Muslim Kolis Explained

Muslim Koli
Local Name:	मुस्लिम कोली
Type:	Religious subgroup of Koli caste
Ethnicity:	Koli people
Location:	In India Gujarat and Maharashtra In Pakistan Sindh
Parent Tribe:	Hindu Kolis of India
Branches:	Wadha Muslim Koli Sipahi Muslim Koli Mahigir Muslim Koli Makwana Muslim Koli
Language:	Koli Gujarati Marathi Sindhi Urdu
Religion:	Islam
Surnames:	Patel

The Muslim Koli, or Musalman Koli (Gujarati: મુસ્લિમ કોલી) (Marathi: मुस्ळिम कोळी) is a religious subgroup of Hindu Koli caste in India and Pakistan. Most of the Muslim Kolis lives in Maharashtra^[1] and Gujarat of India and Sindh province of Pakistan. Muslim Kolis were Hindu by religion but later they were converted to Muslim and accept Islam.^[2]

The Muslim Kolis Maharashtra lives familiar with Hindu and Koli Christians of the state.^[3]

Titles

• Patel, the muslim Kolis of Gujarat use the Patel as their title like Hindu kolis.^[4]

Subcastes

• The Muslim Kolis of Gujarat are known as Wadha Koli mostly found in Kutch district of the state.^[5]
• The Muslim Kolis of Konkan in Maharashtra known as Mahigir Muslim Kolis whose forfathers were Hindu Kolis.^[6]
• Makwana Muslims of Gujarat are Koli by caste who were converted to Islam during Muslim rule in Gujarat.^[7]

Notable

• Yakut Khan, admiral of Mughal Navy and administrator of Janjira State.^[8]

See also

• Koli Christians
• Kolhi
• Patidar

Notes and References

1. Web site: Soni . Paroma . 2021-03-13 . 'One cup of kadak chai': How Mumbai's Koli women survived the coronavirus pandemic . 2023-11-15 . Scroll.in . en-US.
2. News: 2019-10-22 . Gujarat: Hindu-Muslim, real bhai-bhai! . The Times of India . 2023-11-15 . 0971-8257.
3. Book: Jacobsen, Knut A. . Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India . 2015-08-11 . Routledge . 978-1-317-40358-6 . en.
4. Book: Sheikh . Aziz . Caring for Muslim Patients . Gatrad . Abdul Rashid . 2000 . Radcliffe Publishing . 978-1-85775-372-1 . . 65 . en.
5. Book: Mishra, N. K. Singh and A. P. . Global Encyclopaedic Enthnography Of Indian Muslim(3 Vols. Set) . August 2008 . Global Vision Publishing House . 978-81-8220-297-9 . en.
6. Web site: KONKANI MUSLIMS: AN INTRODUCTION OMAR KHALIDI . 2023-11-15 . Masjid Al Falaah . en-US.
7. Book: Assadi, Muzaffar . Colonial and Post-Colonial Identity Politics in South Asia: Zaat/Caste Among Muslims . 2023-11-24 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-003-80246-4 . en.
8. Book: Ali, Shanti Sadiq . The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times . 1996 . . 978-81-250-0485-1 . New Delhi, India, Asia . 174 . en.