Sandhai Muslims

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| group = Sandhi Muslims

| popplace = India • Sindh

| langs = GujaratiSindhiHindi

| rels = Islam

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The Sandhi/Sindhi Muslims are a community found in the state of Gujarat in India.{{Cite web |title=CENTRAL LIST OF OBCs FOR THE STATE OF GUJARAT |url=https://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/gujarat.pdf |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=National Commission for Backward Classes |page=4}} Sandhi Muslims belong to a Samma tribe from Sindh.{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=K. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfAMAQAAMAAJ&dq=samma+clans&pg=PA1747 |title=Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles |date=1996 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-0-19-563357-3 |pages=1747 |language=en}} They are one of a number of communities of pastoral nomads found in the Banni region of Kutch.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWrTs5yt1DkC&q=sandhai&pg=PA1244 |title=Gujarat |date=2003 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7991-106-8 |pages=1241 |language=en}}{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Surnames: The Sandhai muslims have 82 ataks (clans) some of them are:

Bafan, Rayshipotra, Chaniya, Dal, Gothi, Hala, Halaypotra, Jadeja, Khad, Khakkar, Nareja, Nayi, Othi, Rayasipotra, Samma, Sanejha, Shetha, Solanki, Sumra, Theba, Virsad, Visiad.

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