Sipra

For the acronym "SIPRA", see Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement.
Jat: Sipra
Distribution Punjab (Pakistan)
Descended from: Muslim
Branches: None
Religion Islam
Languages Punjabi and Saraiki
Surnames: Sipra

Sipra (Urdu: ‎) is a jUTT tribe in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. Sipra is a Muslim Jutt tribe[1] found mainly in the western districts of Punjab in Pakistan.[2]

History

The Sipra are a sub-division of the Muslim jutt. It means 'super man'.[3]

Location

The tribe is chiefly found along the banks of Chenab and Jhelum River, in Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Khaarian, Gujranwala, Rahim Yar Khan, Ahmadpur East, Faisalabad, Tandlianwala Faisalabad, MAHMUNWALI SHEIKHUPURA, Sahiwal, Okara, Kasur, Multan, Muzaffar Garh, Karachi, Sargodha, Rajanpur, Noor Shah (Kot Addu), and Layyah Districts, Kabirwala District Khanewal District Muridke, Waryam Wala Station, Gojra, hafizabad

Sipra Tribe is numerously living in Kamalia, Toba Tek Singh District, Chiniot District, Jhang District and Bahawalpur. The Sipra have no connection with the surname Sapru, which is, in fact, a Kashmiri Pundit surname.

References

  1. ↑ A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of Punjab and the North West Frontier Province Volume II page 881 by Horace A Rose
  2. ↑ Punjabi Musalmans by J M Wikely page 112
  3. ↑ A Glossary of the tribes & castes of Punjab by H. A Rose


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