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The '''Naqqal''' are a [[Muslim]] community found in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and Delhi in [[India]].<ref name="WoMus">{{cite book | title=Encyclopaedia of the World Muslims: Tribes, Castes and |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zzfs_G7QHoAC&q=Naqqal&pg=PA1112 | year=2001 | publisher=Global Vision | isbn=9788187746072 | access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref> They are also known as the '''Kashmiri Bhand''' and recently as [[Kashmiri Shaikh]]. The Naqqal are a sub-group within the larger [[Bhand]] community.<ref name="ReferenceA">People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Three edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 1071 to 1075 Manohar Publications</ref>

==Origin==
The Naqqal literally means mimicry in the [[Urdu]] language, and the Naqqal get their name from the fact they were mimics at the court of the [[Nawabs of Awadh]].Their mother tongue is Urdu.<ref name="WoMus"/> According to some traditions, they are a branch of the [[Mirasi]] community, while others consider them to be a sub-group of the [[Bhand]] community. They were invited by Nawab Nasir-ud-din Haider of Awadh from [[Kashmir]]. Most trace their descent from Ali Jan who arrived from [[Kashmir]], and served at the court of [[Wajid Ali Shah]]. His descendants kept the tradition of mimicry, entertaining the [[taluqdar]]s of [[Awadh]].

==Present circumstances==
The Naqqal are distributed in the old parts of [[Lucknow]] city. They now speak [[Urdu]] and [[Awadhi]], and dislike the use of the word Naqqal, claiming to be [[Shaikh of Uttar Pradesh|Shaikh]]. They are strictly endogamous, marrying close kin, and practice both cross cousin and parallel cousin marriages. The community have no system of exogamous clans.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

The traditional occupation of the Naqqal was mimicry (as [[bahrupiya]]s), but like other guild based castes, they have seen a decline in their traditional occupation. Most Naqqal have now taking up shop keeping and peddling, while some are now wage labourers. They are in the process of acquiring a new identity as [[Kashmiri Shaikh]], and this has meant the progressive abandonment of their traditionally occupation. It is quite possible that if they succeed, the Naqqal name will be consigned to history. The Naqqal are [[Shia]], and their customs are similar to other [[Muslim]] communities in the city of [[Lucknow]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

==See also==
*[[Kashmiri Shaikh]]
*[[Behrupiya]]

==References==
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[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]

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