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Channa or Channo (Sindhi: چنا) is a Sindhi tribe in the Sindh province of Pakistan. A tribe of this name is referred to in some old Muslim texts, such as Chachnama. Masum Shah asserts the Channa were the first tribe to accept Islam after the Muslim conquest of Sindh.

Clans

Anahani/Enahani, Ayani, Bich, Budh, Badwa, Badam (Badamani), Bakhani, Chano, Dargahia, Dhagani, Dalani, Faqirani, Gunani, Golani, Hamdani, Jamani, Jhangiani, Jaleelani, Kachhar, Katiar, Lalani, Leebai, Muhammadani, Marani, Musani, Mochi, Mora, Nunari, Saajnani, Sakhiani, Samrani, Shanani, Sharifani, Sahra, Talhani, Tharani, Umrani, Wahani, Wahnani, Wahwani.

Notable people

• Humaira Channa
• Alam Channa
• Zeenat Abdullah Channa
• Ayaz Jani Channa

References

1. Papiha, Surinder Singh; Deka, Ranjan; Chakraborty, Ranajit (31 October 1999). Genomic Diversity: Applications in Human Population Genetics ; [proceedings of a Symposium on Molecular Anthropology in the Twenty-First Century, Held During the 14th International Congress of the Association of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Held July 26 - August 1, 1998, in Williamsburg, Virginia]. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-0-306-46295-5. In addition, many Hindus and pure Sindhi Rajput individuals from clans such as the Abro, Channa and Sumro reside there. Jat Channa are extinct or have moved to other surrounding places like India
2. Wink, André (1991). Al-hind: The Making of the Indo-islamic World. BRILL. p. 158. ISBN 978-90-04-09249-5.
3. Asif, Manan Ahmed (1 September 2016). "6. A Conquest of Pasts". A Book of Conquest: The Chachnama and Muslim Origins in South Asia. Harvard University Press: 154. doi:10.4159/9780674972414-009.
4. Khair Mohammad Buriro Sewhani (2005). ذاتين جي انسائيڪلوپيڊيا (in Sindhi). p. 299.

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