Iraqi Biradari

Iraqi Birdari

Regions with significant populations
INDIA, PAKISTAN
Languages
Urdu,Hindi,Bhojpuri,English
Religion
Islam,Sunni
Related ethnic groups
Shaikhs in North India,Sayyid

Iraqi Biradriis a Sunni Muslim caste found chiefly inGhazipur,Azamgarh,Ballia,DeoriaandGorakhpurdistricts of the easternUttar Pradeshin India. Iraqi Biradri is also referred to as Iraqi Shaikh.

History and origin

Iraqi biradri is a descendant population of immigrants from the country of Iraq. Recent facts argue that their ancestors were the immediate descendants of Sayyid Masud Al Hussaini and his poorly definedretinue,all recent immigrants from Iraq. Sayyid Masud Al Hussaini successfully extended the Ghazipur area under the Delhi Sultanate, settling with his family in the newly conquered city during the Mamluk SultanFiruz Shah Tughlaqcirca 1330.

As a result, Iraqi Biradri are known have to settled in Ghazipur in the 14th century, with an origin roughly 700 years ago.The ancestors as old as 300 years or more are now very well-identified in many towns/villages of the districts as mentioned above including Ghazipur in the form of distinct family trees.

It is worth noting that the above-mentioned Iraqi Biradri and a separate Muslim caste, the converted Hindu Kalals as Araquis, Rakis, or simply 'Kalal Iraqi' were characterized to be in one group in United Provinces (or U.P.) based on the work of British colonial civil administrators and others.These mistaken reports attributed a fallacy toward the Iraqi Biradri for more than a century in the past.

Ethnic Iraqis

• India: Iraqi Biradri from the native places in eastern U.P. are settled in many cities among others,Ethnic communities in Kanpur,andEthnic communities in Kolkataare mentioned. People of the aforementioned community fromLar, Uttar Pradeshin Deoria district, a known historic center of the community, carry the surname, Lari.

• Pakistan: After independence in 1947, many Iraqi Families migrated mainly toKarachiPakistan, names of the most migrants with the places of origin in eastern U.P. are recorded.

Genetics

A variety ofY-DNA haplogroupsare found among certain random samples that represent distinct Iraqi families as outlined above.The Y-DNA haplogroups included: M198(R1a1a), branches R-Y6, R-Y7 and Y39 or M560; Y-DNA haplogroupJ2-M172,branches J2a and J2b; Y-DNA HaplogroupJ-M267or J1a; and Y-DNAhaplogroup L,L-M27 or L-M76 (23andme,DNA Ancestry results).

Notable people

• Mushir Alam,Indian businessperson, Indian film producer
• Lari Azad,Indian historian and Writer
• Nasreen Jalil,Pakistani senator and daughter ofZafarul Ahsan Lari,ICS
• Ghazala Lari,Indian politician,Uttar Pradesh legislative assemblymember (2008-2017)
• Maqbool Ahmed Lari,Indian businessman, philanthropist, recipient of thePadma Shri(1971)
• Yasmeen Lari,the first female architect in Pakistan
• Zahirul Hasnain Lari,known leader ofAll India Muslim LeaguefromUnited Provincesand his sonSuhail Zaheer Lari,historian and writer in Pakistan
• Muhibbullah Lari Nadwi,Islamic scholar
• Abul Hasan Quraishi,originRasraand son of Abdul Hameed
• Manzoor Alam Quraishi,Indian Civil Serviceofficer, 1941 batch