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The '''Muslim Raibhat''' are a [[Muslim]] community found in [[North India]].<ref>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 1182 to 1184</ref> They are converts to [[Islam]] from the Rai Bhatt community. The Muslim Rai Bhatt are the heredity bards and genealogists of many communities in [[India]]. A small number are also found in the city of [[Karachi]] in [[Pakistan]], where they now form a component of the [[Muhajir (Pakistan)|Muhajir]] community. Muslim Rai Bhatt Bhat is not only in Uttar Pradesh but is registered in the Indian Gazette all over India but according to the state, all are placed in different categories.

==History and origin==
The etymology of the word Rai Bhatt means the great Bhatt, as Rai means great in [[Hindi]]. The Rai Bhatt claims descent from Kavi Rishi, a Muslim Rai Bhatt

human son of the god [[Brahma]]. The [[Hindu]] sages Sutra Rishi, Sanjay Bhatt and Arya Bhatt are said to belong to this community. They claim to be [[Brahmin]] by origin. The Raibhat claim descent from Chandra Bardai, a bard at the court of the last [[Hindu]] ruler of [[North India]], [[Prithvi Raj Chauhan]]. The community have two sub-divisions, Brahm Bhatt and Taga Bhatt. They consider themselves to be of [[Shaikhs in South Asia|Shaikh]] status, being [[Muslim]] converts from the [[Brahmin]] community.<ref>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 1182</ref>

==Present circumstances==

The community were historically tribal bards and genealogists. The community is now mainly made of small peasant farmers, traders and government servants. They cultivate wheat, sorghum, paddy, maize, pulses and vegetables. In villages, they are sharecroppers. They also performed folks songs at wedding, but this activity has been discarded.<ref>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 1183</ref>

The Muslim Rai Bhatt have no community council. They are endogamous community, preferring to marry parallel-cousins. The traditional division between Taga Bhatt and Braham Bhatt remains. They are found mainly in the districts of Gonda Balrampur Basti Bahraich Lucknow sitapur Barabanki Faizabad Allahabad etc [[Saharanpur District|Saharanpur]], [[Muzaffarnagar District|Muzzafarnagar]], [[Meerut]], [[Bulandshahr]], [[Ghaziabad, India|Ghaziabad]], [[Aligarh]] and [[Agra]]. because all UTTER PRADESH Outside [[Uttar Pradesh]], they are found in [[Delhi]] and [[Haryana]].<ref>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 1180</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Social groups of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Social groups of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Social groups of Bihar]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]
[[Category:Shaikh clans]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Uttar Pradesh]]

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