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	In [[Uttar Pradesh]], the Barhai or Saifi have two sub-divisions, the Desi or native and the Multani or immigrants from [[Multan]]. Each of these two groups in endogamous. They are found mainly in the [[Doab]] and [[Rohilkhand]] regions, and speak the [[hindi]] dialect. The community has been granted [[Other Backward Classes\|Other Backward Class]] status.		In [[Uttar Pradesh]], the Barhai or Saifi have two sub-divisions, the Desi or native and the Multani or immigrants from [[Multan]]. Each of these two groups in endogamous. They are found mainly in the [[Doab]] and [[Rohilkhand]] regions, and speak the [[hindi]] dialect. The community has been granted [[Other Backward Classes\|Other Backward Class]] status.
	The term Saifi refers to Sword makers during medieval times.		The term Saifi refers to Sword makers during medieval times.
	<ref name="Hasan_190_193"/> <ref name="SinghKhan2001">{{cite book\|author1=Nagendra Kr Singh\|author2=Abdul Mabud Khan\|title=Encyclopaedia of the World Muslims: Tribes, Castes and Communities\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zzfs_G7QHoAC&pg=PA1248\|year=2001\|publisher=Global Vision\|isbn=978-81-87746-07-2\|pages=1248–}}</ref>		<ref name="Hasan_190_193"/><ref name="SinghKhan2001">{{cite book\|author1=Nagendra Kr Singh\|author2=Abdul Mabud Khan\|title=Encyclopaedia of the World Muslims: Tribes, Castes and Communities\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zzfs_G7QHoAC&pg=PA1248\|year=2001\|publisher=Global Vision\|isbn=978-81-87746-07-2\|pages=1248–}}</ref>

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|group= Barhai
|population = 584,000 <ref>http://www.joshuaproject.net/peoples.php</ref>
|popplace = • {{flagcountry|India}} • {{flagcountry|Nepal}}
|langs = • [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] •[[Hindi language|Hindi]] • [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
|rels= • [[Islam]] 100% •
|related= • [[Barhai]] • [[Saifi]] • [[Lohar]]
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The '''Muslim Barhai''', or sometimes pronounced Badhai are [[Muslim]] community, found in [[North India]]. They are also known as Saifi which denotes the Muslim sub-caste of blacksmiths and carpenters. A small number are also found in the [[Terai]] region of [[Nepal]]. The community is also sometimes referred to as Multani.<ref name="Hasan_190_193">''People of India Uttar Pradesh'', Volume XLII Part One, edited by A Hasan & J C Das, pp. 190-193.</ref>

==Origin==

The community derive their name from the word ''barhai'', which means carpenter in [[Hindi]]. According to their own traditions, they are descended from early [[Muslim]] settlers to [[India]]. It is however likely, that they are converts from the [[Barhai]] [[caste]].

In [[Uttar Pradesh]], the Barhai or Saifi have two sub-divisions, the Desi or native and the Multani or immigrants from [[Multan]]. Each of these two groups in endogamous. They are found mainly in the [[Doab]] and [[Rohilkhand]] regions, and speak the [[hindi]] dialect. The community has been granted [[Other Backward Classes|Other Backward Class]] status.
The term Saifi refers to Sword makers during medieval times.
<ref name="Hasan_190_193"/> <ref name="SinghKhan2001">{{cite book|author1=Nagendra Kr Singh|author2=Abdul Mabud Khan|title=Encyclopaedia of the World Muslims: Tribes, Castes and Communities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zzfs_G7QHoAC&pg=PA1248|year=2001|publisher=Global Vision|isbn=978-81-87746-07-2|pages=1248–}}</ref>

==Present circumstances==

The Behna are no longer mainly employed mainly as carpenters, and many work in farming. They are largely small and medium sized farmers, although a sizeable number are agricultural labourers, and live in multi caste and multi religious settlements, but occupy their own distinct quarters. Each settlement has a [[caste]] council, known as a [[panchayat]], which acts as an instrument of social control. It deals with intra community disputes, as well as punishing those who breach communal norms. Although they live in close proximity to other [[Muslim]] groups, such as the [[Shaikh of Uttar Pradesh|Shaikh]], [[Muslim Gaddi|Gaddi]], [[Momin Ansari|Ansari]], [[Ranghar|Rajput Muslim]] and [[Qassab]] in [[Doab]], and the [[Muslim Teli]], [[Banjara (Muslim)|Muslim Banjara]], [[Baghban]] and [[Rohilla]] in [[Rohilkhand]], there is very little interaction, and virtually no intermarriage. The only group with which close relations are maintained are the [[Saifi]], and this includes intermarriage. With regards to neighbouring [[Hindu]] groups such the [[Jat]] and [[Gujjar]], a social distance is maintained.<ref name="Hasan_190_193"/>

The Barhai are [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]] of the [[Barelvi]] & [[Deobandi]] sect. They speak [[Urdu]], and various dialects of [[Hindi]]. There customs are similar to other [[Muslims of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh Muslim]]s.<ref>''People of India Uttar Pradesh'', Volume XLII Part One, edited by A Hasan & J C Das, p. 243.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Muslims of Uttar Pradesh]]

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