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The '''Rahimoon''', '''Rahuma''', '''Royma''', '''Rayma''' '''({{lang-sd|راهمون}})''' is a [[Muslim]] community found in the state of Chohatan Sedwa Shiv Gadraroad Ramsar Taluka in [[Barmer district|Barmer]], [[Rajasthan]] and [[Gujarat]] in [[India]] and in [[Umerkot District|Umarkot]], [[Chachro Tehsil|Chachro]], [[Tharparkar]] [[Sindh]] and [[Balochistan]] provinces of [[Pakistan]]. They are one of a number of communities of pastoral nomads found in the [[Banni Grasslands Reserve|Banni]] region of [[Kutch]]. The community is also known as Rahuma, especially in [[Sindh]].<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Three edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 1207-1210</ref>

==History and origin==

The Royma are community from [[Jaisalmer district|Jaisalmer]], [[Rajputana]] and [[Gujarat]] belonged to [[Samma (tribe)|Samma]] or [[Rathore clan|Rathore]] clan who were converted to [[Islam]], before conversion they were called Rathore and Thakurs but after accepting Islam they changed their surnames to Samma, then some of clans changed their names into different surnames such as Rahimo, Abro, Node, Sameja, Mahar, Mangria.They initially migrated to Sukhpar village in [[Bhuj]] [[taluka]], and then spread to other parts of [[Bhuj]], [[Mandvi]], [[Anjar, Gujarat|Anjar]] and [[Lakhpat]] regions of [[Kutch district]] and then migrated to other parts of subcontinent. They are now mainly in Tharparkar and Karachi regions of Sindh Pakistan . They speak [[Marwari language|Marwari]] and [[Dhatki]] languages, with large number of [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] loanwords. Royma are called [[Sammaat]] Tribe of Tharparkar which also includes [[Node tribe|Node]], Mahar, Sameja and Mangria.<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Three edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 1207-1210</ref>

==Present circumstances==

The community is divided into a number of clans, called [[atak (clan)|atak]]s, the chief ones being Mammia, Saad and Bidkia. They use the atak name as their surname. The community is endogamous, but does marry with other [[Samma (tribe)|Samma]] communities, such as the [[Samejo|Sameja]]. They do not practice clan exogamy as rule, but each clan is of equal status, and do intermarry. The community in fact prefer parallel cousin marriages.
The royma in Thar region of Sindh marry among other samma tribes and are divided in further clans chiefly called Dina, Dallu and Mammia.<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Three edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 1207-1210</ref>

The Royma are farmers and businessmen in Pakistan, while in addition to business they have large numbers of doctors, engineers and lawyers from Tharparkar region, some of the people in this community prefer to go outside of the country and earn their bread in foreign lands such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, China, Afghanistan, Germany, Canada and other European countries. Before the 1990 era when Zia UL haque was in reign in Pakistan the concept of education was not in the mind of common folks so they preferred their children to learn tactics of business and farming but after 1991 they prioritized education and began to learn. Now in 21st century era there are still some people who don't have money to buy bread so they send their children to other cities so that they can earn their daily bread . While royma in India belong to [[Maldhari community]] Like other Kutchi communities, many of them have migrated to other parts of [[India]] in search of employment. Like many [[Gujarati Muslim]]s, they have a caste association, the Royma Jamat, which is responsible for the welfare of the community. They are [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]]s.<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Three edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 1207-1210</ref>

==See also==
*[[Samma (tribe)|Samma]]

==References==

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[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Tribes of Kutch]]
[[Category:Maldhari communities]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]
[[Category:Sindhi tribes]]
[[Category:Samma tribes|*]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Sindhi tribes in India]]

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