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The community originated from local converts to Islam and foreigners who immigrated from Persia  Afghanistan and other regions outside Indian subcontinent , and were involved in the traditional occupation of cotton ginning/trading. Some '''Pinjaras''' who originated from converts to Islam claim their descent from Rajput . According to history, they came from Rajasthan to Gujarat at the time of the form of Ran Singh and resided here. Even today, their main caste - Rao, Deora, Chauhan, Bhati, which is also a Rajput clan[2]. The main origin of this community from Afghanistan and some of whose converted Muslim from Rajput's.But they were called, Dhuna by the Hindu community and it's also mentioned that dhuna, was stated to the Hindu carder not for Muslims. Most of the people of this community used no surname until recent times however most of them have adopted surnames like Khan, Pathan while others use '''Mansoori''' as a surname because the famous Persian Sufi Mansoor Al Hallaj was also a weaver.Tipu Sultan and Zayn Malik belong this Community.