Muley Jat
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| • Pakistan • India | |
| Languages | |
| • Haryanvi • Khari Boli • Punjabi • Urdu • English | |
| Religion | |
| Islam • Hinduism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| • Jat • Muslim Jat |
The Muley Jat, or sometimes pronounced as Mola/Mula Jat, are a community of Jats found mainly in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, and the province of Punjab in Pakistan. They are predominantly Muslim.
The Muslim Muley Jats are converts from the Hindu Jat community of North India who converted to Islam during the Muslim rule, but not every Muslim convert is referred to as a Muley, the term being restricted to those Jats who inhabit western Uttar Pradesh and were once found in Haryana, and speak dialects of Urdu and Hindi such as Haryanvi and Khari boli. Those Muley Jat who inhabited the state of Haryana moved en masse to Pakistan, after the partition of India.
The term mulla refers to as Lion ,They are very bold people and believe very much in Islam, There is controversy as to the exact circumstances of their conversion to Islam, which are unclear. Claims that fiercely independent Jats were influenced by the Sufi traditions of Fariduddin Ganjshakar during the 11th and 12th century are less plausible, but modern researchers claim the forced conversions to have taken place in the 15th and 16th centuries, during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar and Aurangzeb.
The Muley Jat can be roughly divided into two sub-groups, divided by the Yamuna river. Those to the west of the river remained as pastoralists much longer and had much in common with neighbouring Muslim Rajput and Muslim Gujjar communities. The partition of India further divided these two groups, with the trans Yamuna Mulley Jat emigrating to Pakistan, while those living east of the Yamuna river of the Doab remaining in India.
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