Juneja
{{Short description|Sindhi clan}}
{{about|the Sindhi Sammat tribe|the Sindhi Hindu surname|Juneja (surname)}}
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Juneja/Junejo ({{langx|sd|{{Naskh|جوڻيجا}}}}) is a Sindhi Sammat clan found in Sindh, Pakistan{{cite book |title=Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan |date=1960 |page=460 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sGtmAAAAMAAJ&q=juneja&pg=PA460 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Siddiqui |first1=Habibullah |title=Education in Sind: Past and Present |date=1987 |publisher=Institute of Sindhology, University of Sind |isbn=978-969-405-009-6 |page=176 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hmQdAAAAMAAJ&q=junejo+tribe |language=en}}{{cite book |title=Tribes of Pakistan |page=110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IICXDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA110}}{{cite book |title=Sind Quarterly - Volume 22 |date=1994 |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZettAAAAMAAJ&q=juneja |language=en}} and in some parts of India.{{cite book |last1=Saraswati |first1=Baidyanath |title=Pottery-making Cultures and Indian Civilization |date=1978 |isbn=978-81-7017-091-4 |page=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aqrB_Nzr5QcC&q=Juneja |language=en}} The most notable Juneja include: Jam Juna II, a ruler of Sindh{{cite book |last1=Commission |first1=Pakistan Historical Records and Archives |title=Proceedings of the Meetings |date=1954 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_RFAQAAIAAJ&q=juna |language=en}} and Muhammad Khan Junejo, former prime minister of Pakistan.{{cite book |last1=Ispahani |first1=Mahnaz |title=Pakistan Dimensions of Insecurity |date=1989 |publisher=International Institute for Strategic Studies |page=11 |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/503382161/Pakistan-Dimensions-of-Insecurity# |language=en}}
Origins
The Juneja are regarded as descendants of Jam Juna I, the Samma king.{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Ansar Zahid |title=History and Culture of Sind: A Study of Socioeconomic Organization and Institutions During the 16th and 17th Centuries |date=1980 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3gINAAAAIAAJ&q=juna |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Lari |first1=Suhail Zaheer |last2=Lari |first2=Yasmeen |title=The Jewel of Sindh: Samma Monuments on Makli Hill: with 326 Illustrations, 50 in Colour |date=1997 |isbn=978-0-19-577901-1 |pages=9,11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fRtuAAAAMAAJ&q=juna |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Kazi |first1=Mushtak Ali |title=Journey Through Judiciary |date=1990 |isbn=978-969-407-108-4 |page=20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bL4MAAAAIAAJ&q=jam+juna+descendants |language=en}} Jam Juna was succeeded by Jam Tamachi{{cite book |title=The Calcutta Review - Volume 59 |publisher=Harvard University |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UG4oAAAAYAAJ&dq=Jam+Juna&pg=PA19 |language=en}} whose tale is mentioned in Shah Jo Risalo.{{cite book |last1=al-Laṭīf (Shah) |first1=ʻAbd |title=Risalo |date=2018 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-97504-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F1NDtAEACAAJ |language=en}}
Clans
Ārbāṇī, Chachar (ڇڇر), Dabgar, G̱ahriā, Jhanglejā, Kuḇar, Līl, Līlā, Līmāṇī, Mahbāṇi, Kāimāṇī, Ramāṇī, Sājnāṇī, Wasāṇ and Weṛhejā.{{Cite book |last=Khair Mohammad Buriro Sewhani |url=http://archive.org/details/san_0600 |title=ذاتين جي انسائيڪلوپيڊيا |date=2005 |pages=262 and 453 |language=Sindhi}}
Notable people
See also
References
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