Kan (tribe)

Indo-Aryan Muslim community

Ethnic group

Kan

* কান
* খলিফা

Regions with significant populations
Bangladesh (Faridpur District Khulna District)
West Bengal (Malda division, Presidency division)
Languages
South Bangali or Rarhi (native)
Standard Bengali (mostly spoken as an L2)
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Bengalis, Domba
Islam in Bangladesh

History

* Muslim conquest
* Islamic rule
* Bengal Sultanate
* Bengal Subah
* Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala

Culture

|  Architecture

* Bangladeshi
* Bengali
* Indo-Islamic
* Indo-Saracenic
* Mughal

Literature

* Arabic
* Bengali
* Dobhashi
* Jangnama
* Kissa
* Marsiya
* Puthi
* Persian
* Urdu

Music

* Ghazal
* Hamd
* Nashid
* Naat
* Qawwali
* Zari
* Zikir

Major figures

* Bakhtiyar Khalji
* Shah Jalal
* Khan Jahan Ali
* Shah Makhdum
* Titumir
* Shariatullah
* Karamat Ali Jaunpuri
* Sher-e-Bangla
* Siraji
* Nazrul
* Bhashani

Communities

* Bengali Muslims
* Deshi
* Dhakaiyas
* Kan
* Mahifarash
* Mahimal
* Nashya Shaikh
* Shershabadia
* Sylhetis
* Rohingyas
* Bihari Muslims
* Pangals

Ideology/schools of thought

* Ahl-i Hadith
* Barelvi/Rezvi
* Deobandi/Qawmi
* Fultali
* Maizbhandari
* Shia

Educational organizations

* Alia Madrasa
* Qawmi madrasa
* Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board
* Islamic University, Bangladesh
* International Islamic University Chittagong

Political parties

* Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish
* Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
* Islami Andolan
* Islami Front
* Islami Oikya Jote
* Jamaat-e-Islami
* Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
* Khelafat Majlish
* Muslim League
* Nizam-e-Islam Party
* Tariqat Federation

Influential bodies

* Anjuman Mufidul Islam
* Hefazat-e-Islam
* Islamic Foundation Bangladesh
* Tablighi Jamaat
* Tamaddun Majlish

Other topics

* Bishwa Ijtema
* Waz Mahfil
* Mosques in Bangladesh (Baitul Mukarram)
* Muslim nationalism in South Asia
* Muslim chronicles for Bangladeshi history
* Sufism in Bangladesh

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The Kan (Bengali: কান), also known as Khalifa (Bengali: খলিফা, romanized: Khôlifa), are a Muslim community native to Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.[1]

## Origin

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The Kan, a small Muslim community, were traditionally involved in the repairing of umbrellas. According to traditions, the Kan were originally members of the Dom community who converted to Islam. In addition to repairing umbrellas, the community is also involved in the manufacture of fishhooks. The community is found mainly in the districts of  Murshidabad, 24 Parganas and Nadia in West Bengal and Faridpur District in Bangladesh.[2]

## Present circumstances

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The Kan are still involved in the traditional occupation of umbrella repairing, and during the chaitra or rainy season, the community entirely devotes itself to the construction and repairing umbrellas. This season last for almost six months, while for the remaining six months the community is involved in daily wage labour. A significant numbers of the community are now cultivators. They grow mainly paddy and wheat.

The Kan occupies distinct quarters in villages known as a paras. Each of these settlements contains an informal caste council known as a panchayat, which acts as an instrument of social control. The community are strictly endogamous, and marry close kin.[3]

## See also

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* Domba

## References

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1. ^ Marginal Muslim Communities in India edited by M.K.A Siddiqui pages 319-329
2. ^ Marginal Muslim Communities in India edited by M.K.A Siddiqui pages 319-329.
3. ^ Marginal Muslim Communities in India edited by M.K.A Siddiqui pages 319-329

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Dom people

Dom peoples|

* Abdals
* Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians
* Bede
* Deha
* Dom
* Ghorbati
* Lyuli
* Kalbelia
* Kawliya
* Lom
* Lori
* Mirasi
* Narikurava
* Nawar
* Orh
* Patharkat
* Rom / Rrom / Roma / Romani
* Sinti

Castes|

* Abdal
* Domba
* Gandhila
* Heri
* Hurkiya
* Kan
* Madari
* Qalandar
* Perna
* Sapera (Muslim)

