Jat Clan: Sahu
Distribution	Punjab (Pakistan) Punjab (Pakistan) Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
Descended from:	Kshatryas
Branches:	None
Religion	Islam Islam Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
Languages	Punjabi Punjabi language Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...  and Seraiki Saraiki language Saraiki , transliterated as Sirāikī and sometimes spelled Seraiki and Saraiki, is a standardized written language of Pakistan belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages. It is a language spoken in the heart of Pakistan...
Surnames:	Sahu

Sahu Jat is a Seraiki

Saraiki language

Saraiki , transliterated as Sirāikī and sometimes spelled Seraiki and Saraiki, is a standardized written language of Pakistan belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages. It is a language spoken in the heart of Pakistan...

 speaking Jat clan found throughout southern Punjab

Punjab region

The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...

, with considerable concentrations in Kabirwala, Khanewal, Bahawalpur, Lodhran,Layyah, Dera Ghazi khan and Multan. in some areas it is pronounced as "Sahoo" or "Saahu", but all three pronunciations represent same clan.

some people are of the view that word "Sahu" has been derived from the word "saahu kaar"(which means a person who lends money on interest or usury). According to the Ain-Akbari, the tribe occupied Tulamba

Tulamba

Tulamba or Tulambah is a small city in Punjab, Pakistan. A native of Tulamba is referred to as a Tulmabvi. It's situated on the eastern edge of the Ravi River, between the cities of Abdul Hakeem and Mian Channu. Earlier it belonged to the district of Multan, but in 1985 Tulamba was included in the...

, area near 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...

 in the 15th century. Considered one of the oldest established tribes in the 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...

 region. Near the Tulamba is a village called Mouza Hussain pur Aari Wala inhabited only by Sahu families. Mian Shah Mohammad Sahu was a leading land lord of the area.Famous religious scholar Molana Tariq Jameel also belongs to Seraiki Sahu clan and hails from Mouza Hussain pur Aari wala.Molana is the most respected religious scholar among his contemporaries. The Highest concentration of Sahu tribe is in Maarri Sahu(Kabirwala).

Mouza Sahu near Makhdoom Rasheed(Multan) is another stronghold of Sahu clan.The Sahu community of Mouza Sahu is inhabiting this piece of land for long 300 years.This Mouza was named after the Sahu landlords who were famous for their hospitality during the British Raj.
Majority of the Sahu living in this region are Seraiki speaking(Approximately 95%) , however,Punjabi and Urdu speaking Sahu community is also found in some suburbs of Multan .

The Sahus of south Punjab (Pakistan)use different titles with their names like Mian, Maher,Chaudhry, Malik and Khawja as well. There is a famous shrine of Khawja Sufi Allah dad Sahu in town of sheikh Fazil (Vehari), whose Urs is organised every year by the devotees of Khawja Sahib. Presently Khawja Noor Muhammad Sahu(Ex-Advisor to CM Punjab Pervaiz Elahi) is at the helm of the affairs of the shrine of Khawja Sufi Allah dad Sahu

Muslim Sahu 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...

 are related to the Sahu

Sahu (clan)

Sahu is a gotra of Jats found in Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. They have been the rulers of a small republic in Jangladesh. Their capital was at village Dhansia, situated at a distance of 65 km in northwest of Churu town. There were 84 villages in their territory.In Pakistan there is clan of...

 Jats of Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

 and Punjab

Punjab (India)

Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

 in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. They are said to have immigrated from Marwar

Marwar

Marwar is a region of southwestern Rajasthan state in western India. It lies partly in the Thar Desert. In Rajasthani dialect "wad" means a particular area. The word Marwar is derived from Sanskrit word 'Maruwat'. English translation of the word is 'The region of desert'., The Imperial Gazetteer...

in the 15th Century.