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'''Kashmiri kinship and descent''' is one of the major concepts of [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] [[cultural anthropology]]. [[Kashmiri Pandit|Hindu]] and [[Kashmiri Muslims|Muslim]] [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] people living in the state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] in India and other parts of the world are from the same ethnicity.

[[Kashmiri Pandit|Kashmiri Hindus]] claim to be [[Saraswat]] Brahmans and are known by the exonym ''[[Kashmiri Pandit|Pandit]]''.<ref name=":74">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hqwYDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT130&dq=Kashmiri+Hindus+are+all+Saraswat+Brahmins#q=Kashmiri%20Hindus%20are%20all%20Saraswat%20Brahmins|title=Disappearing Peoples?: Indigenous Groups and Ethnic Minorities in South and Central Asia|last1=Brower|first1=Barbara|last2=Johnston|first2=Barbara Rose|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|isbn=9781315430393|quote=Kashmiri Hindus are all Saraswat brahmins, known by the exonym Pandit (the endonym being Batta), a term first reserved for emigrant Kashmiri brahmins in Mughal service. Their surnames (kram) designate their original professions or their ancestors' nicknames (e.g., Hakim, Kaul, Dhar, Raina, Teng).}}</ref> The Muslims living in [[Kashmir Valley|Kashmir]] are of the same stock as the [[Kashmiri Pandit]] community and are designated as [[Kashmiri Muslims]].<ref name=":023">{{Cite book|url=http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/37337|title=Census of India, 1941|volume=Volume XXII|pages=9|quote=The Muslims living in the southern part of the Kashmir Province are of the same stock as the Kashmiri Pandit community and are usually designated Kashmiri Muslims; those of the Muzaffarabad District are partly Kashmiri Muslims, partly Gujjar and the rest are of the same stock as the tribes of the neighbouring Punjab and North \Vest Frontier Province districts.|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> Kashmiri Muslims are descended from [[Kashmiri Hindus]] and are also known as 'Sheikhs'.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VMM-xRVr5qgC&pg=PA223&dq=kashmiris+are+native+to+kashmir+valley#q=kashmiris%20are%20native%20to%20kashmir%20valley|title=Kashmiri Pandits: Looking to the Future|publisher=APH Publishing|year=2001|isbn=9788176482363|quote=The Kashmiri Pandits are the precursors of Kashmiri Muslims who now form a majority in the valley of Kashmir...Whereas Kashmiri Pandits are of the same ethnic stock as the Kashmiri Muslims, both sharing their habitat, language, dress, food and other habits, Kashmiri Pandits form a constituent part of the Hindu society of India on the religious plane.}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite journal|last1=Bhasin|first1=M.K.|last2=Nag|first2=Shampa|year=2002|title=A Demographic Profile of the People of Jammu and Kashmir|url=http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/JHE/JHE-13-0-000-000-2002-Web/JHE-13-1-2-001-02-Abst-PDF/JHE-13-1-2-001-02/JHE-13-1-2-001-055-02-Tt.pdf|journal=Journal of Human Ecology|publisher=Kamla-Raj Enterprises|pages=15|access-date=1 January 2017|quote=Thus the two population groups, Kashmiri Pandits and Kashmiri Muslims though at the time constituted ethnically homogenous population, came to differ from each other in faith and customs.}}</ref><ref name=":14">{{Cite journal|last1=Bhasin|first1=M.K.|last2=Nag|first2=Shampa|year=2002|title=A Demographic Profile of the People of Jammu and Kashmir|url=http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/JHE/JHE-13-0-000-000-2002-Web/JHE-13-1-2-001-02-Abst-PDF/JHE-13-1-2-001-02/JHE-13-1-2-001-055-02-Tt.pdf|journal=Journal of Human Ecology|pages=16|access-date=1 January 2017|quote=The Sheikhs are considered to be the descendants of Hindus and the pure Kashmiri Muslims, professing Sunni faith, the major part of the population of Srinagar district and the Kashmir state.}}</ref> Both the Kashmiri Hindus and Muslim society reckons descent patrilineally. Certain property and titles may be inherited through the male line, but certain inheritances may accrue through the female line.

==Kashmiri Muslim tribes from Kashmiri Pandit Lineage==
* [[Bhat (Kashmir)|Bhat]] / [[Bhat|Butt]]<ref name="Anthropological Survey of India">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gPmBAAAAMAAJ&q=bhat+butt+name+kashmir&dq=bhat+butt+name+kashmir|title=The Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India, Volume 52|year=2003|publisher=The Survey|quote=The But/Butt of Punjab were originally Brahmin migrants from Kashmir during 1878 famine.|access-date=2010-12-02}}</ref><ref name="Bansi Pandit2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsoC6GWr47QC&pg=PA99&dq=bhat+butt+name+kashmir|title=Explore Kashmiri Pandits|publisher=Dharma Publications|isbn=9780963479860|access-date=2010-12-02}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hqwYDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT130&dq=Kashmiri+Hindus+are+all+Saraswat+Brahmins#q=Kashmiri%20Hindus%20are%20all%20Saraswat%20Brahmins|title=Disappearing Peoples?: Indigenous Groups and Ethnic Minorities in South and Central Asia|last1=Brower|first1=Barbara|last2=Johnston|first2=Barbara Rose|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|isbn=9781315430393|quote=Sheikh: local converts, subdivided into numerous subgroups. Most largely retain their family names, or patronyms (kram), indicating their original profession, locality or community-such as Khar (carpenter), Pampori (a place), Butt and Pandit (brahmin), Dar (kshatriya)-but with increasing Islamization, some have dropped these}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxJDAAAAYAAJ&q=kashmiri+names+bat+dar+lone&dq=kashmiri+names+bat+dar+lone|title=Proceedings - Indian History Congress, Volume 63|publisher=Indian History Congress|year=2003|pages=867|quote=...the Muslims also retained their Hindu caste-names known as Krams e.g. Tantre, Nayak, Magre, Rather, Lone, Bat, Dar, Parray, Mantu, Yatoo.....|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>
* [[Dhar (surname)|Dhar]] / [[Dhar (surname)|Dar]]<ref name="Bansi Pandit2" /><ref name=":0" />
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* Manto / Mantu<ref name=":0" />
* Ganai<ref name=":0" />
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* [[Mattoo]]
* [[Pandit]]<ref name=":9" />
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* Razdan
*Kaul
* [[Sapru]]
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* Yatoo<ref name=":0" />
* Munshi
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== See also ==
* [[Kashmiris]]
* [[Kashmiri diaspora]]
* [[Kashmiri Muslims]]
* [[Kashmiris of Punjab]]
* [[List of Kashmiri people|List of Kashmiris]]
* [[Dynasties of ancient Kashmir]]
* [[History of Jammu and Kashmir]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian castes]]
[[Category:Social groups of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]
[[Category:Islam in Jammu and Kashmir]]

Kashmiri Muslim tribes from Hindu lineage - Revision history

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