Zubeda memon biography definition
Zubeda memon biography definition
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Memon people
Sunni Muslim community in India and Pakistan
For other uses, see Memon (disambiguation).
Ethnic group
| 1,800,000[1] | |
| India | 900,000 (including 200,000 in Mumbai and suburbs)[1] |
|---|---|
| Pakistan | 700,000[1] |
| Elsewhere | 200,000[1] |
| Memoni,[2]Sindhi,[3]Kutchi, Gujarati | |
| Islam | |
The Memon are a Muslim community in Gujarat India, and Sindh, Pakistan, the majority of whom follow the Hanafifiqh 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.
Memons have cultural similarities with the Khoja, Bohra, and other Gujarati peoples. They speak the Memoni language as their first language, which shares vocabulary with the Sindhi language, Kutchi language and Gujarati languages.[2]
Today Memons are connected t