North Indian Muslims

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North Indian Muslims are a diverse Muslim community originating from the northern regions of India, characterized by a rich blend of Indo-Islamic cultural, linguistic, and religious traditions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
North Indian Muslims canonical 2
Muslims of North India 1
Rohilla Muslims 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (80)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim community
ethno-religious group
religious community
casteLikeStratification present
clothing burqa (for many women)
kurta-pajama
sherwani
country India
cuisine Awadhi cuisine
linked to: Nawabi cuisine

Biryani
linked to: Hyderabadi biryani

Kebabs
Mughlai cuisine
culture Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb
Indo-Islamic culture
demographicPresence Bihar
Delhi
Haryana
Jammu and Kashmir
Madhya Pradesh (northern parts)
Punjab (Indian)
linked to: Punjab

Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
diaspora Bangladesh
Gulf countries
North America
Pakistan
United Kingdom
educationInstitution Aligarh Muslim University (influential for community)
Darul Uloom Deoband (religious influence)
linked to: Deoband

Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow (religious influence)
linked to: Nadwatul Ulama
ethnicComponent Afghan ancestry (in some groups)
Indo-Aryan peoples
Persian ancestry (in some groups)
Turkic ancestry (in some groups)
local Hindu converts
follow Hanafi school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence
linked to: Hanafi school
heritage syncretic Hindu-Muslim cultural practices in some regions
historicalEventImpact Partition of India in 1947
linked to: Partition of India
historicalInfluence Delhi Sultanate
Mughal Empire
Sufi orders in India
identity Urdu-speaking Muslims (in many areas)
language Awadhi
Bhojpuri
Haryanvi
Hindi
Kashmiri
Pahari
Punjabi
Rajasthani
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
literaryTradition Persianate literary culture
Urdu literature
majorSubgroup Ajlaf Muslims
Arzal Muslims
linked to: Ajlaf Muslims

Ashraf Muslims
marriageCustom mehr (dower)
nikah ceremony
musicTradition Naat and Hamd recitation
Qawwali
politicalParticipation active in Indian electoral politics
region North India
linked to: northern India
religion Islam
religiousBranch Shia Islam
Sunni Islam
religiousInstitution dargah
madrasa
religiousMovement Ahl-i Hadith movement
Barelvi movement
Deobandi movement
Tablighi Jamaat
religiousPractice Sufi shrine visitation (ziyarat)
observance of Eid al-Adha
observance of Eid al-Fitr
observance of Muharram (especially among Shias)
script Perso-Arabic script (for Urdu)
traditionalOccupation agriculture
crafts
religious scholarship
trade

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muhajir people relatedGroup North Indian Muslims
Malabar Muslims differsFrom North Indian Muslims
Madhesi Muslims sharesCulturalAffinitiesWith Muslims of North India
linked to: North Indian Muslims
Roh hasCulturalSignificanceFor Rohilla Muslims
linked to: North Indian Muslims