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The '''Matwa Qureshi''' are a [[Muslim]] 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 Grasslands Reserve|Banni]] region of [[Kutch]]. Also Found in the Rajkot, Morbi, Jamnagar Gondal, Jetpur, Dhoraji, Junagadh, Jodiya, Kalavad The community is also known as simply Matwa [[Qureshi]].<ref name=PoIG>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=IWrTs5yt1DkC&pg=1153 |title=People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Three |editor1= R.B Lal |editor2= P.B.S.V Padmanabham |editor3=G Krishnan |editor4=M Azeez Mohideen |pages=1153-1157}}</ref>

==History and origin==

The community traces its descent from a small number of [[Qureshi]] [[Arab]]s who arrived in [[Kutch]] during the 12th Century. They got the name Matwa, which means cattle owner, when they took up the occupation of cattle breeding. Being [[Maldhari]] nomads, they are now distinct from other [[Gujarati Shaikh]]<nowiki/>groups, who are either town dwellers or settled agriculturists. They have several clans, the main ones are the Bijani, Lakhani, Dosani, Thariyani, Musani, Nakiyani, Jindani, Balani, Saliyani, Ladhani and Paryani. All these clans have equal status and intermarry. They are an endogamous community, only marrying other [[Maldhari]] [[Muslim]] communities, such as the [[Mutwa]].<ref name=PoIG />

==Present circumstances==

The Qureshi are a community of [[Maldhari]] cattle breeders. They take their cattle to bazaars of [[Bhuj]]. In addition to cattle rearing, they also raise goats and buffaloes. Like other [[Kutchi people|Kutchi]] communities, many of them have migrated to other parts of [[India]] in search of employment. They are [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]]s and most follow the Sheikh Ghous Bahauddin Zakariya Multani Tradition. Like other [[Maldhari]] communities, they speak [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]] with several [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] loanwords.<ref name=PoIG />
==See also==

*Matwa [[Maldhari]]
*[[Gujarati Shaikh|Gujarati Qureshi]]
*[[Qureshi]]

==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:Muslim communities of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Social groups of Sindh]]

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