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The '''Makwana''' [[Muslims]] are Muslim converts from the Makwana [[Rajput]] and [[Kolis|Koli]] community.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tAOAAAAQAAJ&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA190|title=An Anglo-Indian Dictionary: A Glossary of Indian Terms Used in English, and of Such English Or Other Non-Indian Terms as Have Obtained Special Meanings in India|last=Whitworth|first=George Clifford|date=1885|publisher=K. Paul, Trench|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhatavadekar|first=Gajanan Krishna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AEJAAAAQAAJ&q=Hyderabad+Kolis&pg=RA1-PA192|title=Report on the Census of the Baroda Territories 1881|date=1883|publisher=order of His Highness the Maharajah Gaekwar|language=en}}</ref> According to their traditions, their ancestor Bapuji, the son of Harpal Makwana, converted to [[Islam]]. He founded to the principality of Lalpur-Mandva, in [[Mahikantha]]. <br />
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The Makwana Kolis ruled several [[Princely state|Princely states]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_r4MAAAAIAAJ&q=Makvana+Koli&pg=PA427|title=Gazetteer|last=State)|first=Bombay (India|date=1880|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press|language=en}}</ref><br />
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*[[Makwana meghwal madhyapradesh ]]<br />
* [[Mayur Rajesh Makwana]]<br />
* [[Ramas State|Ramas]]<br />
* [[Prempur]]<br />
* [[Kadoli State|Kadoli]]<br />
* [[Khedwada|Khervada]]<br />
* [[Derol]]<br />
* [[Tajpuri State|Tajpuri]]<br />
* [[Vakhtapur (Mahi Kantha)|Vakhtapur]]<br />
* [[Hapa State|Hapa]]<br />
* [[Dedhrota]]<br />
* [[Likhi State|Likhi]]<br />
* [[Gabat State|Gabat]]<br />
* [[Maguna]]<br />
* [[Tejpura State|Tejpura]]<br />
* [[Memadpura|Memadpur]]<br />
* [[Deloli]]<br />
* [[Kasalpura]]<br />
* [[Virsoda]]<br />
* [[Palej State|Palej]]<br />
* [[Rampura State|Rampura]]<br />
* [[Ijpura]]<br />
* [[Ranipura]].<br />
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The Makwana are now mainly small peasant proprietors found in north [[Gujarat]]. They are [[Sunni]] Muslims and speak [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]. The Makwana intermarry with other [[Muslim Rajput]] groups in the neighbourhood, such as the [[Molesalam Rajput|Molesalam]], [[Muslim Nayak|Nayak]] and [[Muslim Parmar (Gujarat)|Parmar]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSZqDwAAQBAJ&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA34|title=Genealogy, Archive, Image: Interpreting Dynastic History in Western India, c. 1090-2016|last=Jhala|first=Jayasinhji|date=2018-07-19|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|isbn=9783110601299|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYK7ZSpPzkUC&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA37|title=The Rajputs of Saurashtra|last=Singhji|first=Virbhadra|date=1994|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788171545469|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GDRWAglUumEC&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA71|title=Kings and Untouchables: A Study of the Caste System in Western India|last=Perez|first=Rosa Maria|date=2004|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=9788180280146|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA717|title=Gujarat|date=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788179911044|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c70MAAAAIAAJ&q=Makvana+Koli&pg=PA140|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ...|last=State)|first=Bombay (India|date=1884|publisher=Government Central Press|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Muslim communities of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Rajput clans of Gujarat]]<br />
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