Rowther

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Rowther or Ravuthar
Total population
cover page of rawther book
about 1 Million
Regions with significant populations
Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Singapore, Malaysia, Middle east, UK & USA
Languages
Tamil, Malayalam, [Urdu language]
Religion
Sunni Islam

Rowther or Ravuthar (Tamil: ராவுத்தர்) is a distinctive Islamic community from the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Together with the Kayalar, Lebbai and Maraikayar communities, they constitute the Tamil Muslims, an Islamic community spread across South India. Rowthers follow the Hanafi school of Fiqh.This Community is of the Turk . This community is also acknowledged as the turukkars meaning 'turk' owing to their Turkish ancestry and history. This Community are also historically acknowledged as Cavalry soldiers who served in the armies of south indian kingdoms before the colonial period in India.

Rawthers/rowthers/ravuthers are Descendants of a group of Muslim Soldiers , a mixture of arabian, turkish horse traders and local rajputs of North India who came over to South India in 12th Century, as a part of Turkish Military .Rowthers, also have names ending with, Rowther/Ravuthar/Ravthore/Rawthore

Family

There is a difference in Rawther's family designations. They call:

Father: Atha (Turkish word means father or ancestor, pronounced Ata in Turkish) Mother: Amma Elder sister: Akka Elder brother: Annan Father's father: Athatha or radha Father's mother: Athamma or radhi Mother's father: ammachi atha or nanna Mother's mother: ammachi amma or nanni Maternal Uncle: Mama Maternal Aunt: Mami Elder sister of mother: Periyamma Elder brother of father: Periyatha Younger sister of mother: Chinnamma Younger brother of father: Chinnatha or Chicha or chacha or zaacha Brother's wife: Maini or Madani Sister's husband: Aliyan,Machan

References

People of India - Volume 40, Part 3 - Page 1259
Papers in Anthropology, Volume 18, Issue 2
900 Years Of rawthers, Author : Chunnakara Haneefa

v t e Indian Muslim communities

Majority	Arain Arghon Ansari Baghban Balti Behna Bhatiara Bhishti Bisati Burig Chaush Dard Dhobi Ghosi Gujjar Hyderabadi Iraqi Khanzada Kashmiri Kunjra Malkana Manihar Mappila Meo Mughal Pathans Qassab Muslim Rajput Ranghar Rangrez Saifi Shaikh Sayyid Salmani Siddi Teli

Minority	Assamese Bengali Bhili Dogra Gondi Gujarati Konkani Nawayath Marathi Meitei Oriya Tamil Telugu Labbay Goan Muslims

Bihar	Abdal Ansari Bakho Bisati Chamail Churihar Chik Gaddi Idrisi Khanzada Kulhaiya Lal Begi Malik of Bihar Mirasi Mirshikar Mughal Muker Pasi Nat Pamaria Pathan of Bihar Rayeen Sai Sapera Sayyid Syed (Mallick) Shaikh of Bihar Shershahabadia Thakurai Teli

Gujarat	Abdal Alavi Bohra Ansari Arabs Attarwala Bafan Baloch Banjara Behlim Bhadala Bharbhunja Bhishti Chhipa Chunara Chundrigar Dawoodi Bohra Dhobi Dhuldhoya Doodwala Faqir Galiara Ghanchi Ghanchi-Pinjara Halaypotra Hingorja Hingora Jats of Kutch Juneja Kadia Kagzi Ker Khalifa Khaskheli Khoja Machiyar Makrani Malik of Gujarat Mandali Makwana Manka Mansoori Memon Meta Qureshi Miyana Molesalam Momna Mughal Multani Multani Lohar Mutwa Nagori Nayak Node Panar Parmar Patani Bohra Patni Jamat Pathans of Gujarat Salaat Samma Sandhai Muslims Sanghar Shaikhs of Gujarat Shaikhda Sayyid of Gujarat Siddi Sipahi Soomra Sulaymani Bohra Sunni Bohra Tai Turk Jamat Vora Patel Vyapari Wagher

Karnataka	Baghban Beary Chaush Chhaparband Kodava maaple Maaple Konkani Muslims Nawayath Pinjara Siddi

Kerala	Mappila Keyi Thangal Marikkar Ossan Pusalan Thulukkar

Madhya Pradesh	Ansari Banjara Dawoodi Bohra Mughal Dhobi Pathans of Madhya Pradesh Shaikh Sayyid

Maharashtra	Attar Baghban Bhishti Chaush Chhaparband Dhawad Faqir Garodi Gavandi Kachar Kagzi Konkani Muslims Momin Muslim Raj Gond Qassab Saiqalgar Tadvi Bhil

Rajasthan	Ansari Bhutta Cheetah Chadwa Deshwali Gaddi Ghosi Hela Mehtar Hiranbaz Kandera Khadem Khanzada Langha Manganiar Merat Meo Mughal Pathans of Rajasthan Pinjara Qaimkhani Rangrez Rath Shaikhs of Rajasthan Silawat Sindhi-Sipahi Singiwala Sorgar

Tamil Nadu	Kayalar Labbay Marakkar Rowther Mappila

Uttar Pradesh	Ahbans Khanzada Ansari Atishbaz Bachgoti Khanzada Baghban Baluch Bandhmati Banjara Barhai Behlim Bannu Israil Behna Bhand Bharbhunja Bhale Sultan Khanzada Bhatti Khanzada Bhatiara Bhishti Bhumihar Musalman Bisen Khanzada Bisati Chandel Khanzada Chik Dakhini Dafali Dhagi Dharhi Dhobi Musalmaan Dogar Fareedi Faqir Gaddi Garha Gautam Khanzada Ghosi Goriya Gujjar Musalmaan Halalkhor Halwai Idrisi Iraqi Jat Musalmaan Jhojha Kabaria Kakorvi Shaikh Kamangar Kamboh Kasgar Kayastha Musalman Khanzada Khokhar Khanzada Khumra Kingharia Kunjra Lal Begi Lalkhani Rajput Madari Mandarkia Malkana Manihar Meo Milki Mirasi Mughal Mujavir Muker Nagar Muslims Nalband Nanbai Naqqal Panchpiria Pankhiya Pathans of Uttar Pradesh Putliwale Qalandar Qassab Qaum-e-Punjaban Qidwai Rai Bhatt Raj Rajput Musalmaan Ramaiya Rangrez Rayeen Rohilla Sadaat Amroha Saadat-e-Bara Sadaat-e-Bilgram Sai Saifi Salmani Sayyid of Uttar Pradesh Shaikh of Uttar Pradesh Shaikh Ja'fri Shaikhzada Siddiqui Sikarwar Khanzada Teli Musalmaan Turk Tyagi Musalmaan Zamindara

West Bengal	Abdal Bedia Faqir Ghosi Kahar Kan Kela Lodha Nashya Patua Sapuria

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