Multani (caste)

Muslim community found in the Gujarat state in India

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This article is about the Indian caste and is not to be confused with the Multani people of Pakistan.

The Multani are a traditionally nomadic Labana community of Northern India who historically specialised in the transport and trade of grain, silk, diamond and gold .[1]They are the Muslim and found in Gujarat and Maharashtra.[2]

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1. ^ Habib, Irfan (1990). "Merchant Communities in Precolonial India". In Tracy, James D. (ed.). The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1350-1750. Cambridge University Press. pp. 371–99\. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511563089. ISBN 978-0-52145-735-4.
2. ^ Singh, N. K.; Mishra, A. P. (August 2008). Global Encyclopaedic Enthnography Of Indian Muslim (3 vol. set). Global Vision Publishing House. pp. 558–560\. ISBN 978-81-8220-297-9.