Jat Muslim
Gujjar
Jat Muslim, or Musalman Jats (Punjabi: مسلمان٘ جٹ; Sindhi: مسلمان جت), are an ethno-religious subgroup of the Jat people, who follow Islam and are native to the northwestern Indian subcontinent. They are primarily found in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab, Sindh and Azad Kashmir. A small minority is also present in India's Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh, where they are referred to as Muley Jats.
Originally nomadic pastoralists in the lower Indus Valley, the Jats converted to the dominant religions of the region, namely Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism, only after they adopted the settled agrarian lifestyle. The Jats began embracing Islam during the medieval period, influenced in part by Sufi teachings. The process of conversion was gradual.
History
The Jats were one of the first communities of the subcontinent to interact with the Muslims. Their name was Arabicised into Zuṭṭ (Arabic: الزُّطِّ) by the Arabic authors. The Arabs scholars noted several agglomerations of Jats settled throughout the province of Sind and Makran, although sometimes tribes living in their vicinity were also considered a part of them. The Jats were originally from the Indus Valley, but had been settling in lower Iraq since the reign of Bahram V (r.
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