Soomra dynasty
The Soomra dynasty was a late medieval dynasty of Sindh ruled by the Soomro tribe of Sindh, and at times adjacent regions, located in what is now Pakistan.
History
Establishment
The early history of Soomras is unclear. Ali describes the flight and eventual death by drowning of Hafif, then-ruler of Sindh, during the faceoff with Mahmud but does not specify whether he was the last Habbarid or first Soomra. Later chroniclers like Ali ibn al-Athir and Ibn Khaldun attributed the fall of Habbarids to Mahmud of Ghazni, lending credence to the argument of Hafif being the last Habbarid. The Soomras appear to have established themselves as a regional power in this vacuum.According to André Wink, the Soomras were a dynasty of local origin, later claiming to be Rajputs as well as Arabs. They have been retrospectively claimed to be Parmar Rajputs. In Ain-i-Akbari the Soomra dynasty is mentioned as of a Rajput lineage. Some of them were adherents of Isma'ilism — Arab travelers held them to be Qarmatians, and correspondence with the Fatimid caliph, Al-Mustansir Billah has been located.