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Ethnic group
Behlim
Total population
7400
Regions with significant populations
India
Pakistan
Languages
Urdu
Hindi
Gujarati
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Shaikh
Shaikh of Uttar Pradesh
Shaikh of Gujarat
Nagar Muslims
The Behlim are a Muslim community found mainly in North India. A small number are also found in the city of Karachi in Pakistan.[1][full citation needed]
^Muslim Communities of Gujarat by S. C Misra pages 81 to 83
The Behlim are a Muslim community found mainly in North India. A small number are also found in the city of Karachi in Pakistan.[full citation needed]...
ancestor. For example, an individual will belong to the Shaikh quom and Behlim Rangrez or Fareedi biradari. This system of stratification, unlike the Hindu...
different castes, such as Abbasi, Qureshi, Turk, Farooqi, Samri Chohan, Behlim. Abbasi are well known as Bahishti. The reason is that a lot of Abbasids...
tradition of endogamy, there are cases of marriages with the Chauhan and Behlim communities, and they accept daughters from the Shaikhs and Sunni Bohras...
endogamous, although there have been a few cases of intermarriage with the Behlim Shaikh of Bulandshahr city, a community of similar status. There remains...
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