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[edit] Copyright violation

Pleas do not add copyright info from another website [1] and cut-and-paste in Wikipedia. Siddiqui 18:24, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm a Lohana, i definately exist and we are not all muslims. The factual accuracy banner is rubbish- anyone who knows anything about the community knows that it is all true. In fact we are the largest group of Gujarati-origin people in the UK. For those of us with roots in east africa- our near ancestors went to east-africa in the time of British Rule of both the continent and east africa (early 20th centuary). Muslim Lohana's are known as "khoja" but retain their status (caste remains of social -if not religious- importance for muslims from the sub-continent)-

Actually the word caste is used incorrectly: Lohana's are Kshytria peoples (descended from warrior-nobles) our cast is Kshytria, our tribe is Lohana- a subset of the kshytria caste. Though many lohana's are succesful in business (i'm sure many are not so too!) we do not fall into the vaisha caste. One inherits one's membership of tribe and clan at birth, so current occupational trends have nothing to do with caste. It's all about lineage, blood and family ties. It is also worth mentioning that Lohana's vary MASSIVELY in feature, though all lineage comes from Aryan roots: in the west we are used to believing Lohanas are from gujarat and sindh exclusively- infact there are Afghan communities that retain their lohana heritage and names - but whose appearance is markedly different. Interestingly the part of India that is now within the borders of Afghanistan is where actaually the origins of ALL lohana people- if you go back far enough.

[edit] Accuracy dispute: Incorrect impression that Lohanas all became Memons

While I applaud the removal of copyrighted material, I do think that the article now gives the incorrect impression that the Lohanas all became Memons (in fact, it now reads like yet another POV fork of Memon). A Google search for the term Lohana turns up a number of references that seem to indicate that this is still a living community.Park3r 12:33, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

It is indeed a living, thriving community, albeit scattered over India and the rest of the world. (I am a nominally Hindu Lohana Sindhi.) —Observ 13:21, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikified

Wikified as part of the Wikification wikiproject! Added factual accuracy dispute notice, some wiki-links, a few sections. JubalHarshaw 16:19, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Forget the google search, I am living proof that we are still a living community! Check Lohana Samaj, Mahaj Mandal, Lohana community in Africa. Search for Lohana and their link to Ismaili's. But be careful not to assume that Lohanas are Muslim, they are in fact Hindu. While those that converted became Khojas.

I dont think that the Fa-hien reference mentioned in the article says anything about the Lohana community. Please discuss how that reference is useful. If not that reference should be removed.

Also, I was not able to find the mention of the marking on Chengez Khans grave that he was killed by so and so. I think it should be mentioned just as a folklore, if at all.

I highly doubt the "facts" mentioned in this article, please provide references or else all the unsubstantial data will be removed.

I have seen the plaque that says in chinese that Chengiz Khan was killed by Dada Jasraj. It is in chinese, and although i do not speak or read chinese, i do trust the guide who, by knowing that i am lohana and discussing my history, knew that the plaque exsited and i have seen it!. I was in Karachi in the mid eighties and took a private plane to this place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.62.169.196 (talk) 01:44, 23 November 2007 (UTC)