Sahiti or Sahta sometimes Sahitiaja are sub group/caste of Sindhi Lohana community,[1] Sahitis (also known as Sahitas or Sayta) and, together with the Amils and Bhaiband, form one of the three major groups of Lohana caste in Sindh, Pakistan.[2][3]
Sahitis are mostly in occupied in supplying dry fruit, general foodstuff and textiles.[4][5] Sindhi hindus are mainly divided into Amils, Bhaibands, Hyderabadi Bhaiband (Sindhi Varki), Sahitiaja, Shikarpuri, Hatvaniya, Thattai, Bhagnari etc.[3]
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edit- Naser Sahiti (1966), Kosovan professor and rector of the University Prishtina.
- Harish J Manglani (1944), History professor of University of Rajasthan.
References
edit- ^ Falzon, Mark-Anthony (2004). Cosmopolitan Connections: The Sindhi Diaspora, 1860-2000. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-14008-0.
- ^ Singh, Kumar Suresh; Bhanu, B. V.; India, Anthropological Survey of (2004). Maharashtra. Popular Prakashan. p. 1862. ISBN 978-81-7991-100-6.
- ^ a b Hīrānandāṇī, Popaṭī (1984). History of Sindhi Literature: Post-independence, 1947-1978. Prof. Popati R. Hiranandani.
- ^ Falzon, Mark-Anthony (2004). Cosmopolitan Connections: The Sindhi Diaspora, 1860-2000. BRILL. p. 34. ISBN 9004140085.
- ^ Raina Thapan, Anita (2002). Sindhi Diaspora in Manila, Hong Kong, and Jakarta. Ateneo de Manila University Press. p. 80. ISBN 9789715504065.
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