Memon people

For other uses, see Memon (disambiguation).
Memon People
Total population
1,800,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
India900,000 (including 200,000 in Mumbai and suburbs)[1]
Pakistan700,000[1]
Elsewhere200,000[1]
Languages
Memoni,[2] Sindhi,[3] Kutchi, Gujarati
Religion
Islam

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.

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 through globally recognized organisations such as the World Memon Organisation (WMO)[5] and International Memon Organisation (IMO).[6]

  1. ^ a b c d "Memon association to congregate today - Times of India". The Times of India. 14 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b Fazal, Tanweer (18 October 2013). Minority Nationalisms in South Asia. Routledge. ISBN 9781317966463.
  3. ^ O’Sullivan, Michael (19 September 2023). "No Birds of Passage - A History of Gujarati Muslim Business Communities, 1800–1975". PART I. Harvard University Press: 44. doi:10.4159/9780674294974-003.
  4. ^ Levin, Sergey (1974). "The Upper Bourgeoisie from the Muslim Commercial Community of Memons in Pakistan, 1947 to 1971". Asian Survey. 14 (3): 231–243. doi:10.2307/2643012. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 2643012.
  5. ^ "World Memon Organisation | Serving Mankind". wmoworld.com. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  6. ^ "IMO - International Memon Organization". www.internationalmemon.org. Retrieved 9 October 2019.