| Languages | |
|---|---|
| Tamil, Dakhni | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (Sect - Sunni, Madhab - Hanafi or Shafi'i) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tamil Muslims, Tamil people, Rowther, Marakkar, Deccani Muslims |
Labbay (Tamil : லப்பய் , Urdu : ﻟﺐ ﺑﮯ also Labbai, Labba, Labbabeen, Lebbay, Lebbai), are a Tamil Muslim trading community[1][2] in southern India found throughout the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. The Labbay are a subgroup within the Tamil Muslim community.[3]
- ^ Parthasarathi, Prasannan (2001). The Transition to a Colonial Economy: Weavers, Merchants and Kings in South India, 1720-1800. 0 521 57042 5: Cambridge University Press. p. 150.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Balfour, Edward (1967). The Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia Volume 2. Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt. p. 645.
- ^ Weekes, Richard V. (1984). Muslim Peoples [2 Volumes]: A World Ethnographic Survey. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-313-23392-0.