Khadem caste

Khadim खादिम ख़ादिम
Regions with significant populations
India and Pakistan
Languages
• Hindi • Rajasthani • Urdu
Religion
• Islam •

Khadim Dargah Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishty also Known Khwaja Gharib Nawaz , The Khadim are a Muslim community found in Ajmer the state of Rajasthan in India, and in Pakistan. They are also known as Khadim-e-Khwaja or Khuddam-e-Khwaja.^[1]

History and origin

The name "Khadim" comes from the Arabic khadim for service or care. The Khadim of Ajmer are converted Muslims from the Bheel religion^[2]

References

↑ People of India Rajasthan Volume XXXVIII Part Two edited by B.K Lavania, D. K Samanta, S K Mandal & N.N Vyas pages 520 to 523 Popular Prakashan
↑ The Shrine And Cult Of Mu'in al- din Chishti of Ajmer, P. M. Currie, Oxford University Press)

Indian Muslim communities

Majority	Arain Arghon Ansari Awan Baghban Balti Behna Bhatiara Bhishti Bisati Burig Chaush Dard Dhobi Ghosi Gujjar Hyderabadi Iraqi (Tamimi) 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 Marwari Meitei Oriya Punjabi 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 Pathans 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 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 Konkani Muslims Nawayath Pinjara Siddi Assadi

Kerala	Mappila Keyi Thangal Marakkar Ossan Pusalan Thulukkar

Madhya Pradesh	Ansari Banjara Dawoodi Bohra Mughal Dhobi Pathans Shaikh Sayyid

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

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

Tamil Nadu	Kayalar Labbay Marakkar Pathans Rowther Mappila

Uttar Pradesh	Ahbans Khanzada Ansari Atishbaz Bachgoti Khanzada Baghban Baluch Bandhmati Banjara Barhai Behlim Banu 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 Gautam Khanzada Ghosi Goriya Gujjar Musalmaan Halalkhor Halwai Idrisi Iraqi (Tamimi) 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 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 Dawoodi Bohra Bedia Faqir Ghosi Iraqi (Tamimi) Kahar Kan Kela Lodha Malla Nashya Patua Sapuria

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