Mahifarash

Mahifarash
  • মাহিফরাস
The chiefs of Dhaka's Muslim fish-businessmen Mahifarash community
Regions with significant populations
 Bangladesh (Old Dhaka)
Languages
Old Dhakaiya (native)
Standard Bengali (mostly spoken as an L2)
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Dhakaiyas

The Mahifarash (Bengali: মাহিফরাস, romanizedmahifôrash, Dhakaiya: মাইফরাস maifôrash) are a Bengali Muslim community of fishmongers primarily from Old Dhaka. They are distinct from the Mahifarash of Tangail, who are descendants of Mappila Muslims,[1][2] and the Mahifarash fishermen of Mymensingh.[3]

  1. ^ টাঙ্গাইলের নামকরণের ইতিহাস [History of the naming of Tangail]. Amar Tangail (in Bengali).
  2. ^ সুবেদার শায়েস্তা খাঁর বাহিনীর ধর্মগুরুর নামে টাঙ্গাইল [Tangail in the name of Subahdar Shaista Khan's army's spiritual leader]. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 21 February 2019.
  3. ^ Sachse, F. A. (1912). Bengal District Gazetteers: Mymensingh.