[2] They were ashrafized over time and started to claim Arab Abbasi origin after asserting they had received spiritual inheritance from the Sayed Pirs.
[6] However, their claims to Arab descent have been refuted and the author of Kalhora Dour-e-Hukoomat suggests their center was originally at Bakhar, Sindh.
[8] With Kalhora success in taking control of lands from local zamindars, the Delhi Sultanate eventually considered it necessary to put a stop to the growing power.
After defeating them, the Sultanate brought them inside the fold by offering an amnesty, recognising that the Kalhoras were widely respected in the province.
The dynasty retained its role, in large part by balancing the interests of influential Sindhi groups such as sufis and Balochs, when the Sultanate lost control to the Persian Afsharid dynasty, and again when the Persians were supplanted by the Afghan Durranis.