Kamboj
The Kamboj (Devanagari: कंबोज, Nastaliq: کمبوج, Gurumukhi: ਕੰਬੋਜ ALA-LC: Kamboj), also Kamboh (Nastaliq: کمبوہ ALA-LC: Kamboh), is a caste and cultivating community of India and Pakistan, spanning a region from the Sutlej Valley in the north, the Multan in the west and the Karnal area of the Yamuna valley in the east.[1]
Regions with significant populations | |
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India • Pakistan | |
Languages | |
Punjabi • Dogri • Haryanvi • Sindhi • Hindi | |
Religion | |
Hinduism • Sikhism • Islam • Christianity |
By religion, most Kambojs follow Hinduism, with a considerable minority following Sikhism and Islam. Muslim members of the community are called as Kamboh. The Hindu Kambojs and the Sikh Kambojs are found in the Punjab, Haryana and Jammu regions in India, while most of the Muslim Kambohs are found in the province of Punjab in Pakistan.[1][2]
In the United Provinces, the Kamboh Sheikhs were found among the irregular cavalry but rarely enlisted in the infantry.[3]
Notable people
- Shahbaz Khan Kamboh
- Khair Andesh Khan Kamboh
- Muhammad Saleh Kamboh
- Khair Andesh Khan Sani Kamboh
- Waqar-ul-Mulk Kamboh
- Shaikh Gadai Kamboh
- Shaikh Inayat Allah Kamboh
- Jamali Kamboh
- Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh
- Hasan Mahmudi Kamboh
- Bhagat Singh Thind
- Udham Singh
- Subhan Ali Khan Kamboh
- Jathedar Bhai Tehal Singh Dhanju
- Baba Amar Singh Nibber
- Sunder Singh Lyallpuri
- Fazal Malik Akif
- Har Karan Ibn Mathuradas Kamboh Multani
- Muhammad Yamin Khan
See also
References
- A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: A.-K. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. 1997. pp. 442–445. ISBN 978-81-85297-69-9.
- Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis E. (27 March 2014). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. OUP Oxford. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-19-100411-7.
- John Forbes Watson (1873). A Classified and Descriptive Catalogue of the Indian Department. W.H. Allen. p. 10.