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{{distinguish|Mansuri (disambiguation){{!}}Mansuri}}<br />
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|group= Mansoori or Al Mansoori<br />
|popplace = • {{flagcountry|India}}, {{flagcountry|Pakistan}}<br />
|langs = • [[Urdu language|Urdu]] • [[Hindi language|Hindi]] • [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]<br />
|rels= • [[Image:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]] 100% • <br />
|related= Mansoori [[Mansuri]]{{dn|date=September 2021}} [[Pinjara]] [[Nadaf]]<br />
}}The '''Mansoori''' Al Mansoori are the Muslim community found in the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and north India.<ref name="A Hasan pages 240">People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 240 to 243</ref><br />
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==History and origin==<br />
This community consists of local converts and foreigners who migrated from outside subcontinent, Persia and Afghanistan, and have been involved in the traditional occupation of cotton ginning/trading[8]. Some of Mansoori is converted Muslims and those people believes in their original '''Rajput''' caste. According to history, they came from Rajasthan to Gujarat at the time of the form of Ran Singh and resided here. Even today, their main caste - Rao, Deora, Chauhan, Bhati, which is also a Rajput clan[2]. The main origin of this community from Afghanistan and some of whose converted Muslim from Rajput's. But they were called, Dhuniya by the Hindu community and it's also mentioned that Dhuniya, was stated to the Hindu carder not for Muslim carders.[4] Until some times ago no name in this community as surname, now some people using '''Pathan/Khan''' and some using '''Mansoori''' as a surname because the ancestor's of this community was Persian Muslims and from Afghanistan.[1] '''Tipu Sultan''' (Sultan Fateh Ali Khan Bahadur Tipu) belonged to this community.<br />
Many members of this community migrated to [[Pakistan]] in 1947 and have settled in [[Karachi]] and [[Sindh]].<br />
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The Mansoori are [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]] of the [[Barelvi]] & [[Deoband]] sect. They speak [[Urdu]], and various dialects of [[Hindi]]. Their customs are similar to other [[Muslims of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh Muslim]]s.<ref>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 243</ref><br />
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==Notable people==<br />
*[[Mohammad Israil Mansuri]], Indian politician<br />
*[[Kalimuddin Shams]], Indian politician<br />
*[[Farmud Nadaf]], Nepalese politician<br />
*[[Adil Mansuri]], Indian poet<br />
*[[Nazir Mansuri]], Novelist<br />
*[[Muhammad Zubair Mansoori]], Pakistani Enterprenure<br />
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