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{{Short description|Sindhi Sammat tribe}}
{{Infobox ethnic group|
| group            = Panhwar
| native_name      = پنھور
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| popplace         = [[Pakistan]]
| langs            = [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]
| rels             = [[Islam]]
| related          = [[Sindhi people]]
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'''Panhwar''' ({{Langx|sd|پنھور}}) is a [[Sindhis|Sindhi]] [[Sindhi Sammat|Sammat]] tribe found in [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]].<ref name="c1">{{cite book |title=1998 District Census Report of Dadu |date=1998 |publisher=Population Census Organization Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan |page=8 |url=http://digitalarchive.uet.edu.pk/handle/123456789/550 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="c2">{{cite book |last1=Buriro Sewhani |first1=Khair Mohammad |title=Encyclopaedia of Tribes |date=2005 |pages=219–220 |url=https://archive.org/details/san_0600/page/218/mode/2up?view=theater |language=Sindhi}}</ref> The present chief of the tribe is Mir Changez Khan Panhwar.<ref>{{cite news |title=New chieftain of Panhwar community installed |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1772576 |work=DAWN.COM |date=28 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In [[Sindhi folklore]], the Panhwar tribe is mentioned in [[Umar Marvi|Sur Umar Marui]] of [[Shah Jo Risalo]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=al-Laṭīf Shah |first1=ʻAbd |title=Risalo |date=2018 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-97504-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F1NDtAEACAAJ |language=en}}</ref> The Panhwars had previously ruled [[Khudabad]] before the [[Kalhora]] conquered it.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panhwar |first1=M. H. |title=Source Material on Sind |date=1977 |publisher=Institute of Sindhology, University of Sind |page=492 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society Volume 51, Issues 3-4 |date=2003 |page=107}}</ref><ref name="c1" /> Panhwar literally means "''herder of sheep and goat''".<ref name="c2" />
== Clans ==
Achhra, Abani, Badri, Barria, Bātra, Bochri, Boraka, Bhar, Balai, Balani, Bagrani, Bandani, Bhanbhanpotra, Boolani, Chadi, Chanhani, Dodani, Dutar, Derweshani, Esani, Gābarkalani, Garglani, Heera, Heesbani, Kaka, Kānro, Kar'ra, Kārera, Kanobrani, Kamalani, Kārani, Kathra, Khoch, Ladhani, Langani, Māhiya, Māliya, Malucha/Maluja, Mamāni, Norri, Sayedani, Shaikh Panhwar, Thhori, Talbani, Umrani.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Khair Mohammad Buriro Sewhani |url=http://archive.org/details/san_0600 |title=ذاتين جي انسائيڪلوپيڊيا |date=2005 |pages=220 |language=Sindhi}}</ref>
== Notable people ==
Notable people bearing the surname Panhwar, who may or may not be associated with the tribe, include:
* [[M. H. Panhwar|Muhammad Hussain Panhwar]], a Historian and recipient of [[Sitara-i-Imtiaz]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Six thousands years of irrigation history in Sindh |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/732967/six-thousands-years-of-irrigation-history-in-sindh |work=DAWN.COM |date=9 July 2012 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Aurangzaib Panhwar]], former member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Provincial Assembly of Sindh - Member Profile |url=http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/31/569 |website=www.pas.gov.pk}}</ref>
* [[Salahuddin Panhwar]], Honourable Justice of the [[Sindh High Court]].<ref>{{cite web |title=High Court of Sindh - Salahuddin Panhwar |url=https://sindhhighcourt.gov.pk/Justice_Salahuddin_Panhwar.php |website=sindhhighcourt.gov.pk}}</ref>
== References ==
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{{Sindhi tribes}}
[[Category:Sindhi tribes]]
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