Patni Jamat
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The Patni are a Muslim
community found in the state of Gujarat in India
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History and origin
The Patni are a trading community who are said to have settled in the town of Patan, the historic capital of Gujarat, during the rule of Mahmud of Ghazni. They originated in the town of Patan in Gujarat. The community spread from Patan to the cities of Veraval, Govindpura, Naodra, Kalji, Chourvad, Keshod and Junagadh. They speak Kathiawari Hindi The Patni Jamat is made up of a number of clans, the main ones being the Mughal, Chauhan, Panja, Karvat, Kapadiya, Bhoda, Nakhwa, Khokhar, Sumra, Mevati, Chachya, Bagji, Agwan , Belim, Diwan, Bandhani, Khan, Bekar Pirosh, Batli, Bharari, Chaga,Virbhar, Bagas, Chawda, Kothari, Khanjamal, Mirza, Kuresi, Sherpakka, Chinai, Jangsai, Pyarji, Alvi, Sayanji, Kakasiya, Parmar, Jamadar, Babi, Kutub, Khamma, Malek, Gadai, All these clans are of equal status and they marry each other , They are an indigenous community although they do marriages in the larger Sunni Muslim community.
Present circumstances
The Patnis are essentially a community of traders and Fish merchants a profession they have practiced for generations. They are Sunni Muslims and their customs are similar to the other Gujarati Muslim communities.Presently they are situated in different parts of India Mainly in Mumbai and to some extent in hyderabad, some 200 years ago they have also migrated to some coastal regions of Tarapur in Maharashtra .for business and education purpose people went to abroad like DUBAI, SAUDI ARAB, BAHRAIN, MUSKAT, ADEN, LONDON, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, RUSSIA etc.
In older days community was dealing in sea transportation by wooden countrycrafts and the owner of countrycrafts were known as VAHANVATU and they were rich and went to GULF as well as AFRICA There were no mechanised vessel at that time and that time was very very tough because no information was available as we have today.There after time has changed and other communities enter in to this business with mechanised vessels and the traditional trades of wooden countrycrafts ended.
Today mainly patnis are doing fisheries business In very large numbers they have fish shops,freezing plants for exporting fish to entire world and also fishing boats, veraval is very much known as fisheries hub in India and fortunately this trade is by and large under patni community others are doing transport business all over India there are some patnis who have remarkable setup & Big name in transport world .
Muslim
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community found in the state of Gujarat in India
India
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History and origin
The Patni are a trading community who are said to have settled in the town of Patan, the historic capital of Gujarat, during the rule of Mahmud of Ghazni. They originated in the town of Patan in Gujarat. The community spread from Patan to the cities of Veraval, Govindpura, Naodra, Kalji, Chourvad, Keshod and Junagadh. They speak Kathiawari Hindi The Patni Jamat is made up of a number of clans, the main ones being the Mughal, Chauhan, Panja, Karvat, Kapadiya, Bhoda, Nakhwa, Khokhar, Sumra, Mevati, Chachya, Bagji, Agwan , Belim, Diwan, Bandhani, Khan, Bekar Pirosh, Batli, Bharari, Chaga,Virbhar, Bagas, Chawda, Kothari, Khanjamal, Mirza, Kuresi, Sherpakka, Chinai, Jangsai, Pyarji, Alvi, Sayanji, Kakasiya, Parmar, Jamadar, Babi, Kutub, Khamma, Malek, Gadai, All these clans are of equal status and they marry each other , They are an indigenous community although they do marriages in the larger Sunni Muslim community.
Present circumstances
The Patnis are essentially a community of traders and Fish merchants a profession they have practiced for generations. They are Sunni Muslims and their customs are similar to the other Gujarati Muslim communities.Presently they are situated in different parts of India Mainly in Mumbai and to some extent in hyderabad, some 200 years ago they have also migrated to some coastal regions of Tarapur in Maharashtra .for business and education purpose people went to abroad like DUBAI, SAUDI ARAB, BAHRAIN, MUSKAT, ADEN, LONDON, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, RUSSIA etc.
In older days community was dealing in sea transportation by wooden countrycrafts and the owner of countrycrafts were known as VAHANVATU and they were rich and went to GULF as well as AFRICA There were no mechanised vessel at that time and that time was very very tough because no information was available as we have today.There after time has changed and other communities enter in to this business with mechanised vessels and the traditional trades of wooden countrycrafts ended.
Today mainly patnis are doing fisheries business In very large numbers they have fish shops,freezing plants for exporting fish to entire world and also fishing boats, veraval is very much known as fisheries hub in India and fortunately this trade is by and large under patni community others are doing transport business all over India there are some patnis who have remarkable setup & Big name in transport world .