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|popplace = • India • Pakistan • England
|popplace = • India • Pakistan • England
|langs = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] • [[Hindi]]  [[Urdu]] • [[Haryanvi]] • [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
|langs = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] • [[Hindi]]  [[Urdu]] • [[Haryanvi]] • [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
|rels = [[Image:Om.svg|15px]] [[Hinduism]] •  [[Image:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]] • [[Image:Khanda.svg|15px]] [[Sikhism]]  •  [[Image:Cross-of-Christ.png|15px]] [[Christianity]]<ref>{{cite book | title=Culture, religion, and philosophy: critical studies in syncretism and inter-faith harmony | author=Nava Kishor Das | year=23 Jun 2009 | location=the University of Michigan | pages=374 pages | isbn=978-81-7033-820-8}}</ref>  |
|rels = [[Image:Om.svg|15px]] [[Hinduism]] •  [[Image:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]] • [[Image:Khanda.svg|15px]] [[Sikhism]]  •  [[Image:Cross-of-Christ.png|15px]] [[Christianity]]<ref>{{cite book | title=Culture, religion, and philosophy: critical studies in syncretism and inter-faith harmony | author=Nava Kishor Das | date=23 Jun 2009 | location=the University of Michigan | pages=374 pages | isbn=978-81-7033-820-8}}</ref>  |
related =other [[Ramdasia]] |
related =other [[Kabirpanthi]] |
}}
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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The term ''Julaha'' may derive from the Persian ''julah'' (ball of thread).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQRuAAAAMAAJ|title=The scheduled castes|last=Singh|first=Kumar Suresh|last2=India|first2=Anthropological Survey of|date=1993-01-01|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=9780195632545|language=en}}</ref> Other explanation put forth by Julaha themselves include
The term ''Julaha'' may derive from the Persian ''julah'' (ball of thread).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQRuAAAAMAAJ|title=The scheduled castes|last1=Singh|first1=Kumar Suresh|last2=India|first2=Anthropological Survey of|date=1993-01-01|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=9780195632545|language=en}}</ref> Other explanation put forth by Julaha themselves include
"''jal'' (net), ''jils'' (decorated) or ''uila'' (lighted up, or white)".
"''jal'' (net), ''jils'' (decorated) or ''uila'' (lighted up, or white)".


Both Hindu and Muslim Julaha groups exist; a number of the Muslim Julaha later changed their group name to terms such as ''[[Momin Ansari|Ansari]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fl53OdhuU7YC|title=Beyond Hindu and Muslim: Multiple Identity in Narratives from Village India|last=Gottschalk|first=Peter|date=2005-10-27|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199760527|language=en}}</ref> (the prophet Mohammed's term for the Muslims of [[Medina]]) or ''Nurbaf'' (''weaver of light''), Persian being a prestigious language amongst area Muslims).{{cn|date=April 2015}}
Both Hindu and Muslim Julaha groups exist; a number of the Muslim Julaha later changed their group name to terms such as (but not all Ansari's are julaha, as only few julaha's changed their title to Ansari)''[[Momin Ansari|Ansari]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fl53OdhuU7YC|title=Beyond Hindu and Muslim: Multiple Identity in Narratives from Village India|last=Gottschalk|first=Peter|date=2005-10-27|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199760527|language=en}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Kabir panth]]
* [[Kabir panth]]
* [[Bhuiyar]]
* [[Bhuiyar]]
* [[Ramdasia]]
* [[Meghwal]]


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 19:58, 7 October 2021


Julaha
Regions with significant populations
• India • Pakistan • England
Languages
PunjabiHindi UrduHaryanviGujarati
Religion
Hinduism Islam Sikhism Christianity[1]
Related ethnic groups
other Kabirpanthi

The Julaha are a community of Pakistan and India, which adopted the profession of weaving.

Etymology

The term Julaha may derive from the Persian julah (ball of thread).[2] Other explanation put forth by Julaha themselves include "jal (net), jils (decorated) or uila (lighted up, or white)".

Both Hindu and Muslim Julaha groups exist; a number of the Muslim Julaha later changed their group name to terms such as (but not all Ansari's are julaha, as only few julaha's changed their title to Ansari)Ansari[3]

See also

References

  1. Nava Kishor Das (23 June 2009). Culture, religion, and philosophy: critical studies in syncretism and inter-faith harmony. the University of Michigan. pp. 374 pages. ISBN 978-81-7033-820-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Singh, Kumar Suresh; India, Anthropological Survey of (1 January 1993). The scheduled castes. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 9780195632545.
  3. Gottschalk, Peter (27 October 2005). Beyond Hindu and Muslim: Multiple Identity in Narratives from Village India. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199760527.