The Makwana 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 are Muslim converts from the Makwana Rajput

Rajput

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...

 community. According to their traditions, their ancestor Babuji, the son of Harpal Makwana, converted to Islam

Islam

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. He founded to the principality of Lalpur-Mandva, in Mahikantha. The Makwana are now mainly small peasant

Peasant

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 proprietors found in north Gujarat. They are Sunni Muslims and speak Gujarati

Gujarati language

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. The Makwana intermarry with other Muslim Rajput groups in the neighbourhood, such as the Molesalam

Molesalam Rajput

The Molesalam are a Muslim Rajput community found in the state of Gujarat in India. They also refer to themselves as Molesalam Thakur and sometimes Molesalam Girasia.-History and origin:...

, Nayak and Parmar

Muslim Parmar (Gujarat)

The Muslim Parmar of Gujarat are Muslim converts from the larger Parmar Rajput community. They are said to have converted to Islam during the early period of the Gujarat Sultanate. Their ancestors were a Hasan and his brother Hisamuddin. Hisamuddin was made governor of Gujarat by the Khilji rulers....

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