Muhajir people

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diaspora community ethnic group social group

The Muhajir people are an Urdu-speaking Muslim community in Pakistan, primarily descended from migrants who moved from various regions of India to urban centers like Karachi after the 1947 Partition.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Muhajir 2
Mohajir 1
Muhajirs 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
social group ⓘ
associatedWithConflict ethnic tensions in Sindh ⓘ
urban violence in Karachi ⓘ
citizenship Pakistani ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
culturalTrait literary and journalistic traditions in Urdu ⓘ
strong identification with Urdu language ⓘ
urban middle-class culture ⓘ
demographicRole major ethnic group in Karachi ⓘ
one of the major ethnic groups in Sindh ⓘ
etymology derived from Arabic word Muhajir meaning migrant or emigrant ⓘ
hasEthnonym Muhajir people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mohajir

Muhajir people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Muhajir
historicalEvent Partition of India ⓘ
historicalOrigin migrants from Bihar ⓘ
migrants from Delhi ⓘ
migrants from Gujarat ⓘ
migrants from Hyderabad Deccan ⓘ
migrants from Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
migrants from various regions of British India ⓘ
historicalStatus migrant community in early Pakistan ⓘ
identityBasis Muslim faith ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
shared migration history after Partition ⓘ
languageVariety Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Dakhini Urdu

Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Hyderabadi Urdu

Karachi Urdu ⓘ
majorityResidence Hyderabad, Sindh ⓘ
Karachi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Urban Sindh ⓘ
migrationPeriod after 1947 Partition of India ⓘ
migrationType mass migration ⓘ
nationalContext Pakistan ⓘ
notableCityOfConcentration Karachi NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalMovement Muhajir nationalism ⓘ
politicalOrganization All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organization ⓘ
Muttahida Qaumi Movement ⓘ
Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London ⓘ
Muttahida Qaumi Movement ⓘ
surface form: Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan

Pak Sarzameen Party ⓘ
primaryLanguage Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
primarySettlementPattern urban ⓘ
relatedGroup Bihari Muslims ⓘ
Hyderabadi Muslims ⓘ
North Indian Muslims ⓘ
Urdu-speaking people ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
selfIdentification Urdu-speaking Pakistanis ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Hyderabad, Sindh ⓘ
Islamabad ⓘ
Karachi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lahore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Larkana ⓘ
Mirpur Khas ⓘ
Nawabshah ⓘ
Quetta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rawalpindi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sukkur ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ahmad G. Chagla → ethnicGroup → Muhajir people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muhajir
Sindh → ethnicGroup → Muhajir people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muhajirs
subject surface form: Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Muhajir people → hasEthnonym → Muhajir people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muhajir
Muhajir people → hasEthnonym → Muhajir people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mohajir
Indo-Iranian peoples → hasModernGroup → Muhajir people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Urdu-speaking peoples