Muslim communities of India

The Siddi (), also known as the Sheedi, Sidi, or Siddhi, are an ethnic group living in Pakistan and India. They are primarily descended from the Bantu peoples of the Zanj coast in Southeast Africa, most of whom came to the Indian subcontinent through the Indian Ocean slave trade. Others arrived as merchants, sailors, indentured servants, and mercenaries.

Tibetic ethnic group of Pakistan

Rohillas are a community of Pashtun heritage, historically found in Rohilkhand, a region in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It forms the largest Pashtun diaspora community in India, and has given its name to the Rohilkhand region. The Rohilla military chiefs settled in this region of northern India in the 1720s, the first of whom was Ali Mohammed Khan.

Indian indigenous (Scheduled) tribe inhabiting in the state of Odisha

The Deccanis or Deccani people are an Indo-Aryan ethno-religious community of Deccani-speaking Muslims who inhabit or are from the Deccan region of India. The community traces its origins to the shifting of the Delhi Sultanate's capital from Delhi to Daulatabad in 1327 during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughluq. Further ancestry can also be traced from immigrant Muslims referred to as Afaqis, also known as Pardesis who came from Central Asia, Iraq and Iran and had settled in the Deccan region during the Bahmani Sultanate (1347). The migration of Muslim Hindavi-speaking people to the Deccan and i

adherents of Islam who identify linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Biharis

They are sons of tribes living in western, central and northern India and eastern Pakistan. They converted to Islam during the Islamic conquests

The Kamboj (Devanagari: कम्बोज, Nastaliq: کمبوج, Gurumukhi: ਕੰਬੋਜ ALA-LC: ), also Kamboh (Nastaliq: ALA-LC: ), is a caste and agrarian community of India and Pakistan.

Indegenous Muslim in Manipur

people from the Kutch district of the western Indian state of Gujarat

adherents of Islam who identify linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Tamils

ethnic group in Kashmir and Afghanistan

Indian Muslim communities

Indian people of Pashtun origin

ethnic group

Sunni Muslim community in India and Pakistan

The Labbays (Tamil : லப்பை , Urdu : لبابین ,ﻟﺐ ﺑﮯ, also Labbai, Labbei, Labba, Labbabeen, Lababeen, Lababin, Lababīn, Lebbay, Lebbai, Lubbye, Lubbee, Lubbe, Lubbay; ), are a Tamil Muslim trading community in southern India found throughout the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. The Labbay are a subgroup within the Tamil Muslim community.

The Rowther (, also known as Irauttar, Rawther, Ravuttar, Ravutta, Ravuthar, Ravuthamar) are a distinct Muslim community living largely in the south Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. They are a native warrior clan population who converted to Islam under the influence of saints like Nathar Shah (Nathar Wali) in 10th–11th centuries. Even after conversion they retained their Ravuttar caste name. they were one of the earliest Muslim communities in India. They were elite cavalrymen of the Chola and Pandya kingdoms. They were traditionally a martial clan like the Maravars, and constitute large

thumb|200 px|A Patua working at the International Kolkata Book Fair 2013 that held at Milan Mela complex, Kolkata.

Bhānds (Devanagari: भांड; Urdu: بھانڈ, Gurmukhi: ਭੰਡ, Bengali: ভাঁড়) are the traditional folk entertainers of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. In India and Nepal, the Bahand are now an endogamous Hindu and Muslim community, which is no longer involved in their traditional occupation of folk entertainment. They include actors, dancers, minstrels, storytellers and impressionists.

The Marakkars or Chonaka Mappila or Chonakar (; Arwi: ) are a mercantile, Tamil Muslim group inhabiting the southern coast of India, Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asia.

Hajjam are an ethnic group in the Indian subcontinent known for practicing cupping therapy, also known as Hijama. The word Hijama has been derived from the Arabic word , means "sucking", referring to this therapy. A practitioner was called a Hijama in Arab countries, and the name was used in India as well.

family name

caste of India

Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh, India

Indian community of people

Now days Muslim Dhobi Community known as Qassar and Hawari surname In India.

Rizvi or Razavi (Arabic/Urdu: رضوي) is the Urdu variant of the Arabic surname Ridawi and the Persian surname Razavi. It is a Muslim surname commonly associated with the branch of Husaynids, who claim descent from the Imam Ali al-Rida, a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Husayn ibn Ali (patrilinealy, through his great great-grandfather Ali Zayn al-Abidin, who was the son of Husayn) and Hasan ibn Ali (through his great great-grandmother, Fatima bint Hasan, who was the daughter of Hasan). Since the Rizvi clan traces their lineage to Fatimah (the prophet's daughter)

ethnic group

The Attarwala are a Muslim community found mostly in the state of Gujarat in India.

The Bisati are a Muslim community, found in North India. Many members of this community migrated to Pakistan around the partition of India in 1947 and have settled in Karachi and elsewhere in Sindh.

People of Arab origin in Gujarat, India

The Thangals (also spelled Tangals) are a social group among the Muslims of Kerala, south India. The Thangals are often regarded as roughly equivalent to the more general Sayyids or Sharifs, or descendants of Muhammad, of the wider Islamic culture. Most members of the community practice endogamy and rarely marry outside their community.

'''Ja'fari''' ( ) is a surname commonly associated with descendants of Ja'far al-Sadiq, an important Muslim scholar and the 6th Shia Imam. In South Asia, Persia and the Levant, those of this genealogy, also often take the honorific title of Sayyid. Descendants of Ja'far al-Sadiq can most commonly be found amongst the Shi'i of Iraq, Iran and the Indian subcontinent. Some Sunni Muslims also associate with the surname Ja’fari.

ethnic group found in Pakistan and India

220px|thumb|Bhesties, an 1838 illustration showing Bhishtis thumb|A Bhishti in 1880 The Bhishti or Bahishti are a Muslim tribe or found in North India, Pakistan and Nepal. They are also known as Abbasi, Bahishti Abbasi, Sheikh Abbasi and Saqqa. They often use the surnames Abbasi or Sheikh Abbasi. Bhistis traditionally served as water-carriers.bhishti (bheesty)

Islam in India

Darzi are a caste among both Hindus and Muslims. Darzi are known as Idrisi in the Muslim community.

Bhat (also spelled Bhatt or Butt, ) is a Brahmin title and a surname used in the Indian subcontinent. Bhat and Bhatt are shortened renditions of Bhatta or Brahmabhatta.

The Qassab (; ; from the or , meaning butcher), are members of a North Indian community (biradari).

Muslim community of Iraqi origin