Dresses of Sindhis in 1843

[Kabira]

Landlords of what? bar few hindu rajputs or merchants (some immigrated to india) most sindhi hindus are pisspoor.

Only few hindu rajputs were/are landlords in sindh.

What about dark complexion ? in Pak yes Sindhis compared to other groups are a shade darker... but not all...

There is hindutva myth that hindus used to own Pakistan before partition. By the time British came hindus were only merchant/baniya class and not land owners. Also I'm pretty sure sindhi and punjabi hindu merchant class was historically always more educated then any other community in south asia, apart from some Gujarati baniya and few parsis. Half of newly build city Karachi population used to be baniya sindhi hindus. When these people migrated to big Indian cities like Delhi and Mumbai they quickly established themselves and become elite, many of them industrialists etc Unlike in Pakistan, there hindu sindhi is associated with being rich, educated and basically own native Indians etc Andhon main kana raja wali kahawat yaad ati hai.

Now there is this perception in India that these sindhis and punjabi hindus most have been some big shit in Pakistan as well.

By force hindus couldn't gain any land so what baniya did is take full advantage of British raj by giving loans and then taking over muslim land when they couldn't payback. That practice was put to end in 1901 punjab alienation act and all of land they got (700,000 acres) was transferred back to landlords. Hence baniya enjoy very bad reputation.

 

[khujliwal]

Landlords of what? bar few hindu rajputs or merchants (some immigrated to india) most sindhi hindus are pisspoor.

Only few hindu rajputs were/are landlords in sindh.

What about dark complexion ? in Pak yes Sindhis compared to other groups are a shade darker... but not all...

I am not talking about current times. And no surprise they are piss poor and fewer than tigers today.

 

[Daghalodi]

Landlords of what? bar few hindu rajputs or merchants (some immigrated to india) most sindhi hindus are pisspoor.

Only few hindu rajputs were/are landlords in sindh.

What about dark complexion ? in Pak yes Sindhis compared to other groups are a shade darker... but not all...

Who said sindhis living in Sindh have dark complexion? There are many fair complexion sindhis than Dark complexion sindhis

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

I am not talking about current times. And no surprise they are piss poor and fewer than tigers today.

Hindus were never landlords... never ruled, it was always sindhs native muslim dynasties.

 

[khujliwal]

Hindus were never landlords... never ruled, it was always sindhs native muslim dynasties.

Being a landlord and being a ruler are two different things. One of the reasons demand for another nation was raised was that muslims were not getting their due share and equal opportunities. In undivided India, sindh region had significant non muslim Sindhis. Ever heard of Sindhi sardars? And majority of them were better off than muslims in those regions. Many muslims used to do physical labour: farmers, ironsmiths, butchers etc. Offcourse there must have been some exceptions.

 

[xairhossi]

Landlords of what? bar few hindu rajputs or merchants (some immigrated to india) most sindhi hindus are pisspoor.

Only few hindu rajputs were/are landlords in sindh.

Those Hindu Sodhas are technically not Sindhi, they live in the Thar and speak a Marwari dialect.

. In undivided India, sindh region had significant non muslim Sindhis. Ever heard of Sindhi sardars? And majority of them were better off than muslims in those regions. Many muslims used to do physical labour: farmers, ironsmiths, butchers etc. Offcourse there must have been some exceptions.

Undivided India, which Sindh was forcibly annexed to in 1843 by the British Army when they fought against it in the Battle of Miani saying "Marsoon Marsoon Sindh na desuun"

Sindhi sardars? There were barely any Sikhs in Sindh.
And all historic Sindhi ruling dynasties were Muslim - Soomros, Sammahs, Kalhoros, Arghuns, Talpurs etc.
None were Hindu

In Urdu, river is a Darya and Naher a canal. Present day Persian 'Darya' is the sea and river is 'Rood' or Naher for a small stream /rivulet. However river Oxus is called Amu Darya and its North Eastern neighbour called Syr Darya. It is therefore likely that in classical Persian large river may have been also called 'Darya'. Since Sind had been under Iranian rule in Achaemenid times and later under the Persian speaking Mughals & Afghans: the mighty Indus is called Darya in Sindhi.

Sindhu literally means "sea" in Rig Vedic Sanskrit as the Indus was wide enough to be thought of as a sea

 

[xairhossi]

Who said sindhis living in Sindh have dark complexion? There are many fair complexion sindhis than Dark complexion sindhis

One thing to be noted is that Sindh is one of the hottest regions on the planet.

A Prussian-German traveller, Captain Leopold von Orlich, wrote this during his visit to Sindh in 1845:
"Indeed in Sinde the sun is fierce enough to dye white men black, and is sufficiently powerful to roast an egg; an experiment which has been tried with success"

 

[Daghalodi]

One thing to be noted is that Sindh is one of the hottest regions on the planet.

A Prussian-German traveller, Captain Leopold von Orlich, wrote this during his visit to Sindh in 1845:
"Indeed in Sinde the sun is fierce enough to dye white men black, and is sufficiently powerful to roast an egg; an experiment which has been tried with success"

He must be roaming around upper sindh. Th lower part of sindh is better and trust me the sun doesnt dye men over here in lower sindh

 

[xairhossi]

He must be roaming around upper sindh. Th lower part of sindh is better and trust me the sun doesnt dye men over here in lower sindh

I think it was around Jacobabad.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Pakistan was 53.5 degrees celsius in Mohenjodaro.

 

[Daghalodi]

I think it was around Jacobabad.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Pakistan was 53.5 degrees celsius in Mohenjodaro.

I think there are more baroch/balouch living in jacobabad than sindhis

 

[Sine Nomine]

He must be roaming around upper sindh. Th lower part of sindh is better and trust me the sun doesnt dye men over here in lower sindh

Laar region has better weather as compared to Rest of sindh and some places have weather not present in whole of Pakistan.

 

[xairhossi]

Portrait Of A Muslim Girl From Sindh, Showing Method Of Wearing Ear And Nose Rings, Necklace And Anklets By Michie And Company, Circa 1870

These are from Karachi, I think they might not be Sindhi given that Karachi had a large number of Parsi and Gujarati traders before 1947.

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

Being a landlord and being a ruler are two different things. One of the reasons demand for another nation was raised was that muslims were not getting their due share and equal opportunities. In undivided India, sindh region had significant non muslim Sindhis. Ever heard of Sindhi sardars? And majority of them were better off than muslims in those regions. Many muslims used to do physical labour: farmers, ironsmiths, butchers etc. Offcourse there must have been some exceptions.

There was never a such-thing as India before 1947, so don't come here with that 'undivided India' BS.

Muslims have always been dominant in Sindh, Hindus have never ruled the region; before Muslims there were Buddhist dynasties. The only Hindu dynasty to ever rule Sindh was a Brahmin dynasty which came to power by murdering the rightful Buddhist King, the Hindu rule lasted very briefly as majority of the population rejected casteism and supported the Muslim invasion which led to Raja Dahir being disposed.

 

[Mian Babban]

A lithograph of a Sindhi man and his attendants by James Atkinson, 1843