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}}The '''Behna''' are the Muslim community found in the state of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar pradesh, Bihar, and north India.
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==History and origin==
The '''Behna''' are a Muslim community found in [[North India]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Samiuddin |first1=Abida |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qEXFxCK-ulUC&dq=global+encyclopaedic+ethnography+of+indian+muslim+by+abida+samiuddin%2C+r.+khanam+volume+0&pg=RA1-PA361 |title=Global Encyclopaedic Ethnography of Indian Muslim |last2=Khanam |first2=R. |publisher=Global Vision Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8220-299-3 |pages=90–93 |language=en}}</ref>{{Vague|reason=Where in North India? any estimates or number of the population?|date=September 2025}}


The word Behna comes from the Sanskrit behn or seed.
==References==
 
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==Present circumstances==
 
Their historical traditional occupation of cotton carding was affected by industrialisation, therefore many adopted manufacturing. They are successful businessmen. This community are no longer as cotton carder and cotton industrialists. They entered in different  different  sectors and getting well educations. They allow marriages in their own caste, some times they can allow marriage  with the same status caste.
 
Until some times ago no name in this community as surname, now some people using Pathan/Khan and some using  as a surname because the ancestor's of this community were Persian Muslims and from Afghanistan.


The are [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]] of the [[Barelvi]] & [[Deoband]] sect. They speak [[Urdu]], and various dialects of [[Hindi]]. Their customs are similar to other [[Muslims of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh Muslim]]s.
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]


Many members of this community migrated to [[Pakistan]] in 1947 and have settled in [[Karachi]].
==See also==
* [[Shaikhs in South Asia]]
* [[Osmani]]
==References==
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[[Category:Muslim communities of Delhi]]
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[[Category:Shaikh clans]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Pakistan]]

Revision as of 18:28, 14 September 2025


Behna
Regions with significant populations
India
Languages
• Urdu • Hindi
Religion
Islam

The Behna are a Muslim community found in North India.<ref>Samiuddin, Abida; Khanam, R. Global Encyclopaedic Ethnography of Indian Muslim. Global Vision Publishing House. pp. 90–93. ISBN 978-81-8220-299-3.</ref>[vague]

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