Sipra

Sipra Jat
Distribution Punjab (Pakistan)
Descended from: Muslim
Branches: Gill Jat
Religion Islam
Languages Punjabi and Saraiki
Surnames: Sipra

Sipra (Urdu: ‎) (also known as Sapra) is a Jat tribe in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. Sipra is a Muslim Jat tribe[1] found mainly in the western districts of Punjab in Pakistan.[2]

History

The Sipra are a sub-division of the Jat Muslim. It means 'super man'.[3]

Location

The tribe is chiefly found along the banks of Chenab and Jhelum River, in the districts of Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Sargodha, Jhang, Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Sheikhpura, Kasur, Okara, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Chiniot, Toba Tek Singh, Bahawalpur, Multan, Muzzaffargarh, Layyah, Khanewal, Rahim Yar Khan, Rajanpur.

Also in Sindh in Karachi.

In areas such as Kharian, Kamalia, Tandlianwala, Ahmadpur East, Muridke, Balkassar, Kabirwala, Mahmumwali, Changa Manga, Noor Shah, Kot Addu, Narang Syedan, Sikriala and Waryam Wala Station.

Notable People

Awais Abid Shad Sipra

Allah Ditta Shad Sipra

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References

  1. ↑ A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of Punjab and the North West Frontier Province Volume II page 881 by Horace A Rose
  2. ↑ Punjabi Musalmans by J M Wikely page 112
  3. ↑ A Glossary of the tribes & castes of Punjab by H. A Rose


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