Sindhi Memons (; ) are an ethnic group residing in Sindh Province of Pakistan.

Deeplai Memons (; ) are an ethnic group residing in Sindh Province of Pakistan.

There are also Kutchi Memons, who retain to some extent the private laws of the Hindus.

Historically Memons are a mercantile community ( and are generally referred to as a business community in Pakistan and India ).

Diwan Bherumal M. Advani writes that all the Memons of Bombay, Gujarat and Kutch are Lohanas from Sindh.

Those who traced their ancestry to Kathiawar are identified as simply Memon or Dhoraji memons, Kathiawadi Memons or Halai Memons and they speak the Memon language.

Many Memons, especially Kathiawadi Memons, further distinguished themselves into various sub-groups which generally refer to their ancestral villages or towns such as Kutyana Memons, originated from Kutyana in Junahgarh ( now India ). Bantva Memons, Jutpur Memons, Dhoraji Memons, Rajkot Memons with other 18 jamats are now collectively called Halari Memon which is the largest jamat in Pakistan, Bombaywala Memon ( whose ancestors used to live in the main city of Bombay and its suburbs ) and Deeplai Memon.

While the Sindhi and Kutchi languages are spoken by both Muslims and non-Muslims, Memoni refers exclusively to the vernacular of the Kathiawadi Memons who are predominately Sunni Muslims that migrated from Sindh to the neighbouring regions of Kutch and Kathiawar in Gujarat several centuries ago.

Memons generally tie to their respective locally societies called " Jamat ", literally means congregation, which are generally established for the betterment and social welfare of its members which may include issuance of marriage license, matrimonial dispute resolution, adaptation and enforcement of the rules and guidelines against certain undesirable customs, establish healthcare and education centres, provide various facilities for the community need ‎ and also financial support and housing ‎ for the poor and needy members and sometime non-members.

The following are some common well organized societies or welfare associations called Jamaat ( Gujarāti script: જમ ા ત ) of the Memons community which generally refer to their ancestral village or town.

Memons are known for their involvement in business and philanthropy, with Memons having played a major part in the building of Pakistani industry, an increasing number of Memons are turning to professional occupations.

According to Anthovan, those Lohanas of Thatta who converted to Islam became Memons and were invited by Jarejho Roa Khanghar, ruler of Bhuj ( 1548 – 1584 ) to settle in Bhuj.

Within the Muslim community, there are three distinct ethnics that exist, notably the Memons and the Surtees ( who are rich merchants who came from Kutch and Surat province of Gujarat in India ), then the " Hindi Calcattias " who came to Mauritius as indentured labourer from Bihar.

They are primarily involved in agriculture or are high level government officials, unlike other Memons who tend to be businessmen. This community of Memons might have originated around the year 1422 at a place called Nagar Thatta, then a capital, in the province of southern Sindh, then in India and now in Pakistan, has been widely accepted.

Specially Halai and Mtiari Memons are considered more blue blood and gentle people who are mostly highly qualified and businessman.

Haji Manzoor Ahmed Memon and Advocate Maqbool Ahmed Memon are considered as the pillars of the Hala and Matiari who have a big name and reputation in Halai Memons.

Recently, A Memons Itehad for Matiari District has been established under the patronage of Haji Manzoor Ahmed Memon and Advocate Maqbool Ahmed Memon, who have organised many conventions at Hala and Matiari.

The Memon community is generally divided into three major subgroups: Kathiawadi Memons, Sindhi Memons ( who speak the Sindhi language ) and Kutchi Memons ( who speak Kutchi ) The first category ( memons originating in Kathiwar ) are simply called Memons, and they speak the Memon language, the subject of this article.

Sindhi and Kutchi are spoken by both Muslims and non-Muslims, in contrast to the Memon language, which is exclusively spoken by Memons of Kathiwadi origin, who are almost entirely Muslim ..

This could be because Memons have had to rely on oral history in order to determine their origins.

Surat in Gujarat was an important trading center from 1580 to 1680 and Memons made their bounty there.

In Karachi today there is a community of Memon people from Bantva and their descendants known as Bantva Memons.

Owing to their tradition of management and attention to detail, Memons are a prosperous community.

The majority of Sindhi Memons are educated ( generally hold white collar jobs ) and are well placed in their professions.

Another theory states that Memons originated in 1422 CE from Thatta in Sindh.

Memons migrated from Sindh to Kutch, and later to Kathiawar ( Kathiawad ) and other parts of Gujarat.

Sindhi Memons are settled all over the Sindh province.

Lately a number of Sindhi Memons have entered politics and have held important portfolios within the Sindh cabinet as well as the senate and Federal Cabinet.

Many Memons have settled in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan since the independence in 1947.

But 700 Lohana families comprising some 6178 persons converted to Islam at the hands of one in Thatta Sindh these are now known as Memons.

It is from there that Kutchi Memons migrated to Kathiawar and Gujarat.

Memons spread throughout the Indian Ocean basin in the 19th century, but most Memons lived in Kathiawar, prior to the independence of Pakistan.

The Memon or Memoni language is the language of Memons historically associated with Kathiawar, in West India, a Memon subgroup.

Among Sunni Muslims known as Memons, the term jamatkhana is used to denote a space for cultural gatherings and special occasions .< ref > See for example the history of the Cutchi Memon Jamatkhana of Bombay at < http :// cutchimemon. org / cutchi_memon_students_circle_mumbai .></ ref > Spaces designated as jamatkhanas can also be seen in Mughal complexes, such as that of the Taj Mahal in Agra.

Memons predominantly adhere to Sunni Islam.

Later, the Memons reached Bombay.

The converts were first called Momins or Mumins and the term, with the march of time, changed to Memons.

Kathiawadi Memons speak an unwritten language called Memon, a mixture of Sindhi and Kutchi which belongs to the Indic North-Western Zone family of languages.

Sindhi Memons speak Sindhi, while Kutchi Memons speak Kutchi.

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