Kashmiri Muslims
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Kashmiri Muslims are Kashmiri people
who are Muslim
s, currently living in Kashmir or those originally with Kashmiri kinship and descent living in Pakistan. Kashmiris are ethinically and culturally closer to central asian culture than Indian or Pakistani culture with significant influence of the persian culture. Kashmiris belong to the dardic group and their launguage Kosher is the only dardic launguage which has ancient script and is widely spoken
and Buddhist. In the 13th century, Islam
became the dominant religion in Kashmir. The Muslim
s and Hindu
s of Kashmir lived in relative harmony, since the Sufi-Islamic way of life that ordinary Muslims followed in Kashmir complemented the Rishi
tradition of Kashmiri Pandit
s. This led to a syncretic culture where Hindus and Muslims revered the same local saints and prayed at the same shrines. Famous Sufi saint Bulbul Shah was able to persuade the king of the time Rinchan Shah who was prince of Kashgar Ladakh, through his intellectual power to adopt Islamic way of life and the foundation of Sufiana composite culture was laid when Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists were co-existing in the atmosphere of love and brotherhood. Some Kashmiri rulers, such as Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin
, were tolerant of all religions in a manner comparable to Akbar.
family names among contemporary Kashmiri Muslims is indicative of Brahmin lineage. However, while most Muslims of Kashmir Valley are converts from Hindus not all are from Brahmins. For example, the Wanis (Wania in Sanskrit means a businessman), The Tantreys (Tantrin in Sanskrit means soldier), Magrey (Magasa in Sanskrit means warrior), etc. Both the Muslims and Hindus of Kashmir are of Pure Aryan descent.
and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir/ Azad Kashmir
mainly in the cities of Rawalpindi
, Gujrat
, Wazirabad
, Gujranwala
, Lahore
, Sialkot
and Muzaffarabad
.
(भट) meaning "scholar". The word exists in the famous 12 century A.D. history of Kashmir, even before the Semitic religion Islam came into the Valley. This, is strongly disputed. It is Aryan in origin.
(भट) meaning "supporter".
status, Malik is a title used mostly by Rajputs of Kotli District.
Is a Kashmiri tribe in the Kashmir region of India and Pakistan, as well as the Kashmiri diaspora. It is also used as family name.the tribe moved and settled in the passes of kashmir from Rajistan during Akbar's era.by profession Malik Rajputs are Worriors,
Malik Rajput Clan has further subclans [Dar] [Mian],[Khawaja] which descended down the passes and settled in the areas of Jammu , Sialkot , Jhelum and Gujrat .
Malik Rajput is perhaps the largest clan of Kashmiri Muslmans
Muslims of Kashmiri origin found predominantly in Punjab, Pakistan.
"Wain or Wani" [From pages 259 to 260 of vol.1 of Tawaareekh Aqwaam e Kashmir {Histories of the Tribes of Kashmir} by Muhammad Deen Fauq, written in 1934 A.D. ; Published by Nigarshat, 24 Muzang Road, Lahore, Pakistan, in 2003 A.D.]:
Wain and Wani are actually the same name and they have the same source. Those who came to be known as Wani in the beginning, their offspring are now known as Wani; similarly those were known as Wain from the start, their offspring are known as Wain . Whether Wani came from Wain, or Wain came from Wani...It is difficult to accurately say anything about this issue. But the popular theory is that Wain is the original name, and Wani is a distorted form of it.
Taareekh Hassan and official reports by the census department from 1891 have mentioned Wains as belonging to the upper class of the Shaikh caste of Kashmir. Wains are well respected and have one of the top pedigrees among tribes.
Wain or Wani are extracts from some hindu tribe. There are many different traditions about which tribe they come from, but all historians agree that before accepting Islam they were part of the hindu caste known as Waish. In fact, some people think that the word Wain comes from Waish. Waish is the merchant caste among hindus. Even after accepting Islam, Wains and Wanis have kept trade and commerce as the source of their livelihood. These people can get involved with the largest to the smallest trade. Perhaps it is for this reason that the census report of 1891, on page 167, says about them, "Wains and Wanis are the merchants of Kashmir and Laddakh
The Wain tribe is divided into many castes, such as the Tal-Wain (those who sell oil), Pui-Wain, Baand-Wain, Bas-Wain, Tarangar-Wain, Kakar-Wain, and Par-Wain. Due to the adoption of different trades by different clans, various branches of the tribe have come into existence.
In the census of 1911 the total population of this tribe (listed under the name Wani) in both provinces of the state of Kashmir, are reported to be 59,487. In the census of 1931 the population of this tribe is written (this time under the name Wain) as totaling 72,113 persons. Those Wain who live in villages are agriculturalists.
