Samma (Sindhi: سمو , Urdu: سما ) is a Baloch tribe settled in the provinces of Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab of Pakistan and also in Rajistan, India.

They are part of the larger Jamot tribe (Jamot means Rajput in Sindhi language) and speak the Sindhi, Balochi, and Seraiki. A large number of the Samma tribe live in Sindh and Balochistan other provinces of Pakistan. The former Chief Minister of Balochistan Jam Mohammad Yousaf is from the same tribe, he is Sardar and head of his tribe.

There are various theories about the origins of Samma tribe. Some believe they were descendants of Sam (Shem), the eldest of the three surviving sons of the prophet Nuh (Noah). According to others they were the descendants of Sam, the son of Umar, son of Hashim, Some argue that as the Samma rulers used the title of Jam, then Sammas are the descendants of Jamshid, the legendary king of Persia who could see in his wine cup (Jām-e Jam).

It also stated by the history that the Jaam are the Descendents of Hazrat Mir Masoom who is of the 22 sons of Hazrat Syed Hassan Jallaudin Bukhari and trace their origin to Uch Sharif. Hazrat Mir Masoom is also the source of information about the Samma dynasty.

A. Jayamohan was an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Tiruppattur constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate in 1984, 1989 and 1991 elections.

He died near Ambur on the Chennai-Bangalore highway, in a road mishap on 25 April 2010.

Ayaz Latif Palijo اياز لطیف پلیجو (born November 15, 1968) is a Sindhi Pakistani activist, lawyer, writer and teacher. Palijo was born in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan, to a Baloch mother, the women's rights activist and artist Jeejee Zarina Baloch, and a South Asian leftist father and founder of Awami Tahreek, Rasool Bux Palijo.

Palijo is one of the leading human rights lawyers of Pakistan, who has filed, contested and won hundreds of cases on behalf of the oppressed and victimized sections of Pakistani society. He has read papers in several international conferences and a number of British, American and other international universities including University of Yale, University of Colorado Denver, University of Sussex, University of Leeds, University of Bergen and University of Johannesburg. He has remained a member, guest speaker and consultant of several international forums and organizations including Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD), Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators (CASTME), International Water History Association (IWHA), Centre for Peace and Social Justice, Southern Cross University, International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM), Asian Students Association (ASA), World Social Forum (WSF) and World Commission on Dams (WCD). He has done work for victims of honor killing, karo-kari, bonded labor, missing persons, child labor and violence against women amongst others. Palijo, an orator, a lawyer, a writer and a teacher, is considered as being the first person to introduce the concepts of human rights and public interest litigation in rural areas of Sindh, Pakistan. Ayaz L. Palijo is well known in the activist circles of Sindh and Pakistan's social movement, having worked for decades on women's issues especially those linked to violence against women and sexual harassment.