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Malik clan (Bihar)
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The Mallick (Hasani Qadiriyya) , Malik baya, Urdu: ملک)[1] are small Sayyid Muslim community found in the state of Bihar in India and follow Sunni Islam.[2] According to Bihar Minority commission report and several other historical books they are considered to be an ashraf community[3] among Bihari Muslims which means that they have high social status. They are mainly concentrated around Nalanda and Bihar Sharif.[4]
History[edit | edit source]
They are the descendants of Syed Ibrahim Mallick baya and family according to the government data of bihar Sharif and ancient books, a Sufi born near Ghazni (Afghanistan), descended from ancestors who had migrated there from Baghdad. The Muslim population of Bihar was around 13% before the partition of India in 1947. At that time "Syed Mallick Baya Families" constituted about 15% of the Muslim population of Bihar.
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "tareekh-e-malik". Rekhta. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ↑ People of India Bihar, Volume XVI Part 2 (Seagull Books), edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha, pp. 666-667.
- ↑ Karna, Mahendra Narain (1981). Studies in Bihar's Economy and Society. Concept Publishing Company.
- ↑ Jawaid Alam (1 January 2004). Government and Politics in Colonial Bihar, 1921-1937. Mittal Publications. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-81-7099-979-9.
- ↑ "Alphabetical List of Monuments – Bihar « Archaeological Survey of India". asi.nic.in. Retrieved 3 December 2020.