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			{{Short description\|Human settlement in India}}
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	The '''Arghons''' are a small community of descendants of immigrants from [[Yarkant County\|Yarkand]] and [[Kashmir]] that have intermingled with the local [[Ladakhi people\|Ladakhi]] community, residing mainly in [[Leh]] and [[Kargil town\|Kargil]] towns of [[Ladakh]], [[India]]. They are Sunni Muslims.		The '''Arghons''' are a small community of descendants of immigrants from [[Yarkant County\|Yarkand]] and [[Kashmir]] that have intermingled with the local [[Ladakhi people\|Ladakhi]] community, residing mainly in [[Leh]] and [[Kargil town\|Kargil]] towns of [[Ladakh]], [[India]]. They are [[Sunni Islam\|Sunni Muslims]].<ref>{{Cite book \|last1=Samiuddin \|first1=Abida \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qEXFxCK-ulUC&dq=global+encyclopaedic+ethnography+of+indian+muslim+by+abida+samiuddin%2C+r.+khanam+volume+0&pg=RA1-PA361 \|title=Global Encyclopaedic Ethnography of Indian Muslim \|last2=Khanam \|first2=R. \|publisher=Global Vision Publishing House \|isbn=978-81-8220-299-3 \|language=en}}</ref>

	They first arrived as traders and merchants from [[Central Asia]] and [[Kashmir]] in the 17th century ~~and were among the first Muslims to settle in the Buddhist Kingdom~~. Most were traders but some ~~included religious people~~. Most central Asian merchants returned home at the end of the caravan season. Those who remained and settled in Ladakh married ~~ladakhis~~ and are now known as Arghons.		They first arrived as traders and merchants from [[Central Asia]] and [[Kashmir]] in the early 17th century. Most were traders but some were artisans, scribes and clerics.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Dollfus \|first=Pascale \|date=2021 \|title=Indigenous People of Ladakh \|url=https://doi.org/10.1163/2665-9093_bero_com_034545 \|access-date=2025-09-26 \|website=Brill’s Encyclopedia of the Religions of the Indigenous People of South Asia Online}}</ref> Most central Asian merchants returned home at the end of the caravan season. Those who remained and settled in Ladakh married native Ladakhis and their descendants are now known as Arghons.<ref name=":0" />

	Today ~~they~~ are merchants although ~~some, a very~~ few, have taken to agriculture. Most of them today speak the [[Ladakhi language]] but are also conversant in [[Turkic languages\|Turkic]] and Tibetan.<ref>[http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/T%20&%20T/T%20&%20T-03-0-000-000-2005-Web/T%20&%20T-03-1-000- 000-2005-Abst-PDF/T%20&%20T-03-1-001-013-2005-036-Bhasin-V/T%20&%20T-03-1-001-013-2005-036-Bhasin-V- Full-Text.pdf]{{dead link\|date=October 2016 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>		Today most Arghons are merchants, although few have taken to agriculture. Most of them today speak the [[Ladakhi language]] but are also conversant in [[Turkic languages\|Turkic]] and Tibetan.<ref>[http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/T%20&%20T/T%20&%20T-03-0-000-000-2005-Web/T%20&%20T-03-1-000- 000-2005-Abst-PDF/T%20&%20T-03-1-001-013-2005-036-Bhasin-V/T%20&%20T-03-1-001-013-2005-036-Bhasin-V- Full-Text.pdf]{{dead link\|date=October 2016 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Tibetan Muslims]]		* [[Tibetan Muslims]]
	* [[~~Central Asia~~]]		* [[Kashmiri Muslims]]
	* [[Uyghurs]]		* [[Uyghurs]]

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
The '''Arghons''' are a small community of descendants of immigrants from [[Yarkant County|Yarkand]] and [[Kashmir]] that have intermingled with the local [[Ladakhi people|Ladakhi]] community, residing mainly in [[Leh]] and [[Kargil town|Kargil]] towns of [[Ladakh]], [[India]]. They are Sunni Muslims.

They first arrived as traders and merchants from [[Central Asia]] and [[Kashmir]] in the 17th century and were among the first Muslims to settle in the Buddhist Kingdom. Most were traders but some included religious people. Most central Asian merchants returned home at the end of the caravan season. Those who remained and settled in Ladakh married ladakhis and are now known as Arghons.

Today they are merchants although some, a very few, have taken to agriculture. Most of them today speak the [[Ladakhi language]] but are also conversant in [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] and Tibetan.<ref>[http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/T%20&%20T/T%20&%20T-03-0-000-000-2005-Web/T%20&%20T-03-1-000- 000-2005-Abst-PDF/T%20&%20T-03-1-001-013-2005-036-Bhasin-V/T%20&%20T-03-1-001-013-2005-036-Bhasin-V- Full-Text.pdf]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Tibetan Muslims]]
* [[Central Asia]]
* [[Uyghurs]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals]

{{Indian Muslim}}
{{Turkic peoples}}
[[Category:Social groups of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Nomadic groups in Eurasia]]
[[Category:Central Asian people]]
[[Category:Social groups of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]

Arghons - Revision history

AngelesEller0: general enhance layout and improved wording

>Beshogur: removed Category:Turkic peoples of Asia using HotCat