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The '''Dafali''' are a [[Muslim]] community found in India with the majority being in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] surname Masoodi{{Clarify|reason=The last two words of the sentence make seem disjointed. Slight rewriting would clarify if those using the surname Masoodi are Dafali, or if some of the Dafali use this surname or neither.|date=September 2025}}. They have been categorized in [[Other Backward Class]] (OBC) category in Uttar Pradesh. Dafali are also found in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Commission for Backward Classes: Bihar |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Pdf/bihar.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227014048/https://www.ncbc.nic.in/Pdf/bihar.pdf |archive-date=27 Feb 2012 |access-date=2 February 2015}}</ref><br />
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They are [[Dalit Muslim|Dalit muslims]] and along with other dalit muslim conmunities are referred Arjal or Arzal.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Choudhary |first=Kushal |date=2021-04-03 |title=How the Halalkhor Community Fights Untouchability and Exclusion |url=https://www.newsclick.in/how-halalkhor-community-fights-untouchability-exclusion |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2026-03-09 |work=NewsClick}}</ref> They comes under the EBC(economically backward class) in Bihar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-01 |title=Pasmanda outfit cites Bihar OBC, EBC list to demand caste census for Muslims |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/patna/pasmanda-outfit-cites-bihar-obc-ebc-list-to-demand-caste-census-for-muslims-7481587/ |access-date=2026-03-09 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Origin==<br />
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The Dafali are found throughout the country, primarily in [[Uttar Pradesh]], with special concentrations in [[Pilibhit district|Pilibhit]], [[Rampur district|Rampur]], [[Moradabad district|Moradabad]], [[Sambhal district|Sambhal]], [[Badauon district|Badauon]], [[Saharanpur district|Saharanpur]], [[Kanpur]] and [[Bareilly district|Bareilly]] districts in the west, where the community speak [[Kauravi dialect|Khari boli]], while in [[Awadh]], they are found mainly in the districts of [[Lucknow]], [[Bahraich district|Bahraich]], [[Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh|Balrampur]], [[Gonda district|Gonda]], [[Shravasti district|Shravasti]] and [[Sitapur district|Sitapur]], [[Basti, Uttar Pradesh|Basti district]], [[Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh|Balrampur]], [[Gonda district|Gonda]], [[Shravasti district|Shravasti]] and [[Sitapur district|Sitapur]], [[Siddharthnagar district|Sidharth Nagar District/Sidharthnagar]], [[Allahabad]], [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]] where they known as Hashmi, where the community speak [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] and their tribal language 'Madaah'.<ref>[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/People_of_Indiauttar_Pradesh_Volume_XLII.html?id=_Z2dwQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII] Part Two edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 398 to 402 Manohar Publications</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]<br />
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