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Kamboj

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Kamboj
Portrait of two unidentified men of the Kamboj (or Kamboh) tribe of Multan, ca.1862–72
Regions with significant populations
India • Pakistan
Languages
Punjabi • Dogri • Haryanvi • Hindi
Religion
Hinduism • Sikhism • Islam

The Kamboj (Devanagari: कम्बोज, Nastaliq: کمبوج, Gurumukhi: ਕੰਬੋਜ ALA-LC: Kamboj), also Kamboh (Nastaliq: کمبوہ ALA-LC: Kamboh), is a caste and agrarian community of India and Pakistan.[1][2]

Demographics

Religion

As per the 1931 census of British Punjab, most Kambojs followed Sikhism (42.4%) and Islam (41.5%), with a considerable minority following Hinduism (16.1%).[3]

The Hindu Kambojs and the Sikh Kambojs are found in the Punjab, Haryana and Jammu regions in India, while most of the Muslim Kambojs, known as Kambohs, are found in the province of Punjab in Pakistan.[4]

The Muslim Kambohs were particularly influential in the administration and the military of the Mughal Empire from the times of Akbar onward. Some famous personalities include Mughal general Shahbaz Khan Kamboh and 16-century Sufi saint Shaikh Gadai Kamboh.[5]

Numbers

As per the 2017 Pakistani census, Kamboh made around 5% of Lahore's population, which back then amounted to some 550,000 individuals out of a total population of 11 million.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ali, Imran (14 July 2014). The Punjab Under Imperialism, 1885-1947. Princeton University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-4008-5958-0.
  2. ^ Singh, K. S.; Bhatia, A. K.; Sharma, Madan Lal (1994). Haryana. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 284. ISBN 978-81-7304-091-7.
  3. ^ Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables.: Census Reports - 1931 (Report). 1933. pp. 291–292. JSTOR saoa.crl.25793242. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  4. ^ Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis E. (27 March 2014). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. OUP Oxford. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-19-100411-7.
  5. ^ Umar, Mohammad (1992). "The Kambohs: A Prominent Community of Indian Muslims in the Sixteenth Century (summary)". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 53: 328–330. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44142802. Archived from the original on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  6. ^ "District Profile". District Lahore - Government of Punjab. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023.

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