Shajra, Shajrah or Shujrah (Sindhi: شجراءَ) is a Sindhi Sammat tribe found in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan.[1] They were known for remembering the "Shajra" the tree of ancestry orally.[1] They are found mainly in the districts of Khanewal, Multan and Rajanpur in Punjab, in Sindh they are found in Shikarpur and in Karachi as well. Currently Abdul Razak Shujra is Chief of Shujra tribe of Pakistan.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "شجراءَ : (Sindhianaسنڌيانا)". www.encyclopediasindhiana.org (in Sindhi). Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of Punjab and North West Frontier Province Volume III by H. A Rose page 401