Kishtwaria
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The Kisthwaria are a Muslim Rajputs
Muslim Rajputs
Muslim Rajputs or Musulman Rajputs are Muslims belonging to the Hindu Rajput Kshatriya groups of Indian subcontinent, who converted to Islam.-History:...

 clan, found in Kishtwar District, in the Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...

 territory. They are clan of Chandravanshi Rajputs, who form part of the Jasrotia
Jasrotia
Jasrotia is the branch of the Kachwaha clan of Chattari Suryavanshi Rajputs.Jasrotia's are sub clans of Sangotre/Jamwals ....

 tribe. The Kishtwaria were once rulers of the Kisthwar region, which was one of the six Rajput Hill States, in what is now Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...

, where the rulers had converted to Islam
Islam
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The Kishtwaria have both Hindu and Muslim branches.
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