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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Mutwa''' 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 [[Maldhari]] pastoral nomads found in the [[Banni Grasslands Reserve|Banni]] region of [[Kutch]].<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Two edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 983-986</ref><br />
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==History and origin==<br />
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The Mutwa claim to be [[Qureshi]] [[Arab]]s, whose ancestors arrived in [[South Asia]] with [[Muhammad bin Qasim]], the [[Arab]] conqueror of [[Sindh]]. They settled in the neighbourhood of [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] in [[Sindh]]. One of the [[Talpur]] rulers demanded a bride from the community, and when they refused, had to flee [[Sindh]] and settled in the Banni region of [[Kutch]].<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Two edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 983-986</ref><br />
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==Present circumstances==<br />
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The community is concentrated in the districts of [[Morvi]], Dhoraji, [[Rajkot]], [[Porbandar]], [[Junagadh district|Junagarh]] and the [[Banni Grasslands Reserve|Banni]] region of [[Kutch]]. They speak [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]] with heavy [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] loanwords. The community is split into two clans, the Peerana and Moorana. Both clans are of equal status, and intermarriages are common.<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Two edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 983-986</ref><br />
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The Mutwa are a cattle breeding community, and have much in common cultural with other [[Maldhari]] communities such as the [[Halaypotra]].They sell their life stock in the markets of [[Bhuj]] and [[Rajkot]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Maldhari]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Tribes of Kutch]]<br />
[[Category:Maldhari communities]]<br />
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]<br />
[[Category:Sindhi tribes]]<br />
[[Category:Muslim communities of Gujarat]]</div>Ajay Kumar