Kamboj
The Kamboj (Devanagari: कंबोज, Nastaliq: کمبوج, Gurumukhi: ਕੰਬੋਜ ALA-LC: Kamboj), also Kamboh (Nastaliq: کمبوہ ALA-LC: Kamboh), is a caste and cultivating community of India and Pakistan that originally belonged to the central Punjab region.
Portrait of two unidentified men of the Kamboj (or Kamboh) tribe of Multan, ca.1862–72 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| India • Pakistan | |
| Languages | |
| Punjabi • Dogri • Haryanvi • Hindi | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism • Sikhism • Islam |
Muslim Kamboj were particularly influential in the administration and the military of the Mughal Empire from the times of Akbar onward, some famous personalities including Shahbaz Khan Kamboh and Shaikh Gadai Kamboh.
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