People from this tribe who have moved to Punjab (most of whom call themselves Khawaja) have achieved enviable prosperity due to their God-given abilities. A few of these families are mentioned in chapter 5.
Ahanger, khanday,Reshi,
Kashmiri people
The Kashmiri people are a Dardic linguistic group living in Kashmir Valley in Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and parts of the Pakistani territory of Azad Kashmir who speak the Kashmiri language...
who are Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
s, currently living in Kashmir or those originally with Kashmiri kinship and descent living in Pakistan. Kashmiris are ethinically and culturally closer to central asian culture than Indian or Pakistani culture with significant influence of the persian culture. Kashmiris belong to the dardic group and their launguage Kosher is the only dardic launguage which has ancient script and is widely spoken
History
Up to about the beginning of the fourteenth century the population of the valley was predominantly HinduHindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
and Buddhist. In the 13th century, Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
became the dominant religion in Kashmir. The Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
s and Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
s of Kashmir lived in relative harmony, since the Sufi-Islamic way of life that ordinary Muslims followed in Kashmir complemented the Rishi
Rishi
Rishi denotes the composers of Vedic hymns. However, according to post-Vedic tradition, the rishi is a "seer" to whom the Vedas were "originally revealed" through states of higher consciousness. The rishis were prominent when Vedic Hinduism took shape, as far back as some three thousand years...
tradition of Kashmiri Pandit
Kashmiri Pandit
The Kashmiri Pandits are a Hindu Brahmin community originating from Kashmir, a mountainous region in South Asia.-Background:The Hindu caste system of the region was influenced by the influx of Buddhism from the time of Asoka, around the third century BCE, and a consequence of this was that the...
s. This led to a syncretic culture where Hindus and Muslims revered the same local saints and prayed at the same shrines. Famous Sufi saint Bulbul Shah was able to persuade the king of the time Rinchan Shah who was prince of Kashgar Ladakh, through his intellectual power to adopt Islamic way of life and the foundation of Sufiana composite culture was laid when Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists were co-existing in the atmosphere of love and brotherhood. Some Kashmiri rulers, such as Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin
Zain-ul-Abidin
Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din Zain-ul-Abidin was a sultan of Kashmir in the present day Jammu and Kashmir state of India. Mohibbul Hasan has said that "Of all the Sultans who sat on the throne of Kashmir, Zain-ul-Abidin was undoubtedly the greatest .....
, were tolerant of all religions in a manner comparable to Akbar.
Conversion to Islam
After the advent of Islam into Kashmir, large numbers of peoples from Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia settled in the valley. Many Brahmins also converted to Islam resulting in numerically significant population of the Kashmiri Muslims being descendants of Brahmins. The prevalence of common Kashmiri PanditKashmiri Pandit
The Kashmiri Pandits are a Hindu Brahmin community originating from Kashmir, a mountainous region in South Asia.-Background:The Hindu caste system of the region was influenced by the influx of Buddhism from the time of Asoka, around the third century BCE, and a consequence of this was that the...
family names among contemporary Kashmiri Muslims is indicative of Brahmin lineage. However, while most Muslims of Kashmir Valley are converts from Hindus not all are from Brahmins. For example, the Wanis (Wania in Sanskrit means a businessman), The Tantreys (Tantrin in Sanskrit means soldier), Magrey (Magasa in Sanskrit means warrior), etc. Both the Muslims and Hindus of Kashmir are of Pure Aryan descent.
Partition
The Kashmir Valley has a predominantly Muslim population. Smaller populations of Kashmiri Muslims are found in Pakistan and include those who migrated out of the Kashmir Valley during the partition, they are found in upper PunjabPunjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir/ Azad Kashmir
Azad Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir...
mainly in the cities of Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...
, Gujrat
Gujrat
Gujrat is a city in Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and the Gujrat Tehsil subdivision in the Punjab Province. People living in Gujrat refer to themselves as Gujratis, which sometimes leads to confusion with people from the Indian state of Gujarat which adjoins Pakistan...
, Wazirabad
Wazirabad
AYAZ KHANWazirabad is an industrial city located in Gujranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan. Wazirabad is situated on the banks of the Chenab River nearly 100 kilometres north of Lahore on the Grand Trunk Road. It is 45 kilometres from Sialkot, 30 kilometres from the district capital - Gujranwala...
, Gujranwala
Gujranwala
Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...
, Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, Sialkot
Sialkot
Sialkot is a city in Pakistan situated in the north-east of the Punjab province at the foothills of snow-covered peaks of Kashmir near the Chenab river. It is the capital of Sialkot District. The city is about north-west of Lahore and only a few kilometers from Indian-controlled Jammu.The...
and Muzaffarabad
Muzaffarabad
Muzaffarabad is the capital of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located in Muzaffarabad District on the banks of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers...
.