Language|

* Domari language
* Lomavren language
* Romani languages
* Seb Seliyer language

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Indian Muslim communities

Majority|

* Alvi
* Arab
* Arain
* Arghon
* Ansari
* Awan
* Baghban
* Balti
* Behna
* Beary
* Bhishti
* Bisati
* Chhipa
* Chaush
* Deccani Muslims (Hyderabadi)
* Dard
* Dhobi
* Ghosi
* Gurjar
* Iraqi Biradari
* Khanzada
* Kashmiri
* Kunjra
* Malkana
* Manihar
* Mappila
* Rowther
* Meo
* Mughal
* Pathan
* Purigpa
* Qassab
* Muslim Rajputs
* Garha
* Rangrez
* Shaikh
* Sayyid
* Salmani
* Hussaini Brahmin
* Siddi
* Teli
* Urdu-speaking

Minority|

* Assamese
* Bengali
* Bhili
* Dogra
* Gondi
* Gujarati
* Konkani
* Nawayath
* Marathi
* Marwari
* Meitei
* Odia
* Punjabi
* Tamil
* Telugu
* Labbay
* Goan Muslims
* Alavi Bohras

Bihari|

* Abdal
* Ansari
* Bisati
* Chamail
* Churihar
* Chik
* Gaddi
* Idrisi
* Khanzada
* Kulhaiya
* Lal Begi
* Malkana
* Malik of Bihar
* Mirasi
* Mirshikar
* Mughal
* Muker
* Muslim Chhipi
* Pasi
* Nat
* Pathans
* Rayeen
* Sai
* Sapera
* Sayyid
* Syed (Mallick)
* Shaikh of Bihar
* Shershahabadia
* Thakurai
* Teli

Gujarat|

* Abdal
* Alavi Bohras
* Ansari
* Arabs
* Attarwala
* Bafan
* Baloch
* Behlim
* Bhadala
* Bharbhunja
* Bhishti
* Chhipa
* Chunara
* Chundrigar
* Dawoodi Bohra
* Dhobi
* Dhuldhoya
* Doodwala
* Faqir
* Galiara
* Ghanchi
* Ghanchi-Pinjara
* Halaypotra
* Hingorja
* Hingora
* Juneja
* Kadia
* Kagzi
* Ker
* Khalifa
* Khaskheli
* Khoja
* Machiyar
* Makrani
* Maliks of Gujarat
* Mandali
* Makwana
* Manka
* Mansoori
* Memon
* Meta Qureshi
* Miyana
* Molesalam
* Momna
* Mughal
* Multani
* Multani Lohar
* Mutwa
* Nagori
* Node
* Panar
* Parmar
* Patani Bohra
* Patni Jamat
* Pathans
* Salaat
* Samma
* Sandhai Muslims
* Sanghar
* Shaikhs of Gujarat
* Shaikhda
* Sayyid of Gujarat
* Siddi
* Sipahi
* Soomra
* Sulaymani Bohra
* Sunni Bohra
* Tai
* Vora Patel
* Vyapari

Karnataka|

* Baghban
* Beary
* Chaush
* Chhaparband
* Kodava Maaple
* Konkani Muslims
* Nawayath
* Pinjara
* Siddi
* Assadi

Kerala|

* Mappilas
* Pusalans
* Ossans
* Tangals (the Sayyids)
* Vattakkolis (the Bhatkalis) or Navayats
* Labbais
* Nahas
* Marakkars
* Keyis
* Koyas
* Nainars
* Dakhnis or Pathans
* Ravuthars
* Bohras (Daudi Bohras)

Madhya Pradesh|

* Chhipa
* Ansari
* Dawoodi Bohra
* Dhobi
* Mughal
* Muslim Chhipi
* Pathans
* Shaikh
* Sayyid

Maharashtra|

* Attar
* Baghban
* Bhishti
* Chaush
* Chhipa
* Chhaparband
* Dawoodi Bohra
* Dhawad
* Faqir
* Garodi
* Gavandi
* Kachar
* Kagzi
* Konkani Muslims
* Momin
* Muslim Raj Gond
* Qassab
* Saiqalgar
* Tadvi Bhil

