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|popplace = • India • Pakistan
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|langs = • [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] • [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] • [[Urdu language|Urdu]]  
|langs = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] • [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] • [[Urdu language|Urdu]]  
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|rels= Islam<ref name= "gov.guj"/>
|related= • [[Momna]]s •  [[Gujarati Shaikh]] • [[Memon people|Memon]]
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The '''Tai''' are a [[Muslim]] community found in the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]]. There is also a large [[diaspora]] in the city of [[Karachi]] in [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Lal">''People of India Gujarat'', Volume XXI Part Three, edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen, pp. 1352–1357.</ref>
The '''Tai''' are a Muslim community{{Clarify|reason=Asked what makes them a distinct community among all the other Muslim communities of Gujarat. Is Tai the name of a caste/tribe/clan/sub-clan or followers of a particular religious figure? Are they distinct on account of the language they use or their traditional vocation.|date=September 2025}} found in the state of [[Gujarat]] in India.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kumari |first=Ashok Pratap Singh& Patiraj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHNsxbiEM4UC&dq=Global+Encyclopedic+Ethnography+Of+Indian+Muslim&pg=PT4 |title=Psychological Implications in Industrial Performance |date=2007 |publisher=Global Vision Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8220-200-9 |pages=806–809 |language=en}}</ref> There is also a large [[diaspora]] in the city of [[Karachi]] in Pakistan.<ref name= "gov.guj">{{Cite web |title=List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of Gujarat State {{!}} List of Castes {{!}} Director, Developing Castes Welfare |url=https://sje.gujarat.gov.in/ddcw/List-of-Socially-and-Educationally-Backward-Classes-of-Gujarat-State?lang=english |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=sje.gujarat.gov.in |publisher=Gujarat Government}}</ref>
 
== History and origin ==
 
The word ''tai'' in [[Persian language|Persian]] means a basket weaver, which was the traditional occupation of the Tai community. According to some traditions, the community originated in [[Sindh]], and their dialect of [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]] still includes substantial [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] loanwords. There ancestral home was the city of [[Thatta]] in Sindh, which was the historic capital of medieval Sindh. They were invited by [[Sultan]] [[Ahmad Shah Qajar|Ahmad Shah]] of [[Gujarat]] to settle in [[Ahmedabad|Ahmadabad]], the city he had founded. There are three groups among the Tai, the Vankar distributed in [[Viramgam]], [[Dhrangadhra]] and [[Ahmedabad|Ahmadabad]], the Ahmadabadi Tai and the [[Mahdavia|Mahdevi]] Tai. The last group are members of the Mehdawi sect, who are followers of [[Muhammad Jaunpuri|Syed Mohamed Jaunpuri]], whom they consider to be the [[Mahdi]]. The other Tai communities are [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]]s. They use two surnames, Paggi and Kattar.<ref name="Lal"/>
 
== Present circumstances ==
 
The Tai are landless community, whose traditional occupation is weaving. Many members of the community have diversified, and are now traders.<ref name="Lal"/>
 
The Tai are divided by their sectarian affiliation, the [[Sunni]] Tai have their own cultural and communal organizations, and the Mehdawi Tai are members of All Gujarat Mahodiya Conference, a sectarian association.
 
== See also ==
 
*[[Momna]]


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Latest revision as of 04:12, 31 January 2026

Tai
Regions with significant populations
India • Pakistan
Languages
Gujarati • Sindhi • Urdu
Religion
Islam[1]

The Tai are a Muslim community[clarification needed] found in the state of Gujarat in India.[2] There is also a large diaspora in the city of Karachi in Pakistan.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of Gujarat State | List of Castes | Director, Developing Castes Welfare". sje.gujarat.gov.in. Gujarat Government. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  2. ↑ Kumari, Ashok Pratap Singh& Patiraj (2007). Psychological Implications in Industrial Performance. Global Vision Publishing House. pp. 806–809. ISBN 978-81-8220-200-9.
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