Daudpota

Daudpota (Urdu: داود پوتا ‎) is the name of a Sindhi tribe in Sindh, Pakistan.

History

Genealogic tree of the Kalhora & Daudpota Abbasid family.

The Daudpota (Urdu: داود پوتا ‎) Abbasi's claim that they are of Arabic origin and descent from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566 – 662) (Urdu: العباس بن عبد المطلب‎), (c. 566 653), a paternal uncle and Sahabi (companion) of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad as well as a progenitor of the Abbasi Khalifa of Baghdad and Qahira. They claim descent from one Sultan Ahmad, son of Shah Muzammil of Egypt left that country and arrived in Sind with a large following of Arabs c. 1370 AD . He married a daughter of Raja Rai Dhorang Sahta, receiving a third of the country as dowry.

Distinguished Daudpotas

• Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota, Historian
• Azim Daudpota, Air Marshal of Pakistan Air Force and Ex Governor of Sindh

See also

• Kalhora
• Sindh

Clans

• Mubarkani
• Haibteyani
• Bakhrani
• Belani
• Ferozani