Omani Sindhi

Omani Sindhis are citizens of Oman, who are Sindhi people, originally came from Sindh and around its regions.
History
Sindhi Bhatia traders established a colony in muscat between 1400 and 1860. In the seventeenth century when Portuguese lost Hormuz, Muscat became headquarters of their Arabian Gulf operation, during that period Oman's most important trading destination was Thatta city of Sindh, Thatta's main export items were clothes, silk, cotton yarn as well as opium, ghee, indigo and sugar.
The Khowajas (Khoja) are another Sindhi people called as Al-Luwatiya who claim to have come from Hyderabad, Sindh. They speak Lawati (Khojki) language.
The Luwatiya are merchants and deal in textiles, jewelry, grain and dates, besides this they trade in dried fish from Muscat, they were also involved in different skilled crafts like carpentry and boat building.
Moreover, the Jadgal or Al Zidjali as called in Oman migrated from Makran region into Oman. Jadgals speak the Jadgali dialect of Sindhi language.
The Sindhi Memon are called as Maiman in Oman who speak Maimani language related to Luwati language.
There are also 14,700 Sindhis from present day Sindh province of Pakistan.

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