Kambhoj
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| India • Pakistan | |
| Languages | |
| Punjabi • Dogri • Hindi • Urdu | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism • Islam • Sikhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Muslim Kamboh |
The Kamboj (Urdu: کمبوہ ALA-LC: Kamboh, Punjabi: ਕੰਬੋ Kamboj), also Kamboh, is a community mainly in the Northern India and eastern Pakistan.
During the early years of Islam in India, one of the groups of this clan embraced Islam at the instance of Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya Suhrawardi (of Multan) and his son Shaikh Sadruddin.
Some Kamboj, such as Shahbaz Khan Kamboh, occupied key military and civil positions during the Turkic and the Moghul reign in northern India. The historian M. Athar Ali said that "The Sayyids and the Kambohs among the Indian Muslims were specially favoured for high military and civil positions during Moghul rule".
The name of the tribe is said to be a corrupt form of Kai-amboh, a royal race of Persia from which they profess to be descended. They are both Hindus andMuslims. The Hindu Kambohs profess to be related to Rajputs and to have come from Persia— through Southern Afghanistan.
Numerous foreign and Indian writers have described the modern Sikh Kambojs as some of the best agriculturists of India.
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