Hindu jāti within the Sindhi caste of India and Pakistan
Bhaiband, (Sindhi: ڀائيبند (Perso-Arabic); (Devanagari) भाईबंद;) meaning “brotherhood”,[1] are a Hindu jāti within the Sindhi caste of India and Pakistan.
^Falzon, Mark-Anthony (2004). Cosmopolitan Connections: The Sindhi Diaspora, 1860-2000. Leiden: BRILL. p. 33. ISBN 9789004140080.
Bhaiband, (Sindhi: ڀائيبند (Perso-Arabic); (Devanagari) भाईबंद;) meaning “brotherhood”, are a Hindu jāti within the Sindhi caste of India and Pakistan...
India belong to the Lohana jāti, which includes the sub-groups of Amil, Bhaiband and Sahiti. Prior to Arab invasions, majority of Sindh's population practiced...
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...
The Amils (Sindhi: اميل) are a Sindhi sub-group of Bhaiband Lohana. The word "Amil" has its origin in the Persian word "amal" (as "administer"). Amils...
scribes to the Muslim rulers and a less educated "lower section" called "Bhaibands", who were traders: Amils : The "upper section" of educated Lohanas who...
follower of the Vaishnavite Vallabhacharya sect and member of the exogamous Bhaiband community, he is said to have had 12 gurus but started preaching or conducting...
South Africa and Singapore. Many of the Sindhi workies were from the Bhaiband merchant caste, and to some degree the Amils, who were based and lived...
called Khudawadi, is U+112B0–U+112FF: Sindhi language Khudabad Gurmukhi Bhaiband Purswani "Landa script". Azimusshan Haider (1974). History of Karachi....
ones who continued with their merchant professions came to be known as "Bhaibands". The Amils then started to recruit members from the general Khatris and...
Hiranandani. p. 26. Sindhis are mainly divided into Amils, Bhaibands, Hyderabadi Bhaibands (Sindhu-Varkis), Sahiti-a-ja (who belong to Sahiti region)...
their cultural and spiritual heritage. 2. Sagra (Sacred thread) Sindhi Bhaibands often lived in foreign countries; therefore, their wives were always worried...
He developed the city rapidly, which led to many Hindus of Amils and Bhaibands castes migrating there for employment and trade. He also built the Jamia...