Arabs in India

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Arabs in India
Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu
Languages
Gujarati, Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam, Urdu, English and Arabic
Religion
Islam

Arabs in India are people with

Arab origins who have over a long period of time, settled in the Indian subcontinent. There have been extensive trade and cultural links between India and the Arab world spanning several millennia.[2][3] The west coast region of India, especially Malabar and Konkan coasts were active trading hubs, where Arab merchants frequently used to visit on their way to Sri Lanka and South East Asia.[4]
Over a span of several centuries, migrants from different Arabian nations immigrated to various regions and kingdoms of the Indian subcontinent as merchants, missionaries and through intermarriages.

Communities

The earliest immigrants from the Arab world arrived as merchants to the

Haplogroup J-M304 being prominent.[6]

Descendants of Arabs also live in the villages of

Princely States in their military as they were found efficient during warfare in Gujarat and Karnataka. In Kerala, Syed Thangals of Hadhrami descent settled around the 17th century as missionaries to propagate Islam
.

There are also

Kayasth and Rajput
.

There are also descendants of Syed

Imam Ali al-Hadi
(known as Imam Naqi). The Sufi Saint Jalaludin Surkh Posh settled in modern-day Punjab to spread Islam.

During the early twentieth century, the Arabs abandoned Arabic for Urdu.[9] Each clan is of equal status, but the Quraishis are accorded seniority as the tribe of Muhammad.[9] The community have remained strictly endogenous, with virtually no cases of intermarriage with native Indian ethnolinguistic communities such as the Gujaratis.[9]

In

Muhammad Bin Qasim
via Sindh in 711 A.D.

Arab ancestry among Indians

It is estimated that several groups in India have Middle Eastern Arab ancestry. Especially Muslim groups and various populations in western India have at least some Arab ancestry. Genetic analyses show that Arab and other West Asian lineages are quite common in Indians.[10][11]

Arabic speakers in India
YearPop.±%
197123,318—    
198128,116+20.6%
199121,975−21.8%
200151,728+135.4%
201154,947+6.2%
Source: Language Census of India (2011)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Language" (PDF). Census of India. 2011.
  2. ^ Pillalamarri, Akhilesh. "India and the Gulf States Share a Long History". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  3. ^ Observer, Oman (2017-12-25). "Ancient Oman had trade links with Indus Valley". Oman Observer. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  4. JSTOR 44144090
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  5. JSTOR 44138933
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  6. ^ "Familytree - Syrian Christians DNA Project Information Nasranis". 18 February 2007.
  7. ^ "Hadhramis present a slice of Yemen in India's Hyderabad". Al Arabiya English. 2018-12-13. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  8. ISBN 978-8-1715-4579-7
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  9. ^ a b c People of India Gujarat Volume XXII Part One Editors R. B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan and M Azeez Mohideen pages 74 to 77
  10. S2CID 16195047
    .
  11. PMID 30952160
    .
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