The Muslim Chauhan are a Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

 community found in the state of Gujarat in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Origin

The Muslim Chauhan of Gujarat are converts from the Hindu

Hindu

Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

 Chauhan

Chauhan

Chauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...

 caste. Their conversion is said to have occurred during the rule of Mahmud Begada

Mahmud Begada

Sultan Abu'l Fath Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah I, popularly known as Mahmud Begada was the most prominent sultan of Gujarat. He was the great-grandson of Ahmad Shah I, the founder of the Muzaffarid dynasty, and of the city of Ahmedabad in the present-day state of Gujarat, India. He was known to be...

. Traditionally, they were an agrarian community, but now they follow a number of occupations. In customs, they resemble other convert Rajput

Rajput

A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...

 communities such as the Parmar

Muslim Parmar (Gujarat)

The Muslim Parmar of Gujarat are Muslim converts from the larger Parmar Rajput community. They are said to have converted to Islam during the early period of the Gujarat Sultanate. Their ancestors were a Hasan and his brother Hisamuddin. Hisamuddin was made governor of Gujarat by the Khilji rulers....

 and Makwana

Makwana (Muslim)

The Makwana Muslims are Muslim converts from the Makwana Rajput community. According to their traditions, their ancestor Babuji, the son of Harpal Makwana, converted to Islam. He founded to the principality of Lalpur-Mandva, in Mahikantha. The Makwana are now mainly small peasant proprietors found...

 communities. The community is concentrated in north Gujarat, particularly the town of Kalol

Kalol

Kalol is a city and a municipality in Panchmahal district in the Indian state of Gujarat.- Geography :Kalol is located at . It has an average elevation of 100 metres .It is famous for its oil field.- Industry :...

. Like other Gujarati Muslim

Gujarati Muslim

The term Gujarati Muslims is usually used to signify an Indian Muslim from the State of Gujarat in west India, who speaks the Gujarati Language as a mother-tongue and follows certain customs different from the rest of Indian Muslims...

s, they have a caste association, the Chauhan Jamat, but its influence is much weaker on this community. The Chauhan are Sunni, and many are members of the Deobandi

Deobandi

Deobandi is a movement of Sunni Islam. The movement began at Darul Uloom Deoband in Deoband, India, where its foundation was laid on 30 May 1866.-History:...

sub-sect.