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Musl im s

The Guja rat Mus lims may b e d iv ided in to two s,ectio n s, thoae "" ho have a foreign str ain and those w h o arc almost c;-nhrc ly of local R indu d escen t. Fro m the middle of the 7th t o the e nd. o f G1 e 18th cenltu:y, foreignM usli m s continued to fi nd the ir way in to Gujarat . Of the l o cal co nver ts ,som e w ere persuaded and o t h e rs w ere f o rced to ado pt I s lam b y Alp Khan( A . D. 12 97-13 17 ) w l1o spread th e Muhammadan faith fro m Anhi lvad to Bro ach . Sultan Ahmed Shah (A . 0 . 14 11-1441 ). Mahm ud l3egad a(A . D . 1459-1513 ) a n d Mahmud l l (A . D . 153 6 - 1547 ) specia l ly ex erted th e m sel ves t o s pre ad I slam. Amo ng the Mughal e m pero r s . J a hang.i r in

A. D . 161 8 and Aurangzeb in A . D. 1646 atte mpted. b y pe rsecu tio n tofo rce the Hindu s to b eco m e Mnslims. l

Among th e "Mus lim s of fo re ign o r ig in. there a re Saiy ads. Shaikhs. Patha ns and Mughals . while the V o h o ras . S i pahis. Ghanc his . Pinjara s.M o mnas, Kho jas, M c m o ns and C hh ipas are Mus lims con ver ted fromHindus in th i s d istric t .

• The Saiyads can b e sa id to fo rm the hig_hes t com munal group

in the Muslim socie t y. They claim to be desce n da nt s fr ,1m the Prophe tth rough his d aughte r Fatimah and h e r th e Proph et 's cousin Al i.

Scores o f Saiyad families e ntered Guja ra t du r in g the reigns of th eSu ltans o f Gu j arat ( 1400-1570 ) and thei r successor s . the M ughals( 1570-1 750) . The Mira t-i-Ahmadi li s ts th e ro lto wing import ant families :(J) The Shirazis . (2) The Bukharis . (3 ) The Ri fa ' i s . (4. T he Q ad irlyyas.(5) The M eshhc d is, (6) The T drus is . (7 ) The Tirmizis . (8 ) The Bbaktaris .(9 ) T he Arizis , ( 10 ) The Zaid is and ( 11 ) T he M a hdvis. Out of them .

,.....____ _,.iu khari . Rifa'i s an d M eshhed is are fo und main ly in this d is trict as theyet tle d h e re .

. .It\ o f Saiyads trac ing i ts o TJgm from Nizad P ir and ha't h ~ n tt s. ranl< s. the im porta nt Tmam Shah entered Gu jarat a· l sma•hm•sstonanes. At pre se nt th e Sa iyads can h ard ly be regard e d a s an a ffluentsecti o n o f th e Mu s lim co mmuni ty . The re are n number of im m igran ts.who claim t o be th e Saiyads but the y are n o t so recognised b y ·rrue' Saiyads.The ' t · s · · . . . d hoserue a1ya d s are h ighl y sc n s •uve to marr iage connecttO nS an t

w hi ch bes peak or e ven a Saiy ad o ri g in . T h e fl ue ncy in Ordtf•·un 1 · · t o m•.xec With Guj arat i and wel l -ve rse d in P ersian arc so m e trat 5 f

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2 14DISTRICT GAZETTEER ; AHMADA'8Al)

The Ghanchis are oi lmen: They ar e al so called Ghanchi-Yoh?.ras. They

arc found in Ahmadabad C tty taluka and o t ~ e ~ talukas of th ts district.

They are t he descendants of Hindus of the P ~ ) ' a r a and Ghanchl castes.

Th.::ir females dres s l ik e Hindus and adopt. Hmdu n ~ m e s . At marriage,their w{1me n go singing like the Hindus, w1th the bndegroom in proce.

ssion to th e bride's house and in their feas ts they have Hindu dishes of

tadu, kansar , etc. A t death , women wail anJ beat the breasts. They are

Sunni in faith, and h ave a jcunat , with a he admen chosen by the members.

The Pinjara is a craftsman community , who are cotton-threshers.

In addition, they have taken to misce llaneous callings like oilselling, small

trade and private service. Since both the Gban chis and Pinjaras have takento old trade and sinc.e both have adopted the surname Mansoori, it appear:;

probable that th e two communities are ne arer to one another and may

-------. ha ve a commo n or igin. They are fo und in Ahmadabad City of this district.

In matter of so cia l customs li ke birth, marriage and death they follow

Muslim social cus toms. They are a poor and backward community.

The Momnas from Mo min ( beJievcrs ) are descendants of Hindus oF

many castes conver ted to the Sbiah form of the faith b y d i f f e r ~ n t mC:'mbers

o( the Ismaliya Saiyads, of whom lmamshah o f Pirana was the most

L - - - - - - - - J distinguishc<..l. T hey are found in Ahmadabad City taluka of this district.

They are mai11ly cotton weavers , wh ile some of ~ h e m also weave silk sarees.

They also scJI cot to n rope and tape. Do th males and females haveHindu names . Among them c ircu mdsion is _Qractiscd and dead arc buried.

Like Hindus, wo men wail ahd b eat the breast a t death. Some of tbci11

1Ul on Hi ndu dress. wh ile some ut on Muslim dress. Their women

generally put on sarce and petti-coat. The.y speak Gujarati. Jnstcad

th e <.luran , they read lmam shah·s book o [ religious rules and also wo.r';;htP

Hindu Gods.

The Khoja s are converted Hindus. They are mainly found i l l the

Ahmadabad City taluka, of this d istri<:t. They are the descendants of

Luhanas , who were converted to I slam b y the preachin g of a Shi ah preacher

cal led Nur Satagur or Nur-ud-din in the 12th century. H e is said to havemade a number of converts in Gujarat by orderin O' the idols of a :Hindu

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e mp e to speak and b ear tes t1mony to the tru th of his mission. The u .

were the first to y ield to his jnf luence and in con se q uence acquired their tnbal

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name OJa, or h onourabl e convert . One of Nur Satag:ur's successor'. t• _ o • fiJ'S

o ngmally a Tuwar R ajput, sowed the seed of Ismalia faith . On tbeJr . ·n

se tt le ment in the towns of G ujarat, th e Khojas were small dealers jn ~ : C rfuel. From th ese humbl e beginning. they now occupy a p o w e r f u ~ p o s ~ H h

m commerce. They are scattered all over Gu1arat and I1ave dealwgs .11 - - tstor1l

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