Behna
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (220,730,000 ) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
•  Pakistan •  India •  Nepal
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| Languages | |
| • Urdu • Hindi | |
| Religion | |
•  Islam 100% • |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| • Mansoori • Pinjara •dhunia•Naddaf |
The Shaikh Mansoori are a Muslim community, found in North India. In eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, they were known as Dhuna or Dhunia. They also known as Naddaf in South India and Pinjara in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Their preferred self-designation is now Shaikh Mansoori,This community came from Afghanistan for the business purpose of cotton farming and industries and this community belongs from pathans.
The community consists of local converts and foreigners who migrated from outside subcontinent, and have been involved in the traditional occupation of cotton ginning/trading.The Mansoori name has given to the Hindu community who works for cotton industries by the Hindu community[8]. The Muslim people's who came from Afghanistan was not mansoori they purely belongs from Pathan's but they were called pinjara, behna, dhuna, mansoori by the Hindu community. The Hindu community who works in this industry never convert in Islam And after the partition of India and Pakistan they've changed their names like teli most of them convert into teli . The Muslim people's who were doing business of cotton industries and farming, were called behna, dhuna, pinjara, naddaf, mansoori by Hindu community but they were pathans.[2] Tipu Sultan belongs this community, [4]Until some time ago no name in this community as surname now people's adopted mansoori as a surname but they can use pathan also as their ancestor's was pathan.[1]
The community is concentrated in the Awadh and Rohilkhand regions, with those in Awadh speaking both Urdu and Awadhi, and those in Rohilkhand speaking Khari boli. In Rohilkhand, the community is found mainly in the districts of Bareilly, Bijnor, Moradabad, and Rampur. While in Awadh, they are found in the districts of Sitapur, Hardoi, Kheri, Lucknow, Barabanki, Bahraich, Faizabad and Gonda. .
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