Multani (caste)

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Not to be confused with Saraiki people.

The Multani are a community of India who belong to Multan and historically specialised in the transport and dealer of diamond .[1]

History[]

The Multan city derives its name from the multani tribe, brought up in Pakistan. Multani literally means an inhabitant of the city of Multanbut all people or residents of Multan have not multani caste. It is true they have emigrated from Multan during the reign of Sultan Mahmud Begada. The Multani are rich from there roots they originally belongto the Gold/Diamond traders community. They were also Rock salt trader they have export mine salt which was very useful for arms. They are further divided into four territorial groupings, the Zalawad (those from Ahmadabad, the Gohilvad (from Surat), the Chorasi (from Rajkot) and the Kathiawad (from Kathiawar). Each division consists of ten to twelve clans. For example, the Zalawad Multanis have the following clans, the Hamad, Makhiyala, Chauhan, Phor, Ghori, Vakani, Babar Phanota and Solanki Like many Gujarati Muslim communities, they maintain the principles of gotra exogamy.while labanans Sikh multani are only one type they use there tribe as their surname. Multani caste us suriyavanshi they worshiped sun surj devta and there was also temple of sun in Multan[citation needed]

Present Situation[]

Most of the multanis live in new York, New Jersey, Los Angeles and many more cities and states in United States of America U.S.A in Europe Italy is a for or ruling area of multanis as well as Germany is capital of Multan labanas there are so many businesses of multanis in Spain and Belgium moreover 10% restaurants in Munich are property of Multanis Many modern day Multanis are of the Lubana caste. The community's are now occupied in cotton carding or ginning, but they are distinct from the Mansoori, another community associated with this occupation. Many Multanis are also employed in the diamond industry that has sprung up in the city of Surat. Like other Gujarati Muslims, they have their own caste association, which maintains social control over the community. In fact, each of the four divisions have their own caste associations.[citation needed]

Current day members of the Multani caste are involved in modern-day applications. Many members of the Multani caste live in both India and Pakistan, due to the creation of Pakistan, many migrated to India after the Partition of India.

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References[]

  1. ^ Habib, Irfan (1990). "Merchant Communities in Precolonial India". In Tracy, James D. (ed.). The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1350-1750. Cambridge University Press. pp. 371–99. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511563089. ISBN 978-0-52145-735-4.
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