Thattai Bhatias Explained

Thathai Bhatias is a clan which was once settled in Sindh, in what is now Pakistan, but dispersed around the time of the Partition of India in 1947.^{[1] [2]} Pre-independence, in 1880s the Bhatias were considered amongst the top three Indian communities undertaking trading relations with Middle East countries like Bahrain, Qatar and Oman .^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/straight-talk-the-grand-old-man-1.458317 Straight Talk: The grand old man
2. Web site: 2021-06-23 . Thathai Bhatias & A Desert Cuisine Rooted in Migration . 2023-11-27 . GOYA . en-US.
3. India’'s ‘Look West’ Policy and Its Impact on India, GCC Relations, International Politics, Vol. 3, No. VI, Summer & Autumn 2010, Ginu Zacharia Oommen, Khurshid Imam, Jawaharlal Nehru University
4. The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1715 to 1947, Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama, by Claude Markovits, Cambridge University Press