Samma (tribe)

Sindhi tribe Samma is a Sindhi tribe. The Samma are spread across Sindh, Pakistan and Gujarat, India. Offshoots of the main branch of Samma include the Sandhai Muslims, Jadejas and Chudasamas of Gujarat. Origins There are different legends about the origin of the Sammas. Some link up their ancestry with Akrama bin Abul Jehal. According to some other historians, Sammas came to Sindh with Muhammad bin Qasim. The Sammas are also said to be the descendants of Sam bin Umar bin Hashim bin Abi Lehab. Some derive their lineage from the Iranian king Jamshed. Samma's history, along with other tribes in the region, is intertwined with the Jats, either as a subdivision of it or a group at par. They faced restrictions similar to that of Jats. But Samma communities were confined to Brahmanabad and its neighbouring regions. According to historian Sarah Ansari, both Sammas and Sumras were local Rajput tribes whose chiefs converted to Islam and were followers of Suhrawardi Sufi saints with their base at Uch and Multan. Firishta mentions two groups of zamindars in Sindh, namely Sumra and Samma.[need quotation to verify] Jadeja and Chudasama clans which are the offshoot branches of the main Samma tri