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 The chiefs of Dhaka's Muslim fish-businessmen Mahifarash community | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Bangladesh (Old Dhaka) | |
| Languages | |
| Old Dhakaiya (native) Standard Bengali (mostly spoken as an L2) | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Dhakaiyas |
| Islam in Bangladesh |
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The Mahifarash (Bengali: মাহিফরাস, romanized: mahifôrash, Dhakaiya: মাইফরাস maifôrash) are a Bengali Muslim community of fishmongers primarily from Old Dhaka. They are distinct from the Mahifarash of Tangail, who are descendants of Mappila Muslims,[1][2] and the Mahifarash fishermen of Mymensingh.[3]
- ^ টাঙ্গাইলের নামকরণের ইতিহাস [History of the naming of Tangail]. Amar Tangail (in Bengali).
- ^ সুবেদার শায়েস্তা খাঁর বাহিনীর ধর্মগুরুর নামে টাঙ্গাইল [Tangail in the name of Subahdar Shaista Khan's army's spiritual leader]. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 21 February 2019.
- ^ Sachse, F. A. (1912). Bengal District Gazetteers: Mymensingh.