Khache, Khazar | |
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 Tibetan Muslim family in Amdo, early 20th century | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 China (Tibet AR) | 5,000[1] |
 India (Kashmir, Ladakh) | 1,500+[2] |
 Nepal | 400[3] |
| Languages | |
| Tibetan, Mandarin, Kashmiri | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tibetan Buddhists, Baltis | |
| Tibetan Muslims | |||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | ཁ་ཆེ་ | ||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 卡契 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Khache (phonetic) | ||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 藏回 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Tibetan Hui | ||||||
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| Second alternative Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 古格人 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Guge people | ||||||
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Tibetan Muslims, also known as the Khache (Tibetan: ཁ་ཆེ་, lit. 'Kashmiris'), are Tibetans who adhere to Islam.[2][4] Many are descendants of Kashmiris, Ladakhis, and Nepalis who arrived in Tibet in the 14th to 17th centuries.[5] There are approximately 5,000 Tibetan Muslims living in China,[1] over 1,500 in India,[2] and 300 to 400 in Nepal.[3]
The government of the People's Republic of China does not recognize the Tibetan Muslims as a distinct ethnic group; they are grouped with Tibetan adherents of Buddhism and Bön. In contrast, the Chinese-speaking Hui Muslims are distinguished from the Han Chinese majority.[6]
- ^ a b "Tibet". United States Department of State.
- ^ a b c Zargar, Safwat (31 July 2019). "The Tibetan Muslims of Kashmir". The Diplomat. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ a b Hennig, Clare (11 July 2014). "A minority within a minority". Nepali Times.
- ^ "The Tibetan Muslims who have made Kashmir their home". BBC News. 1 December 2017.
- ^ Cabezon, Jose Ignacio (February 1998). "Islam on the Roof of the World". Aramco World. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ 郭家骥，边明社 (2012). 迪庆州民族文化保护传承与开发研究. 云南人民出版社: 昆明. ISBN 978-7-222-09611-0.