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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}
{{ethnic group|
{{ethnic group|
|group= LOHAR and Barhai
|group= LOHAR
|population =
|population = 584,000 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.joshuaproject.net/peoples.php|title = People Groups &#124; Joshua Project}}</ref>
|popplace = • {{flagcountry|India}} • {{flagcountry|Nepal}}
|popplace = • India • Nepal
|langs =
|langs = • [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] •[[Hindi language|Hindi]] • [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
|rels= • [[Islam]] 100% •
|rels= Islam
|related= • [[Barhai]] • [[Saifi]] • [[Lohar]]
|related= • [[Barhai]] • [[Saifi]] • [[Lohar]]
}}
}}


The '''Muslim Saifi''', or sometimes pronounced Barhai are [[Muslim]] community, found in [[North India]]. They are also known as Saifi which denotes the Muslim sub-caste of blacksmiths and carpenters. A small number are also found in the [[Terai]] region of [[Nepal]]. And a small number found in karachi Pakistan.The community is also sometimes referred to as Saifi or [[Tarkhan]] descendent of [[Tarkhan dynasty|Tarkhan Dynasty]] of [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Hasan_190_193">''People of India Uttar Pradesh'', Volume XLII Part One, edited by A Hasan & J C Das, pp. 190-193.</ref>
The '''Muslim Saifi''', or sometimes pronounced Barhai are Muslim community, found in [[North India]]. They are also known as Saifi which denotes the Muslim sub-caste of blacksmiths and carpenters. A small number are also found in the [[Terai]] region of [[Nepal]].{{cn|date=October 2023}}

==Origin==

The community derive their name from the word ''barhai'', which means carpenter in [[Hindi]]. According to their own traditions, they are descended from early [[Muslim]] settlers to [[India]]. It is however likely, that they are immigrant from the [[Central Asia]].They are also known as [[Tarkhan]].

In [[Uttar Pradesh]], the Barhai/ Saifi have two sub-divisions, the Tarkhan and the Multani or immigrants from Multan known as [[Multani Lohar]]

Each of these two groups in endogamous. They are found mainly in the [[Doab]] and [[Rohilkhand]] regions, and speak the [[hindi]] dialect. The community has been granted [[Other Backward Classes|Other Backward Class]] status.
The term Saifi refers to Sword makers during medieval times.
<ref name="Hasan_190_193" /><ref name="SinghKhan2001">{{cite book|author1=Nagendra Kr Singh|author2=Abdul Mabud Khan|title=Encyclopaedia of the World Muslims: Tribes, Castes and Communities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zzfs_G7QHoAC&pg=PA1248|year=2001|publisher=Global Vision|isbn=978-81-87746-07-2|pages=1248–}}</ref>

==Present circumstances==

The Barhai are no longer mainly employed mainly as carpenters, and many work in farming. They are largely small and medium sized farmers, although a sizeable number are agricultural labourers, and live in multi caste and multi religious settlements, but occupy their own distinct quarters. Each settlement has a [[caste]] council, known as a [[panchayat]], which acts as an instrument of social control. It deals with intra community disputes, as well as punishing those who breach communal norms. Although they live in close proximity to other [[Muslim]] groups, such as the [[Shaikh of Uttar Pradesh|Shaikh]], [[Muslim Gaddi|Gaddi]], [[Momin Ansari|Ansari]], [[Ranghar|Rajput Muslim]] and [[Qassab]] in [[Doab]], and the [[Muslim Teli]], [[Banjara (Muslim)|Muslim Banjara]], [[Baghban]] and [[Rohilla]] in [[Rohilkhand]], there is very little interaction, and virtually no intermarriage. The only group with which close relations are maintained are the [[Saifi]], and this includes intermarriage. With regards to neighbouring [[Hindu]] groups such the [[Jat]] and [[Gujjar]], a social distance is maintained.<ref name="Hasan_190_193"/>

The Barhai are [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]] of the [[Barelvi]] & [[Deobandi]] sect. They speak [[Urdu]], and various dialects of [[Hindi]]. Their customs are similar to other [[Muslims of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh Muslim]]s.<ref>''People of India Uttar Pradesh'', Volume XLII Part One, edited by A Hasan & J C Das, p. 243.</ref>

==Notable People==

• [[Arif Lohar]], Pakistani Singer
'''[{Mohd Uvais }]' Certified Education Counsellor -Gawan Sambhal
. Zayn saifi, (Round2hell) indian YouTuber
. Nazim saifi, (Round2hell) indian YouTuber
. Nadeem saifi, Bollybood Music director
. Anisurrehman saifi, Ex M.L.A
Kanth uttar pradesh india


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]

Latest revision as of 14:17, 23 June 2024

LOHAR
Regions with significant populations
• India • Nepal
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
• Barhai • Saifi • Lohar

The Muslim Saifi, or sometimes pronounced Barhai are Muslim community, found in North India. They are also known as Saifi which denotes the Muslim sub-caste of blacksmiths and carpenters. A small number are also found in the Terai region of Nepal.[citation needed]

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