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Punjabi Muslims are Punjabis who are adherents of Islam. [4] [5] With a population of more than 112 million, they are the third-largest predominantly Islam-adhering Muslim ethnicity in the world, [6] after Arabs [7] and Bengalis. [8] The majority of Punjabi Muslims are adherents of Sunni Islam, while a minority adhere to Shia Islam.
Following personalities have been identified by scholars to be Punjabi or of Punjabi origin, but there is yet to be a scholarly consensus: Ayn-Al Mulk Multani (d. 1325), general of Delhi Sultanate [7] Muzaffar Shah I (1342–1411), founder of the Muzaffarid dynasty of Gujarat [8] Khizr Khan (1351–1421), founder of the Sayyid dynasty. [9]
Forming the majority of the Punjabi ethnicity in the greater Punjab region, [90] Punjabi Muslims write the Punjabi language under the Perso-Arabic script known as Shahmukhi. With a population of more than 80 million, [ 90 ] [ 91 ] they are the largest ethnic group in Pakistan and the world's third-largest Islam-adhering ethnicity [ 92 ] after ...
Punjabis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the Punjab region between India and Pakistan. They are the largest ethnic group of Pakistan. Punjabi Muslims are the third-largest Islam-adhering Muslim ethnicity in the world, globally, [12] after Arabs [13] and Bengalis.
The Bhattis are Punjabi [5] [6] [7] and Sindhi. [8] [9] [10] The Bhats, are descended from a common ancestor, Rao Bhati, a 3rd-century Hindu monarch. [11] The Muslim Bhattis had control over Bhatner and settlements around it. The Bhattis later lost Bhatner to the Rathores of Bikaner, who renamed Bhatner as Hanumangarh. [12]
Among Hong Kong Indian adolescents, Punjabi is the third most common language other than Cantonese. [34] The Punjabis were influential in the military, and in line with the British military thinking of the time (namely, the late 19th century and early 20th century) Punjabi Sikhs, Punjabi Hindus and Punjabi Muslims formed two separate regiments ...
Following is a list of Punjabi Muslim tribes, castes and surnames, mainly those with origins in Punjab, Pakistan. Note that some of these may have a significant non-Muslim population. Note that some of these may have a significant non-Muslim population.
Jat Muslim or Musalman Jat (Punjabi: جٹ مسلمان; Sindhi: مسلمان جاٽ), also spelled Jatt or Jutt (Punjabi pronunciation: [d͡ʒəʈːᵊ]), are an elastic and diverse [1] ethno-social subgroup of the Jat people, who are composed of followers of Islam and are native to the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. [2]