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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Muslim community of Uttar Pradesh}}<br />
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| group = Atishbaz<br />
| population = <br />
| popplace = • India • Pakistan<br />
| langs = • [[Urdu language|Urdu]] • [[Hindi language|Hindi]] • [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]<br />
| rels = Islam 100%<br />
| related = • [[Shaikh of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Atishbaz''' are a [[Muslims|Muslim]] community mainly found in the state [[Uttar Pradesh]] in India.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=K. S. |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/India_s_Communities/Jw9uAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Atishbaz+community&dq=Atishbaz+community&printsec=frontcover |title=India's Communities |date=1998 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |language=en}}</ref> The word ''Atishbaz'' originates from two [[Persian language|Persian]] words. "Atish" means "fire" and "Baz" means "to play". The [[Mughals]] brought members of the community to India from [[Central Asia]]. From the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Era]], they worked in manufacturing [[fireworks]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-24 |title=How did firecracker makers Atishbaz become pasmanda? |url=https://www.awazthevoice.in/culture-news/how-did-firecracker-makers-atishbaz-become-pasmanda-16841.html |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=www.awazthevoice.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=B. N. |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Trade_and_Industrial_Markets_of_Bihar/betXAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Atishbaz+community&dq=Atishbaz+community&printsec=frontcover |title=Trade and Industrial Markets of Bihar |date=1974 |publisher=Arvind Publications |language=en}}</ref> In [[India]] most of them speak [[Urdu]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Project |first=Joshua |title=Atishbaz in India |url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16260/IN |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=joshuaproject.net |language=en}}</ref><br />
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They also refer to themselves as Atishbaz Shaikh or sometimes just Shaikh, which is also a common surname.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hasnain |first=Nadeem |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Other_Lucknow/fjO6DQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Atishbaz+community&pg=PA58&printsec=frontcover |title=The Other Lucknow |date=2016 |publisher=Vani Prakashan |isbn=978-93-5229-420-6 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Muslims of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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