Rayeen
The Rayeen or Raeen (Punjabi: رائِیں)[1] is a Punjabi Sunni Muslim community associated with the Arain tribe.[2][3] They are big and small level farmers mainly in the Nainital, Rampur, Bareilly and Pilibheet regions.[4][5] of Western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in India. They migrated from Sirsa district of Punjab (in present day Haryana).[2]
رائِیں | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India and Pakistan | |
| Languages | |
| Punjabi, Urdu, Hindustani | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arain |
References
- Muhammad Iqbal Salahuddin (2002). وڈی پنجابی لغت: پنجابی توں پنجابی (in Punjabi). Vol. 2. Lahore: Aziz Publishers. p. 1578. ISBN 978-969-455-042-8. LCCN 2010341553. OCLC 629702100. OL 31212991M. Wikidata Q113450202.
- Communities, segments, synonyms, surnames and titles by Kumar Suresh Singh pg.60
- Muslims by S. H. M. Rizvi, Shibani Roy, B. B. Dutta pg.111
- The Arain Diaspora in the Rohilkhand region of India: A historical perspective: General History of Arain tribe of Punjab & Sindh with sociocultural background of the diaspora in Rohilkhand, India. (2017). (n.p.): Rehan Asad .
- Minorities and the State: Changing Social and Political Landscape of Bengal edited by Abhijit Dasgupta, Masahiko Togawa, Abul Barkat pg.37
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