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{{Infobox ethnic group|
|group= Bayad
|population = 500
|popplace = [[Aravalli district]] • India • Pakistan
|langs = • [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]] • [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] • [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] •
|rels= • [[File:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]] 100% •
|related= • [[Muslim Rajputs]] • [[Samma (tribe)|Samma]]
|footnotes =Vehicle Registration GJ-31
}}

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The '''Bayad''' are a Muslim community found in the state of [[Gujarat]] in India.<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part One edited by R. B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 150-153</ref>

==History and origin==

The community get their name from the village of Bayad in [[Aravalli District]], and are [[Rajput]] converts to Islam. According to their traditions, they accompanied a Rajput prince as he re-established his control over the Dantha state. They originated in Kakiani in [[Rajasthan]], and said to have converted to [[Islam]] some five hundred years ago. They are now found mainly in the town of [[Anjar, India|Anjar]], with a small number are found in [[Bhuj]]. At the [[partition of India]] in 1947, a large portion of the tribe moved to [[Pakistan]], and are settled in the districts of [[Sanghar District|Sanghar]] and [[Badin District|Badin]].<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part One edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 150-153</ref>

==Present circumstances==

The Bayad are an endogamous community, but their some cases of intermarriage with neighbouring [[Samma (tribe)|Samma]] communities. There traditional occupation was military services in the princely state of [[Kutch]], with agriculture being their secondary occupation. Most are now small and medium-sized farmers, with the selling of milk being secondary occupation. The community has a [[caste]] association, the Bayad Jamat based in the town of [[Anjar, India|Anjar]], and its main function is the general welfare of the community. They are [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]]s, and their customs are similar to neighbouring Muslim communities such as the [[Halaypotra]].<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part One edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 150-153</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Tribes of Kutch]]
[[Category:Maldhari communities]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]
[[Category:Sindhi tribes]]
[[Category:Samma tribes|*]]
[[Category:Sindhi tribes in India]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Gujarat]]

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