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<div>{{Short description|Muslim caste in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, India}}<br />
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The '''Attar''' are a [[Muslims|Muslim]] community and [[caste]] found in the states of [[Maharashtra]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]] in [[India]]. This community has no connection with the [[Attarwala]] of [[Gujarat]], other than both communities at one time having been involved in the manufacture of [[attar]]s (perfumes).<ref>{{Cite book |first1=N. K. |last1=Singh |first2=A. P. |last2=Mishra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H8HT5OMWVssC&q=Mirasi&pg=PA563 |title=Global Encyclopaedic Enthnography Of Indian Muslim (3 vol. set) |date=August 2008 |publisher=Global Vision Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8220-297-9 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Jairath |first=Vinod K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MKIT9muBRuoC |title=Frontiers of Embedded Muslim Communities in India |date=2013-04-03 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-19679-9 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Indian Muslim}}{{Social groups of Maharashtra}}{{Ethno-stub}}{{Islam-stub}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Attar (Caste)}}<br />
[[Category:Muslim communities of Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Indian castes]]<br />
[[Category:Perfumery]]<br />
[[Category:Perfumers]]<br />
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