Palh
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The Palh are Sindhi
Sindhi people
Sindhis are a Sindhi speaking socio-ethnic group of people originating from Sindh, a province Formerly of British India, now in Pakistan. Today Sindhis that live in Pakistan belong to various religious denominations including Islam, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Christianity...

 tribe in Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

 province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. Palh is a Samat tribe.

Distribution

The Palh tribe lives mainly in the Miranpur
Miranpur, Sindh
The Miranpur a Palh community village and Deh of Union Council Bhanbhri of Naushahro Feroze District in the Pakistan Province of Sindh. It is a large village of Naushahro Feroze District. This village has basic facilities of rural areas with Basic Health Unit, High School, Primary School. and...

 the village, Kandir Naushahro Feroze District
Naushahro Feroze District
moro city of n/feroze is usually called base of MRDin sindhNaushahro Feroze District , is a district in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 5 Talukas and 51 Union Councils...

, Palha, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Paat
Paat
Paat, also known as Pat or Goth Pat, is a small town in the Dadu District of Sindh, Pakistan. It is located at 20°28'0N 48°68'0E with an altitude of...

, Dadu District
Dadu District
Dadu is a district of Sindh Province, Pakistan.Dadu district was created in 1933 by the British Indian administration by merging Kotri and Kohistan tehsils from Karachi district and Mehar, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Dadu, Johi and Sehwan tehsils from Larkana district. The population of the district is...

, Kotri
Kotri
Kotri , a large town, is the headquarters station of the Kotri Taluka, or administrative district...

, Jamshoro
Jamshoro
Jamshoro is a city in Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan. It is located on the right bank of Indus River, approximately 18 kilometres north-west of the city of Hyderabad and 150 kilometres north-east from the provincial capital Karachi....

, Ranipur
Ranipur, Pakistan
Ranipur Riyasat, Sind This city was probably established before the Kalhora reign of Sindh . It become famous first time in British occupation when a anti khilafat movement was operated from Ranipur city by the Pir's of the city to protect the interest of British Rajj/ occupation in Sindh and...

, Kumb, Khairpur, Kandhira, village Kandri Sarif, Village Tarki Turail Sukkur
Sukkur
Sukkur, or Sakharu , formerly Aror and Bakar, is the third largest city of Sindh province, situated on the west bank of Indus River in Pakistan in Sukkur District. However, the word Sakharu in Sindhi means "superior", which the spelling of the city's name in Sindhi suggests is the origin of the...

, Jam Sahib, Nawab Shah
Nawabshah District
Shaheed Benazirabad District is one of the districts in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. The district was renamed in September 2008 when most of MPAs of Nawabshah demanded renaming the district to honour the late party leader...

, Shahpur Chakar
Shahpur Chakar
Shahpur Chakar is a small town near the city of Shahdadpur in the Sanghar District of Sindh province, Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of . The city is named after Mir Chakar Talpur, the son of Mir Shahdad Talpur.-Geography:...

, Qasimabad
Qasimabad
Qasimabad may refer to:Iran* Qasimabad, alternate name of Tian, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province, IranPakistan* Qasimabad, Hyderabad, a town in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan* Qasimabad, Karachi, a neighbourhood in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan...

, Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Sindh
is the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...

, Pak Singhar
Pak Singhar
Pak Singhar is a town and union council of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It is and is part of Tando Allahyar Taluka and is located to the south-east of the capital. The Union Council has a population of 43,473.-References:...

, Tando Allahyar District
Tando Allahyar District
Tando Allah Yar District is a district of Sindh province, Pakistan, the city of Tando Allahyar is the capital.-History:The town was founded by Mir Allahyar Talpur...

, Palh Station, Badin
Badin
Badin is the main city and capital of Badin District in Sindh, Pakistan. It lies east of the Indus River. The region is swampy, fertile for growing rice. Some oil fields are located near the town in the seasonally inundated Rann of Kutch region...

, Larkana
Larkana
Larkana or Larkano is the fourth largest city in the north-western part of Sindh Province, Pakistan, and is located within Larkana District.The old name of larkano is chandka which was changed in 1901. In August 2000 Larkana celebrated its hundred years of existence...

, Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

, Quetta
Quetta
is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...

 Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)
Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...

 and Multan
Multan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...

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Approximate population of Palh tribe is around 28,00000. The current head (Sardar) is vacant. The personalities of Palh tribe are Haji Bachal Palh (late) Social Activist from Pak Singhar
Pak Singhar
Pak Singhar is a town and union council of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It is and is part of Tando Allahyar Taluka and is located to the south-east of the capital. The Union Council has a population of 43,473.-References:...

, Tando Allahyar District
Tando Allahyar District
Tando Allah Yar District is a district of Sindh province, Pakistan, the city of Tando Allahyar is the capital.-History:The town was founded by Mir Allahyar Talpur...

; Haji Idress Palh
Haji Idress Palh
Haji Idress Palh, , was born in 1926 at Miranpur, a small village in Naushahro Feroze Taluka, then part of Nawab Shah District.-Life:Haji Idress studied in Taleem Balgan School . He became a social activist and many time elected member of union council.He worked for whole of the miranpurians, he...

, (Late) Social Activist and (05) five times elected member of union council Bhanbhri, Mmohammad ramzan palh village miranpur presently living in hyderabad; Ghulam Rasool Palh S/o Haji Fatih Muhammad Palh, Khairpur Nathan Shah; Doctor Muhammad Khan S/o Haji Paryal Palh Village Gullab Palh Shahpur Chakar
Shahpur Chakar
Shahpur Chakar is a small town near the city of Shahdadpur in the Sanghar District of Sindh province, Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of . The city is named after Mir Chakar Talpur, the son of Mir Shahdad Talpur.-Geography:...

 District Sanghar; Ishaq Palh Sukkur
Sukkur
Sukkur, or Sakharu , formerly Aror and Bakar, is the third largest city of Sindh province, situated on the west bank of Indus River in Pakistan in Sukkur District. However, the word Sakharu in Sindhi means "superior", which the spelling of the city's name in Sindhi suggests is the origin of the...

; Muhtaram Muhammad Hassan Palh, Dr. Ghulam Ababs Palh, Dr. Niaz Palh, Gulam Hussain Palh from Ranipur
Ranipur
Ranipur is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Jhansi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Ranipur is located at . It has an average elevation of 205 metres .-Demographics:...

; Abdul Ghani Palh, Sema Palh, Political worker of G. A. Sindh from Dadu, Rafique Ahmed Palh Assistant Controller of Examnination BISC Sukkur
Sukkur
Sukkur, or Sakharu , formerly Aror and Bakar, is the third largest city of Sindh province, situated on the west bank of Indus River in Pakistan in Sukkur District. However, the word Sakharu in Sindhi means "superior", which the spelling of the city's name in Sindhi suggests is the origin of the...

 and Abdul Hakeem Palh  from Hyderabad, Sindh
Hyderabad, Sindh
is the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...

Mansoor Ali Palh City Shahpur Chakar. District Sanghar.

The Palh are traditionally agriculturists but with the passage of time they have adopted other mode of living and now they are in every walk of life.
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