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|image= [[File:Aziz Qureshi.jpg|175px]]
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|caption= Former erstwhile [[Governor of Uttarakhand]] from 2012 to 2015, Dr. [[Aziz Qureshi]], who previously served as one of the state cabinet ministers of Madhya Pradesh as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]]
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|popplace = India ([[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Chhattisgarh]])
|langs = • [[Urdu]] • [[Hindi]] [[Pashto language|Pashto]]
|langs = [[Urdu]] • [[Indian English|English]] • [[Hindi]] ([[Bagheli language|Bagheli]], [[Powari language|Powari]], [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]], [[Surgujia dialect|Surgujia]], [[Bundeli language|Bundeli]])
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The '''Pathans of Madhya Pradesh''' are an [[Urdu]]-speaking [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] community settled in the present-day [[India]]n state of [[Madhya Pradesh]].
The '''Pathans of Madhya Pradesh''' are an [[Urdu]]-speaking [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] community settled in the present-day [[India]]n state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] as well as a small minority of internal migrants and their descendants in neighbouring [[Chhattisgarh]] state, which was [[Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava|partitioned in 2000]].


==History and origin==
==History and origin==
The early Pathan settlers in what became the [[princely state]] of [[Bhopal State|Bhopal]] were known as ''Barru-kat'' because they initially used reeds for roofing their houses.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jq-g5YF1QzEC&pg=PA11 |title=The Begums of Bhopal: A History of the Princely State of Bhopal |first=Shaharyar M. |last=Khan |publisher=I. B. Tauris |year=2000 |isbn=978-1-86064-528-0 |page=11}}</ref> Bhopal became a hub for Pathan settlement, with others arriving to be soldiers in the Begum's army. Immigration continued until the [[Partition of India|creation of Pakistan]] in 1947.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.khyber.org/articles/2007/Study_of_the_Pathan_Communitie.shtml |title=Study of the Pathan Communities in Four States of India |first=Safia |last=Haleem |date=24 July 2007 |access-date=2015-04-20}}</ref> The state of Jaora was settled by [[Rohilla]] Pathans.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sirismm.si.edu/sackler/Volume_7/PoI7.368a.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111135/http://sirismm.si.edu/sackler/Volume_7/PoI7.368a.jpg |archive-date=27 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=April 2015}}
The early Pathan settlers in what became the [[princely state]] of [[Bhopal State|Bhopal]] were known as ''Barru-kat'', because they initially used reeds for roofing their houses, which became an aspect of their local architecture.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jq-g5YF1QzEC&pg=PA11 |title=The Begums of Bhopal: A History of the Princely State of Bhopal |first=Shaharyar M. |last=Khan |publisher=I. B. Tauris |year=2000 |isbn=978-1-86064-528-0 |page=11}}</ref>
 
Bhopal became a hub for Pathan settlement, with others arriving to be soldiers in the army of the [[Begum of Bhopal]]. Immigration continued until the [[Partition of India|creation of Pakistan]] in 1947.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.khyber.org/articles/2007/Study_of_the_Pathan_Communitie.shtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415051437/http://www.khyber.org/articles/2007/Study_of_the_Pathan_Communitie.shtml |url-status=usurped |archive-date=15 April 2013 |title=Study of the Pathan Communities in Four States of India |first=Safia |last=Haleem |date=24 July 2007 |access-date=2015-04-20}}</ref>
 
The [[Jaora State|state of Jaora]] was settled by [[Rohilla|Indian Rohillas]] from neighbouring [[Uttar Pradesh]] as well as other Indian Muslim freebooters of Uttar Pradesh, such as the [[Sadaat-e-Bara|Indian Sayyids]].<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vUtmAAAAMAAJ&q=Jaora+State+rohilla |page=XXXI |quote=Most of the population of Jaora State(founded in 1818 AD) came from the United Province and Jodhpur. |title=The Journal of Academy of Indian Numismatics & Sigillography Volumes 17-18|year=2003 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sirismm.si.edu/sackler/Volume_7/PoI7.368a.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111135/http://sirismm.si.edu/sackler/Volume_7/PoI7.368a.jpg |archive-date=27 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Pathans of Gujarat]]
* [[Pathans of Gujarat]]
* [[Pathans of Rajasthan]]
* [[Pathans of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Pathans of Uttar Pradesh]]



Latest revision as of 02:12, 19 September 2025

Pathans of Madhya Pradesh
Former erstwhile Governor of Uttarakhand from 2012 to 2015, Dr. Aziz Qureshi, who previously served as one of the state cabinet ministers of Madhya Pradesh as a member of the Indian National Congress
Regions with significant populations
India (Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh)
Languages
UrduEnglishHindi (Bagheli, Powari, Chhattisgarhi, Surgujia, Bundeli)
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Pashtun people

The Pathans of Madhya Pradesh are an Urdu-speaking Pashtun community settled in the present-day Indian state of Madhya Pradesh as well as a small minority of internal migrants and their descendants in neighbouring Chhattisgarh state, which was partitioned in 2000.

History and origin[edit | edit source]

The early Pathan settlers in what became the princely state of Bhopal were known as Barru-kat, because they initially used reeds for roofing their houses, which became an aspect of their local architecture.[1]

Bhopal became a hub for Pathan settlement, with others arriving to be soldiers in the army of the Begum of Bhopal. Immigration continued until the creation of Pakistan in 1947.[2]

The state of Jaora was settled by Indian Rohillas from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh as well as other Indian Muslim freebooters of Uttar Pradesh, such as the Indian Sayyids.[3][4]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Khan, Shaharyar M. (2000). The Begums of Bhopal: A History of the Princely State of Bhopal. I. B. Tauris. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-86064-528-0.
  2. Haleem, Safia (24 July 2007). "Study of the Pathan Communities in Four States of India". Retrieved 20 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. The Journal of Academy of Indian Numismatics & Sigillography Volumes 17-18. 2003. p. XXXI. Most of the population of Jaora State(founded in 1818 AD) came from the United Province and Jodhpur.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)