Rajasthan|

* Ansari
* Anderkoti
* Chhipa
* Cheetah
* Chadwa
* Dawoodi Bohra
* Deshwali
* Gaddi
* Ghosi
* Hela Mehtar
* Hiranbaz
* Kandera
* Khadem
* Khanzada
* Langha
* Manganiar
* Merat
* Meo
* Mughal
* Pinjara
* Kayamkhani
* Rangrez
* Rath
* Shaikhs of Rajasthan
* Silawat
* Sindhi-Sipahi
* Singiwala
* Sorgar

Tamil Nadu|

* Rowther
* Kayalar
* Labbay
* Marakkar
* Deccani Muslims (Pathans)
* Nawayath
* Dawoodi Bohra

Uttar Pradesh|

* Alvi
* Ansari
* Atishbaz
* Bachal
* Bachgoti Khanzada
* Baghban
* Baluch
* Bandhmati
* Barhai
* Behlim
* Banu Israil
* Behna
* Bhand
* Bharbhunja
* Bhale Sultan Khanzada
* Bhatiara
* Bhishti
* Muslim Bhumihar
* Bisati
* Chik
* Dakhini
* Dafali
* Dhagi
* Dharhi
* Dhobi Musalmaan
* Dogar
* Fareedi
* Faqir
* Gaddi
* Gautam Khanzada
* Ghosi
* Goriya
* Gujjar Musalmaan
* Halalkhor
* Halwai
* Idrisi
* Iraqi Biradari
* Jhojha
* Kabaria
* Kakorvi Shaikh
* Kamangars
* Kamboh
* Kasgar
* Kayastha Musalman
* Khanzada
* Khokhar Khanzada
* Khumra
* Kingharia
* Kunjra
* Lal Begi
* Lalkhani Rajput
* Madari
* Mandarkia
* Malkana
* Manihar
* Meo
* Milki
* Mirasi
* Mughal
* Mujavir
* Muker
* Muslim Chhipi
* Muley Jats
* Nagar Muslims
* Nalband
* Nanbai
* Naqqal
* Panchpiria
* Pankhiya
* Pathans
* Putliwale
* Qalandar
* Qassab
* Qaum-e-Punjabian
* Qidwai
* Rai Bhatt
* Raj
* Garha
* Rajput Musalmaan
* Ramaiya
* Rangrez
* Rayeen
* Rohilla
* Sadaat Amroha
* Sadaat-e-Bara
* Sadaat-e-Bilgram
* Sai
* Salmani
* Sayyid of Uttar Pradesh
* Shaikh of Uttar Pradesh
* Shaikh Ja'fri
* Shaikhzada
* Siddiqui
* Teli Musalmaan
* Turk
* Tyagi Musalmaan

West Bengal|

* Abdal
* Dawoodi Bohra
* Bedia
* Faqir
* Ghosi
* Iraqi Biradari
* Kahar
* Kan
* Kela
* Khotta
* Lodha
* Malla
* Nashya
* Patua
* Sapuria
* Shershahabadia
* Shamsi

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Ethnic groups in Bangladesh

Indo-Aryans|

* Assamese
* Barua
* Beens
* Bengalis
* Dhakaiyas
* Mahifarash
* Kahar
* Kan
* Shershabadia
* Sylhetis
* Mahimal
* Bishnupriya Manipuris
* Bonaz
* Koch
* Nepalis
* Polia
* Rajbongshi
* Rohingyas
* Ranjoarh
* Stranded Pakistanis/Biharis
* Urdu-speaking people

Austro-Asiatic|

* Aowe
* Bhumij
* Kharia
* Khasi
* Mahle
* Munda
* Kora
* Sabar
* Pnar/Jaintia
* Santals

Dravidian|

* Kurukh/Oraon
* Mushahar
* Malto
* Mal Paharia
* Sauria Paharia

Tibeto-Burman|

* Chak
* Chakma
* Dalu
* Garo
* Hajong
* Khumi
* Khyang
* Laleng
* Marma
* Meitei
* Pangal
* Rakhine
* Tanchangya
* Tripuri
* Zo
* Bawm
* Chin
* Mru
* Kuki
* Halam
* Pankho
* Hrangkhol
* Mizo

Others|

* Jummas

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Immigration to Bangladesh

Asians|

| South Asians|

* Indians
* Nepalis
* Stranded Pakistanis

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Other Asians|

* Armenians (Dhaka)
* Burmese (Rohingya refugees)
* Chinese

Europeans|

* British

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