Sindhi Sammat

The Sammat (Sindhi: سنڌي سماٽ; sammāṭ, samāṭr, sammāṭh) is the indigenous community of Sindhi people, comprising a number of native tribes and forming a substantial portion of the Sindhi Muslim population. Hindu Sammats are also extant.

The term Sammat refers to Sindhis of indigenous origin. Scholarship dates the presence of Sammat tribes in the region to ancient times. The Sammats are regarded as a traditionally privileged group within Sindhi society. Sammat rulers feature prominently in the verse of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, the eighteenth-century Sindhi poet. In contemporary Sindh, the Sammat castes are conventionally ranked second to Sayeds and other castes claiming Arab descent.