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	{{~~refimprove~~ \|~~date=October 2017~~}} The '''Chaki ~~are~~''' a [[~~Muslim~~]] ~~community found in the state of~~ [[~~Gujarat~~]] in [[~~India~~]]~~. A small number are also~~ found in the ~~city~~ of [[~~Karachi]] in [[Pakistan~~]].<ref name="~~people_of_india_272_275~~">~~People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part One edited by~~ R.B ~~Lal, P~~.B.S.~~V Padmanabham, G Krishnan~~ & ~~M Azeez Mohideen~~ pages 272-~~275~~</ref>		{{Short description\|Sindhi clan in India and Pakistan}}
			The '''Chaki''' or '''Chakee''' ({{Langx\|sd\|چاڪي}}) is a [[Sindhis\|Sindhi]] [[Muslim]] clan of [[Soomro\|Soomra]] tribe, found in the state of [[Gujarat]], India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book \|last=Lal \|first=R. B. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC&dq=raysipotra+tribe&pg=PA487 \|title=Gujarat \|date=2003 \|publisher=Popular Prakashan \|isbn=978-81-7991-104-4 \|pages=272 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|author=K. S. Singh\|title=India's Communities - Volume 4\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jw9uAAAAMAAJ\|year=1998\|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India\|page=591\|isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Samiuddin \|first=Abida \|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Global_Encyclopaedic_Ethnography_of_Indi/qEXFxCK-ulUC?hl=en \|title=Global Encyclopaedic Ethnography of Indian Muslim \|last2=Khanam \|first2=R. \|publisher=Global Vision Publishing House \|isbn=978-81-8220-299-3 \|pages=301-302 \|language=en}}</ref> A small number are also found in the city of [[Karachi]], in Pakistan's [[Sindh]] province as well as in [[Sehwan]] and [[Bubak, Sindh\|Bubak]] in Sindh.{{cn\|date=July 2023}}

	~~==History and origin==~~		The Chaki has fifteen sub-clans, some of them are: Allayo, Makkad, Khokhra, Davva, Banani, Lela and Kotuda.<ref name=":0" />

	The Chakee claim to be a clan of the [[Soomro\|Soomra]] community of [[Sindh]]. According to their traditions, a [[Soomro\|Soomra]] prince Chaneeeswar invaded [[Sindh]] with the help of [[Alauddin Khalji]] to dethrone his younger brother Dodha. Once the [[Khalji dynasty\|Khalji]]s overthrew Dodha, they expelled many of his supporters, who took refuge in [[Gujarat]]. The local rulers in [[Kutch]], [[Jamnagar]] and other parts of [[Saurashtra (region)\|Saurashtra]] gave refuge to these Soomra. A few Soomra hid with members of the [[Lohar]] and [[Ghanchi (Muslim)\|Ghanchi]] community and came to be known as Chakee. They are distributed mainly in the cities of [[Bhuj]], [[Mandvi]], [[Mundra]] and Moghpat in [[Kutch]], as well as the district of [[Jamnagar]]. The community speak the [[Kutchi language\|Kutchi]]. In [[Pakistan]], they are found mainly in [[Chakiwara]] area of [[Karachi]].<ref name="people_of_india_272_275"/>

	~~== Present Circumstances ==~~

	~~The Chakee speak a dialect~~ of ~~[[Kutchi language\|Kutchi]] with many [[Sindhi language\|Sindhi]] loanwords. There customs~~ are ~~similar to many neighbouring [[Muslim]] [[Maldhari]] communities, such as the [[Halaypotra]]. The Chakee community is divided into fifteen clans, the main ones being the Allahyo~~, Makkad, Khokhra, Davva, Banani, Lela and Kotuda. These clans are named after the village of occupation or an ancestor. Each clan is of equal status, and intermarry. The community however prefer marrying close kin, and parallel and cross cousin marriages are preferred.<ref name="~~people_of_india_272_275~~"/>

	The majority of the Chakee are now agricultural labourers, while a few are involved in plying camel carts. A significant number of the Chakee have immigrated to [[East Africa]] and the [[Arab states of the Persian Gulf\|Gulf States]]. In addition, a large community exists in [[Karachi]], where the neighbourhood of [[Chakiwara]] is a centre of the tribe. Like other [[Gujarati Muslim]]s, they have a caste association, known as the Chakee Jamat. This acts both as a welfare organization and as an instrument of social control.

	~~==See also==~~

	*[[Soomro\|Soomra]]

	~~== References ==~~

			==References==
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{{refimprove |date=October 2017}} The '''Chaki are''' a [[Muslim]] community found in the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]]. A small number are also found in the city of [[Karachi]] in [[Pakistan]].<ref name="people_of_india_272_275">People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part One edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 272-275</ref>

==History and origin==

The Chakee claim to be a clan of the [[Soomro|Soomra]] community of [[Sindh]]. According to their traditions, a [[Soomro|Soomra]] prince Chaneeeswar invaded [[Sindh]] with the help of [[Alauddin Khalji]] to dethrone his younger brother Dodha. Once the [[Khalji dynasty|Khalji]]s overthrew Dodha, they expelled many of his supporters, who took refuge in [[Gujarat]]. The local rulers in [[Kutch]], [[Jamnagar]] and other parts of [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] gave refuge to these Soomra. A few Soomra hid with members of the [[Lohar]] and [[Ghanchi (Muslim)|Ghanchi]] community and came to be known as Chakee. They are distributed mainly in the cities of [[Bhuj]], [[Mandvi]], [[Mundra]] and Moghpat in [[Kutch]], as well as the district of [[Jamnagar]]. The community speak the [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]]. In [[Pakistan]], they are found mainly in [[Chakiwara]] area of [[Karachi]].<ref name="people_of_india_272_275"/>

== Present Circumstances ==

The Chakee speak a dialect of [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]] with many [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] loanwords. There customs are similar to many neighbouring [[Muslim]] [[Maldhari]] communities, such as the [[Halaypotra]]. The Chakee community is divided into fifteen clans, the main ones being the Allahyo, Makkad, Khokhra, Davva, Banani, Lela and Kotuda. These clans are named after the village of occupation or an ancestor. Each clan is of equal status, and intermarry. The community however prefer marrying close kin, and parallel and cross cousin marriages are preferred.<ref name="people_of_india_272_275"/>

The majority of the Chakee are now agricultural labourers, while a few are involved in plying camel carts. A significant number of the Chakee have immigrated to [[East Africa]] and the [[Arab states of the Persian Gulf|Gulf States]]. In addition, a large community exists in [[Karachi]], where the neighbourhood of [[Chakiwara]] is a centre of the tribe. Like other [[Gujarati Muslim]]s, they have a caste association, known as the Chakee Jamat. This acts both as a welfare organization and as an instrument of social control.

==See also==

*[[Soomro|Soomra]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Sindhi tribes]]
[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Sindhi tribes in India]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Gujarat]]