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Qalandar (caste)

Qalandar
Regions with significant populations
  • India
  • Pakistan
Languages
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups

The Qalandar (Hindi: क़लन्दर, Urdu: قلندر) are a Muslim ethnic group found in North India and Pakistan. They are also known as Qalander Faqir.[1] A few Qalandar are also found in the Terai region of Nepal.[2]

  1. ^ Why Bulbuls bark: conflict, continuity, and identity among professional strangers / Joseph C. Berland pages 235 to 255 in Customary strangers: new perspectives on peripatetic peoples in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia / edited by Joseph C. Berland and Aparna Rao. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.ISBN 0897897714
  2. ^ Peripatetic peoples and Lifestyles by Aparna Rao in Disappearing peoples?: indigenous groups and ethnic minorities in South and Central Asia / edited by Barbara A. Brower, Barbara Rose Johnston pages 53 to 72 ISBN 1598741209

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قلندر (عشيرة) Arabic قلندر (مجموعه عرقيه فى باكستان) ARZ கலந்தர் Tamil

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