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| |group= Panar | | |group= Panar |
| |popplace = • {{flagcountry|India}} • {{flagcountry|Pakistan}} | | |popplace = • India • Pakistan |
| |langs = • [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] • [[Hindi language|Hindi]] • [[Urdu language|Urdu]] | | |langs = • [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] • [[Hindi language|Hindi]] • [[Urdu language|Urdu]] |
| |rels= • [[Image:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]] 100% • | | |rels= Islam |
| |related= • [[Momin Ansari|Ansari]] • [[Gujarati Shaikh|Shaikh of Gujarat]] • [[Shaikhs in South Asia|Shaikh]] | | |related= |
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| The '''Panar''' are a [[Muslim]] community found in the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]].<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Three edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 1061-1065</ref> | | The '''Panar''' are a Muslim community{{Clarify|reason=What is it that makes them a distinct community among all the other Muslim communities of Gujarat. Is Panar the name of a caste/tribe/clan/sub-clan? Are they distinct on account of the language they use? Is it that they have a particular vocation? Or something else?|date=September 2025}} found in the state of [[Gujarat]] in India.{{cn|date=October 2023}} |
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| The word panar in the [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] language means a weaver, the traditional occupation of the community. They claim to have come from [[Central Asia]] and settled in the city of [[Patan, Gujarat|Patan]], the historic capital of [[Gujarat]]. During the rule of [[Sultan]] [[Ahmad Shah Bahadur|Ahmad Shah]], they spread all over north [[Gujarat]], and are now found in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Baroda]], Mehsana, and Panchmahal. A section of the Panar are also found in the port city of [[Surat]]. They are a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] speaking community, with many being bilingual in [[Urdu]] as well.<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Three edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 1061-1065</ref>
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| ==Present circumstances==
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| The Panar are an endogamous community, practising both parallel cousin and cross cousin marriages. They are still essentially a community of weavers, particularly those of the town of [[Dholka]] in [[Ahmedabad district|Ahmadabad District]]. In addition, the community were also involved in the manufacturing of cotton threads. They are a landless community, and with the decline in their traditional occupations, have become daily wage labourers. Like other [[Gujarati Muslims]], they have a caste association, the Panar Jamat, which acts as a community welfare association. The Panar are [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]]s, and like other Muslim communities in the state, have been influenced by reformist sects, such as the [[Deobandi]].<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Three edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 1061-1065</ref>
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