parpipota, Qutra, Sultanpota, Soomarpota, Sekhro, Waghoria, Walra, Walkri, Warecha, Wahara etc.[5] Jindapota (Syed Jamote).[5]
Notable people[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ Raj, Dr Chaitranyan Prabhat (8 February 2022). Baloch Nationalism. p. 17.
- ^ Ansari, Sarah F. D. (1992). Sufi saints and state power : the pirs of Sind, 1843-1947. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-521-40530-0.
- ^ Kiani, Khaleeq (2018-05-28). "CCI defers approval of census results until elections". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
- ^ "Dastaar Bandi : New Jamote chief takes on tribe's responsibilities". The Express Tribune. 2011-04-17. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ a b Khair Mohammad Buriro Sewhani (2005). ذاتين جي انسائيڪلوپيڊيا (in Sindhi). pp. 450–454.