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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh, India}}<br />
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| group = Pathans of Uttar Pradesh<br />
| image = Portret van drie onbekende Pashtun mannen uit India met tulbanden Pathans. Mahomedan. Oude (titel op object), RP-F-2001-7-1122B-32.jpg<br />
| caption = Pathans in [[Oudh]] {{C.}}1868<br />
| population = 4,997,000<br />
| popplace = India ([[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Uttarakhand]]),<br />
| langs = ''' Currently spoken: '''<br/> [[Urdu]] •[[Hindi]] ([[Kannauji language|Kannauji]], [[Braj Bhasha|Braj]], [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]]) • [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] • [[Indian English|English]] <br/> ''' Traditional: ''' <br/>[[Pashto language|Pashto]]<br/><br />
| rels = Islam<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = <br />
| related_groups = [[Urdu-speaking people]], [[Pathans of Gujarat]] and the [[Pathans in India|Pathans of India]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Pashtuns''' or '''Pathans''' are an [[Urdu-speaking people|Urdu-speaking]] community of ancestral [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] descent in the [[Uttar Pradesh]] state in India<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vkkK6SZOo_gC&dq=uttar+pradesh+indian+pathans&pg=PA1139 |title=People of India: The Communities: Nai-Yadav. Bio-Anthropological Indormation. Glossary. Select Bibliography. Maps. Index |author=Amir Hasan, Anthropological Survey of India, Baqr Raza Rizvi, J. C. Das, K. S. Singh |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |date=February 27, 2019 |isbn=9788173041143 }}</ref> who form one of the largest Muslim communities in the state with a population of 5-6 million{{When|date=September 2025|reason=The population figure is for which year? 2010? (which is the year of the cited publication)}} and 2.9% of the total population of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ShFPAQAAIAAJ&q=pathans+indian+muslim+community|title= Religions of IndiaA Multidimentional Study|quote=A well known Indian Muslim community is Pathan |page=36 |isbn= 9788178845340|last1= Shaji|first1= U. S.|year= 2010|publisher= Cyber Tech Publications}}</ref> They are also known as ''Khans'' which is a commonly used surname amongst them; although not all those who use the surname are Pathans, for example the [[Khanzada (Awadh)|Khanzada]] community of eastern [[Uttar Pradesh]] are also commonly known as Khan. The phrase ''Pathan Khanzada'' is used to describe Muslim Rajput groups, found mainly in [[Gorakhpur District|Gorakhpur]], who have been absorbed into the Pathan community. There are communities of partial [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] ancestry in the [[Rohilkhand]] region and in parts of the [[Doab]] and [[Awadh]] regions, such as the agrarian [[Rohilla]] community.{{cn|date=October 2023}}<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:North Indian Pastun Recruit Portrait.jpg|thumb|18th Century Portrait of North Indian Pashtun Recruit|left]]<br />
The Pathan are divided into sixteen groupings, who generally take their name from the ancestral [[Pashtun tribes]]. These include the [[Bangash]], [[Afridi]], Dustukhel, Luni (Miani), [[Jadoon]], Bakarzai, [[Barech]], [[Diler Khan|Daudzai]], [[Dilazak]], [[Durrani]], Ghorghushti, Toia Mehsud Khel, [[Ghurid campaigns in India|Ghori]], [[Khalil (Pashtun tribe)|Khalil]], [[Lodi dynasty|Lodi]], [[Mohmand (tribe)|Mohmand]], [[Mohammadzai]], [[Orakzai]], [[Kakar|Kakarzai]], [[Rohilla]], [[Shirani (Pashtun tribe)|Sherwani]], [[Sur (tribe)|Suri]], Sultani and [[Yusufzai|Yousafzai]], all of which are well known Pashtun tribes. A further differentiation exists based on an identity known as the qabila or [[Baradari (brotherhood)|biradari]], based on territorial subgroupings and community ties.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vkkK6SZOo_gC&dq=uttar+pradesh+indian+pathans&pg=PA1139 |title=People of India: The Communities: Nai-Yadav. Bio-Anthropological Indormation. Glossary. Select Bibliography. Maps. Index |author=Amir Hasan |year=2005 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |page=1139 |isbn=9788173041143 }}</ref><br />
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==Pathans in Western Uttar Pradesh==<br />
The Pathans of the Barah-Basti villages of Bulandshahr produced a large number of volunteers who joined the British [[Silladar Cavalry|Irregular Cavalry]], many of whom rebelled during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] under Abdul Latif Khan of Khanpur and Walidad Khan of Malagarh.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TxbjAAAAMAAJ&q=pathan+basti+irregular+cavalry |title=Bengal, Past & Present:Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society · Volume 86 |page=47 |date=1967 |publisher=Calcutta Historical Society }}</ref>{{full|date=October 2023}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Pathans of Bihar]]<br />
* [[Pathans of Gujarat]]<br />
* [[Pathans of Punjab]]<br />
* [[Pathans in India#List of Notable Pathans of India|List of Pathan people in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Pashtun Diaspora}}<br />
{{Indian Muslim}}<br />
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[[Category:Rohilla]]<br />
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