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Revision as of 06:13, 13 June 2007 by Hongooi (talk | contribs) (Disambiguate Punjab to Punjab region using popups)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Jam (Urdu: جام) is a Baloch tribe settled in Balochistan, Pakistan.They speak Balouchi and Sindhi. A large number of the Jam tribe live in Sindh too.The current Chief Minister of Balouchistan is Jam Yousuf, he is Sardar and head of his Tribe
The Jam are an old Baloch tribe settled in Sindh and Balochistan. The most famous ruler of Samma was Jam Nizamuddin - later the descendants of this tribe settled in Balochistan and Sindh. The Jam Family of Sanghar belong to the Dynasty of Samo Jam who ruled Sindh in 1500AD. Jam Mashooq Ali,son of late Jam Sadiq Ali is a Sardar of the Samo Jam tribe .The Jams of Lasbela reside in Balochistan and they speak Lasi.
The Samma dynasty ruled in Sindh and parts of Punjab and Balochistan from 1351-1551 A.D. The Samma dynasty declined and was replaced by the Arghun Dynasty. After the demise of the JAM TAMACHI Samma dynasty the Nawab migrated along with his brothers and tribal members leaving their once thriving land of Nagar-Samma to parts of India and settled in Gujrat. A vast Village in Gujrat is now settled by the descendants of the 4 tribal leaders who were also blood brothers.
One of the brothers is recorded to have migrated back to Sindh and settled the lands on the outskirts of Thatta known as Sikhaat - famous for its rose farms. The village in Gujrat Known also Nagar-Samma consists of many thousand of acres of cultivatable and non cultivatable land an accurate size is not known.The Samma dynasty has left its mark in Sindh by the building magnificent structures including the necropolis of kings and royalties in Thatta and many more ruins.Jam dynasty also ruled in Balochistan and leaves marks in Balochistan too.
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