Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Kalhora (ڪلهوڙا) or Kalhoro family of the Abbasi clan are a people of Arabic origin who are descended from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (العباس بن عبد المطلب) (c. 566 – c. 653 CE). Kalhora is now used as a surname. Abbas was a paternal uncle and sahabi (companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the progenitor of the Abbasi khalifa (caliph) of Baghdad Iraq and Qahira (now Cairo Egypt). The Kalhora dynasty ruled Sindh a province of Pakistan from 1701 to 1783 CE.
