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<p>2A00:23C7:5D88:6801:E5CD:D944:FC1D:91B0: /* Present circumstances */</p> <hr /> <div>The '''Ker''' are a [[Muslim Rajput]] community found in the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]] and a province of [[Sindh]] in [[Pakistan]]. They are one of a number of communities of pastoral nomads found in the Banni region of [[Kutch]].&lt;ref&gt;People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Two edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan &amp; M Azeez Mohideen pages 631-636&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==History and origin==<br /> <br /> The Ker claim descent from the [[Samma (tribe)|Samma]] [[Rajput]]s of [[Sindh]]. According to their traditions, the word in ker in [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] means a dreadful sin. Their ancestor Mania came to [[Kutch]] in the thirteenth century. He was involved in a murder of royal prince of [[Kutch]], and as such he and his descendants became known as the Ker, i.e., the committer of a dreadful sin.&lt;ref&gt;People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Two edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan &amp; M Azeez Mohideen pages 631-636&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Present circumstances==<br /> <br /> The community is concentrated in the [[taluka]]s of [[Bhuj Taluka|Bhuj]], [[Abdasa Taluka|Abdasa]] and [[Lakpat Taluka|Lakhpat]] in [[Kutch District]] of [[Gujarat]], and the neighbouring districts of [[Badin District|Badin]] and [[Tharparkar District|Tharparkar]] in [[Sindh]]. They have three sub-divisions, the Mamda, Manai and Mode, all of which have equal status. The Ker are [[endogamous]], but do on occasion marry into other [[Samma (tribe)|Samma]] communities such as the Aboda, Darad, Mandra, Mokhaji and Padiar. Historically, there were cases of intermarriage with the historically semi-[[Islamized]] [[Hindu]] [[Jadeja]] community, but this custom has ended.<br /> <br /> The Ker are [[Pastoralism|pastoral]] [[Maldhari]] nomads, raising buffaloes, cows and sheep, and graze these in the Banni region. They also sell milk to [[Bhuj]]. They often migrate to [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] to graze their cattle. Like many other Kutchis, the Ker have migrated to other parts of India in search of work. The traditional headmen of the tribe, the Jaam have converted to [[Hinduism]], and this has led to a rupture of the relationship of the tribe with their headman.&lt;ref&gt;''People of India Gujarat'' Volume XXI Part Two, edited by R.B. Lal, P.B.S.V. Padmanabham, G. Krishnan &amp; M. Azeez Mohideen, pages 631-636&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Samma (tribe)|Samma]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> {{reflist}}<br /> {{Indian Muslim}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Ker (Tribe)}}<br /> [[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]<br /> [[Category:Tribes of Kutch]]<br /> [[Category:Maldhari communities]]<br /> [[Category:Muslim communities of India]]<br /> [[Category:Sindhi tribes]]<br /> [[Category:Sindhi tribes in India]]<br /> [[Category:Muslim communities of Gujarat]]</div>

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