Bomba Dynasty

The Bomba, also spelled as Bambas, are a tribe of Muzaffarabad District in Azad Kashmir Pakistan. They are also found in the Mansehra District of the North West Frontier Province (now Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa) of Pakistan. A few also live in Kupwara district of Kashmir.

The original word is Banbah (بنبه) not the Bomba. They style themselves as "Sultans", and claim origins from the Quraysh Arab tribe, the name Banbah is a corruption of Bani Omayyah. The ancestor of the tribe is Abdullah bin Othman (عبدالله بن عثمان) the son of Othman Ibn Affan (عثمان ابن عفان) and Ruqayyah bint Muhammad (رقيه بنت محمد۴). The family tree is available at International Library Muzaffarabad. Some people says that Banbahs are from the Rajput origins. But they do not provide any proof. The family tree which is available at the Muzaffarabad library. It is attested in 1905 A.D. Many families are related with it. Especially the family of Pir Faqirullah Bakoti and Sultan Hasan Ali Khan of Boi also belong to the same tribe. The second edition of this family tree was published in 1920 A.D. not at the time of partition.

Most people knows that Abdullah Al Asghar was died in early age but this is not correct. Some authentic historians are agreed that he was not died at the age of six. Al Masudi, tells that he was died at the age of 67.

Tahir Almaki gives the reference of Al Masoodi on his own research in his book. Hakeem Faiz Alam Sidique discussed the topic thoroughly and provides the proves and references. Peer Sayed Abdul Sattar Shah, Sultan Muhammad Najib ur Rehman and an English writer J. Spencer Trimingham also says that Abdullah Al Asghar's descendans are found in Africa and Asia.

In the book "Islam in Ethiopia" Mr. Trimingham tells that in Ethiopia, the Jabarti is a term that used for many tribes. The major and chief branch of Jabrati is from the descendants of Usman ibn Affan's son Abdullah whose mother was Ruqayya, the daughter of Muhammad.

Hashmatullah Lakhnavi, Molana Nadvi, Mohammadudin Fouq, Sher Bahadur Khan Panni are also agreed that Abdullah Al Asghar did not died at the early age and Banbahs are not the local residents of Kashmir.

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