Butt
Were Kashmiri Pandits before the advent of Islam. The majority today are Muslim. The word "Butt/Bhatt" is derived from SanskritSanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
(भट) meaning "scholar". The word exists in the famous 12 century A.D. history of Kashmir, even before the Semitic religion Islam came into the Valley. This, is strongly disputed. It is Aryan in origin.
Dar
Were Brahmins before the advent of Islam. The majority today are Muslim. The word "Dar " is derived from SanskritSanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
(भट) meaning "supporter".
Lone
Is a Kashmiri tribe settled mostly in the Northern part of Kashmir Valley of India (Indus valley). It is also used as family name.Malik Rajput
is a caste of RajputRajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
status, Malik is a title used mostly by Rajputs of Kotli District.
Is a Kashmiri tribe in the Kashmir region of India and Pakistan, as well as the Kashmiri diaspora. It is also used as family name.the tribe moved and settled in the passes of kashmir from Rajistan during Akbar's era.by profession Malik Rajputs are Worriors,
Malik Rajput Clan has further subclans [Dar] [Mian],[Khawaja] which descended down the passes and settled in the areas of Jammu , Sialkot , Jhelum and Gujrat .
Malik Rajput is perhaps the largest clan of Kashmiri Muslmans
Goud/Padhan/Gada
it cast of goud brahmin it convertid to muslim by Mugle empire Aurangjeb about 2 centurise ago, it leave kasmeer vally and stablise in west up(saharanpur,muzaffernagar,haridwar etc) via punjab jamunanagr,there it mostly atached to agriculter, and it become vary Religions people. written by shmmon choudhryShaikh/Sheikh
Kahmiri Shaikhs are considered to be a clan of PunjabiPunjabi people
The Punjabi people , ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ), also Panjabi people, are an Indo-Aryan group from South Asia. They are the second largest of the many ethnic groups in South Asia. They originate in the Punjab region, which has been been the location of some of the oldest civilizations in the world including, the...
Muslims of Kashmiri origin found predominantly in Punjab, Pakistan.
Mir
The Mir are a branch of the Butt. Some Butt claim to be Sayyid.Sufi
According Col Lawrence, who wrote the gazetteer on Kashmir, stated that the Sufi's are descendants of Brahmins, converted in the 14th Century.Wain/Wyne
The Wain or Wyne are a tribe found throughout the Kashmir valley. The word Wani is the Kashmir distortion of the Sanskrit word Wania or Bania. They historically belonged to the Bania or trading caste."Wain or Wani" [From pages 259 to 260 of vol.1 of Tawaareekh Aqwaam e Kashmir {Histories of the Tribes of Kashmir} by Muhammad Deen Fauq, written in 1934 A.D. ; Published by Nigarshat, 24 Muzang Road, Lahore, Pakistan, in 2003 A.D.]:
Wain and Wani are actually the same name and they have the same source. Those who came to be known as Wani in the beginning, their offspring are now known as Wani; similarly those were known as Wain from the start, their offspring are known as Wain . Whether Wani came from Wain, or Wain came from Wani...It is difficult to accurately say anything about this issue. But the popular theory is that Wain is the original name, and Wani is a distorted form of it.
Taareekh Hassan and official reports by the census department from 1891 have mentioned Wains as belonging to the upper class of the Shaikh caste of Kashmir. Wains are well respected and have one of the top pedigrees among tribes.
Wain or Wani are extracts from some hindu tribe. There are many different traditions about which tribe they come from, but all historians agree that before accepting Islam they were part of the hindu caste known as Waish. In fact, some people think that the word Wain comes from Waish. Waish is the merchant caste among hindus. Even after accepting Islam, Wains and Wanis have kept trade and commerce as the source of their livelihood. These people can get involved with the largest to the smallest trade. Perhaps it is for this reason that the census report of 1891, on page 167, says about them, "Wains and Wanis are the merchants of Kashmir and Laddakh
The Wain tribe is divided into many castes, such as the Tal-Wain (those who sell oil), Pui-Wain, Baand-Wain, Bas-Wain, Tarangar-Wain, Kakar-Wain, and Par-Wain. Due to the adoption of different trades by different clans, various branches of the tribe have come into existence.
In the census of 1911 the total population of this tribe (listed under the name Wani) in both provinces of the state of Kashmir, are reported to be 59,487. In the census of 1931 the population of this tribe is written (this time under the name Wain) as totaling 72,113 persons. Those Wain who live in villages are agriculturalists.
People from this tribe who have moved to Punjab (most of whom call themselves Khawaja) have achieved enviable prosperity due to their God-given abilities. A few of these families are mentioned in chapter 5.
Others
Other krams include the Banday, Rather,Buch, Baba, Draboo, Ganai, Guru, Rathore, Pandit, Raina & Razdan.Ahanger, khanday,Reshi,