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Kutchi Memons are a highly endogamous community, where marriages are arranged within their own ethnic group. Humeirah, a novel by Sabah Carrim, delves into the nitty-gritty details of the life of the fictitious eponymous character, a Kutchi Memon, and the pressures of an endogamous and ethnocentric community on her and other characters.
The Memon are a Muslim community in Gujarat India, and Sindh, Pakistan, the majority of whom follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. [4] They are divided into different groups based on their origins: Kathiawari Memons, Kutchi Memons and Bantva Memons from the Kathiawar, Kutch and Bantva regions of Gujarat respectively, and Sindhi Memons from Sindh.
The Kutchi Memons are a Kutchi people who converted from Hinduism to Islam in the 15th century A.D., due to the influence of Sunni Pirs, such as Saiyid Abdullah. [3] Kutchis, being a part of the Indian diaspora, have maintained their traditions abroad; in 1928, Kutchi Hindus in Nairobi held a Swaminarayan procession in which 1200 people attended. [4]
Memoni (ميموني, મેમોની) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by Memons, from the Kathiawar region of Gujarat, India.Memon from Okha Port (Okhai Memon), Kutch (Kutchi Memon) and some other communities from Kathiawad (Khatri, Kathiwadi) also use Memoni at their homes.
Kutchi-speakers are often part of the Charans, Jadeja, Bhanushalis, Lohanas, Brahmins (Rajgor), Meghwals, Visa Oswal and Dasa Osval (Oshwal) Jains, Ismaili Khojas and followers of the Satpanth, Bhatias, Rabaris, Muslim Kutchi Khatris, the Muslim Rajput-Rayma, or Kutchi Memons.
Kutchi language, language spoken in the Kutch district as well as Sindh, Pakistan Kutchi people, speakers of the language; Kutchi cinema, Kutchi-language film industry in India; Kutchi-Swahili, creole of the Indian diaspora in Africa, derived from the Kutchi and Swahili languages; Kutchi Memon, Indian ethnic group of the Memon people
Kutchi Memons is a Sunni Islamic community located in Mumbai. History. Kutchi Memons came to Mumbai in 1813 being attracted to the trading aspect of the city. [1]
The Saits are a community that branched off from the Kutchi Memons. References This page was last edited on 27 January 2024, at 22:53 (UTC). Text is ...