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{{Infobox tribe|name=Muslim Koli|local name={{lang|mr|मुस्लिम कोली}}|type=Religious subgroup of Koli caste|ethnicity=[[Koli people]]|location=*In India<br />
[[Gujarat]] and [[Maharashtra]]<br />
*In Pakistan<br />
[[Sindh]]|parent_tribe=[[Hinduism|Hindu]] Kolis of [[India]]|branches=*Wadha Muslim Koli<br />
*Sipahi Muslim Koli<br />
*Mahigir Muslim Koli<br />
* [[Makwana (clan)|Makwana]] Muslim Koli|language=*[[Kachi Koli language|Koli]]<br />
*[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
*[[Marathi language|Marathi]]<br />
*[[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]<br />
*[[Urdu language|Urdu]]|religion=[[Islam]]|surnames=*[[Patel]]}}<br />
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The '''Muslim Koli''', or '''Musalman Koli''' ({{langx|gu|મુસ્લિમ કોલી}}, {{langx|mr|मुस्ळिम कोळी}}) is a religious subgroup of the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Koli people|Koli]] [[Caste system in India|caste]] in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. Most of the Muslim Kolis lives in [[Maharashtra]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soni |first=Paroma |date=2021-03-13 |title='One cup of kadak chai': How Mumbai's Koli women survived the coronavirus pandemic |url=https://scroll.in/article/989295/one-cup-of-kadak-chai-how-mumbais-koli-women-survived-the-coronavirus-pandemic |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Gujarat]] states of India and [[Sindh]] [[Administrative units of Pakistan|province]] of Pakistan. Muslim Kolis were Hindu by religion but later they converted to [[Islam]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-10-22 |title=Gujarat: Hindu-Muslim, real bhai-bhai! |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/gujarat-hindu-muslim-real-bhai-bhai/articleshow/71697035.cms |access-date=2023-11-15 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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The Muslim Kolis Maharashtra lives familiar{{Vague|date=September 2025}} with Hindu and [[Koli Christians]] of the state.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jacobsen |first=Knut A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=--9WCgAAQBAJ&dq=Muslim+Koli&pg=PA408 |title=Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India |date=2015-08-11 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-40358-6 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Titles ==<br />
* [[Patel]], the Muslim Kolis of Gujarat use Patel as their title, like Hindu Kolis.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sheikh |first1=Aziz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQwlR3tu3LYC&q=Patel |title=Caring for Muslim Patients |last2=Gatrad |first2=Abdul Rashid |date=2000 |publisher=Radcliffe Publishing |isbn=978-1-85775-372-1 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]], [[Asia]] |pages=65 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Subcastes ==<br />
*The Muslim Kolis of Gujarat are known as [[Me caste|Wadha Koli]], mostly found in [[Kutch district]] of the state.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mishra |first=N. K. Singh and A. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qEXFxCK-ulUC&dq=Muslim+Koli&pg=PA496 |title=Global Encyclopaedic Enthnography Of Indian Muslim(3 Vols. Set) |date=August 2008 |publisher=Global Vision Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8220-297-9 |language=en}}</ref><br />
*The Muslim Kolis of Konkan in Maharashtra are known as '''Mahigir Muslim Kolis''' whose forefathers were Hindu Kolis.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KONKANI MUSLIMS: AN INTRODUCTION OMAR KHALIDI |url=https://kmab.org.uk/about-pages/about-01/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=Masjid Al Falaah |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
*[[Makwana (clan)|Makwana]] Muslims of Gujarat are Koli by caste who converted to Islam during the Muslim rule in Gujarat.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Assadi |first=Muzaffar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M7HYEAAAQBAJ |title=Colonial and Post-Colonial Identity Politics in South Asia: Zaat/Caste Among Muslims |date=2023-11-24 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-003-80246-4 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Notable ==<br />
*[[Yakut Khan]], [[admiral]] of [[Army of the Mughal Empire|Mughal Navy]] and [[Administrator of an estate|administrator]] of [[Janjira State]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ali |first=Shanti Sadiq |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3CPc22nMqIC&pg=PA174 |title=The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times |date=1996 |publisher=[[Orient Blackswan]] |isbn=978-81-250-0485-1 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=174 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Koli Christians]]<br />
*[[Kolhi]]<br />
*[[Patidar]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Koli, Muslim}}<br />
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Muslim communities of Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Muslim ethnoreligious groups]]<br />
[[Category:Muslim communities of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in India]]<br />
[[Category:Hinduism and Islam]]<br />
[[Category:Medieval Islamic world]]<br />
[[Category:Former Islamic monarchies]]<br />
[[Category:Islamic branches]]<br />
[[Category:Islam in Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Caste system in India]]<br />
[[Category:Sindhi tribes]]<br />
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