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{{Ethnic group|<br />
|group= Bafan<br />
|popplace = • India • Pakistan<br />
|langs = • [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]] • [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] • [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] •<br />
|rels= • [[Image:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]] 100% •<br />
|related= • [[Jat Muslim]]( [[Thaheem (tribe)|Thaheem Tribe]]) • [[Ansari (nesbat)|Ansari]] <br />
}}<br />
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The '''Bafan''' are a Muslim community found in the state of [[Gujarat]] in India and a province of [[Sindh]] in Pakistan. They are one of a number of communities of [[Maldhari]] pastoral nomads found in the [[Banni Grasslands Reserve|Banni]] region of [[Kutch]].<ref name=autogenerated1>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part One edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 87-90</ref><br />
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==History and origin==<br />
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The Bafan claim to have originally from Sindh, and are a clan of the [[Thaheem (tribe)|Thaheem]] tribe. They are said to have gotten the name ''bafan'' on account of their practice of eating boiled meat. The word bafan in the [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]] means to boil. After leaving Sindh, the tribe's first settlement in Kutch was the village of Nagiari. The Bafan are now found mainly in Kutch, with smaller communities in [[Jamnagar]] and [[Sabarkantha]].<ref name=autogenerated1 /><br />
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==Present circumstances==<br />
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The Bafan speak a dialect of [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]], with substantial [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] loan words. They have four lineages, the Makani, Aliyani, Jassani, and Issacuola. Each of these live in a particular locality known as falia. Each of these clans are of equal status, and intermarry. Marriages are preferred with parallel cousins.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><br />
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The majority of the Bafan are settled agriculturists, and few have access to irrigation facilities. They are essentially a community of marginal farmers. Historically, the Bafan were pastoral Maldhari nomads, raising buffaloes, cows and sheep, and grazed them in the Banni region. A few families are still nomads and are involved in selling milk to [[Bhuj]]. They often migrate to [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] with to graze their cattle. Like many other Kutchis, the Bafan have migrated to others parts of India in search of work.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><br />
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The Bafan have a caste council, known as the Nagiari Jamat. This jamat has representatives on the Muslim Education and Welfare Society, an organization based in [[Bhuj]]. The Society provides free boarding and lodging to the poor students, and also looks into the general welfare of the Muslim community. Like most Kutchi Muslims, they are [[Sunni]] Muslims, but incorporate many folk beliefs.{{cn|date=February 2012}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Samma (tribe)|Samma]]<br />
*[[Mutwa]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Tribes of Kutch]]<br />
[[Category:Maldhari communities]]<br />
[[Category:Samma tribes]]<br />
[[Category:Jat tribes]]<br />
[[Category:Sindhi tribes in India]]<br />
[[Category:Muslim communities of Gujarat]]</div>>Hind ji