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The '''Arghons''' are a small community of descendants of immigrants from [[Yarkant County|Yarkand]] and [[Kashmir]] that have intermingled with the local [[Ladakhi people|Ladakhi]] community, residing mainly in [[Leh]] and [[Kargil town|Kargil]] towns of [[Ladakh]], [[India]]. They are Sunni Muslims. Ā | The '''Arghons''' are a small community of descendants of immigrants from [[Yarkant County|Yarkand]] and [[Kashmir]] that have intermingled with the local [[Ladakhi people|Ladakhi]] community, residing mainly in [[Leh]] and [[Kargil town|Kargil]] towns of [[Ladakh]], [[India]]. They are [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslims]].<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 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
They first arrived as traders and merchants from [[Central Asia]] and [[Kashmir]] in the 17th century | They first arrived as traders and merchants from [[Central Asia]] and [[Kashmir]] in the early 17th century. Most were traders but some were artisans, scribes and clerics.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Dollfus |first=Pascale |date=2021 |title=Indigenous People of Ladakh |url=https://doi.org/10.1163/2665-9093_bero_com_034545 |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=Brillās Encyclopedia of the Religions of the Indigenous People of South Asia Online}}</ref> Most central Asian merchants returned home at the end of the caravan season. Those who remained and settled in Ladakh married native Ladakhis and their descendants are now known as Arghons.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
Today | Today most Arghons are merchants, although few have taken to agriculture. Most of them today speak the [[Ladakhi language]] but are also conversant in [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] and Tibetan.<ref>[http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/T%20&%20T/T%20&%20T-03-0-000-000-2005-Web/T%20&%20T-03-1-000-Ā Ā 000-2005-Abst-PDF/T%20&%20T-03-1-001-013-2005-036-Bhasin-V/T%20&%20T-03-1-001-013-2005-036-Bhasin-V-Ā Full-Text.pdf]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Tibetan Muslims]] | * [[Tibetan Muslims]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Kashmiri Muslims]] | ||
* [[Uyghurs]] | * [[Uyghurs]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:12, 31 January 2026
The Arghons are a small community of descendants of immigrants from Yarkand and Kashmir that have intermingled with the local Ladakhi community, residing mainly in Leh and Kargil towns of Ladakh, India. They are Sunni Muslims.[1]
They first arrived as traders and merchants from Central Asia and Kashmir in the early 17th century. Most were traders but some were artisans, scribes and clerics.[2] Most central Asian merchants returned home at the end of the caravan season. Those who remained and settled in Ladakh married native Ladakhis and their descendants are now known as Arghons.[2]
Today most Arghons are merchants, although few have taken to agriculture. Most of them today speak the Ladakhi language but are also conversant in Turkic and Tibetan.[3]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ā Samiuddin, Abida; Khanam, R. Global Encyclopaedic Ethnography of Indian Muslim. Global Vision Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-8220-299-3.
- ā 2.0 2.1 Dollfus, Pascale (2021). "Indigenous People of Ladakh". Brillās Encyclopedia of the Religions of the Indigenous People of South Asia Online. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ā 000-2005-Abst-PDF/T%20&%20T-03-1-001-013-2005-036-Bhasin-V/T%20&%20T-03-1-001-013-2005-036-Bhasin-V- Full-Text.pdf[permanent dead link]