Jat Muslim

Jat Muslim
Regions with significant populations
	Pakistan
Languages
	Khariboli • Punjabi (and its dialects) • Lahnda • Sindhi (and its dialects) • Urdu
Religion
	Islam
Related ethnic groups
	Jat people

Jat Muslim or Musalman Jat (Punjabi: جٹ مسلمان; Sindhi: مسلمان جاٽ), also spelled Jatt or Jutt (Punjabi pronunciation: [d͡ʒəʈːᵊ]), are an elastic and diverse^[1] ethno-social subgroup of the Jat people, who are composed of followers of Islam and are native to the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent.^[2] They are found primarily throughout the Sindh and Punjab regions of Pakistan.^[3]^[4] Jats began converting to Islam from the early Medieval era onward and constitute a distinct subgroup within the diverse community of Jat people.^[5]

^ Bayly, Susan (2001). Caste, society and politics in India from the eighteenth century to the modern age. The new Cambridge history of India / general ed. Gordon Johnson 4, The evolution of contemporary South Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79842-6.
^ Jairath, Vinod K. (3 April 2013). Frontiers of Embedded Muslim Communities in India. Routledge. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-136-19680-5.
^ Jat caste on Encyclopedia Britannica website Retrieved 9 November 2020
^ Jaffrelot, Christophe, ed. (2002). A History of Pakistan and Its Origins. Translated by Gillian Beaumont. London: Anthem Press. pp. 205–206. ISBN 978-1-84331-030-3. OCLC 61512448.
^ Khanna, Sunil K. (2004). "Jat". In Ember, Carol R.; Ember, Melvin (eds.). Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures. Vol. 2. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media. pp. 777–783. ISBN 978-0-387-29905-1. OCLC 473757308.

[1] Bayly, Susan (2001). Caste, society and politics in India from the eighteenth century to the modern age. The new Cambridge history of India / general ed. Gordon Johnson 4, The evolution of contemporary South Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79842-6.

[2] Jairath, Vinod K. (3 April 2013). Frontiers of Embedded Muslim Communities in India. Routledge. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-136-19680-5.

[3] Jat caste on Encyclopedia Britannica website Retrieved 9 November 2020

[Jaffrelot2002-4] Jaffrelot, Christophe, ed. (2002). A History of Pakistan and Its Origins. Translated by Gillian Beaumont. London: Anthem Press. pp. 205–206. ISBN 978-1-84331-030-3. OCLC 61512448.

[Khanna2004-5] Khanna, Sunil K. (2004). "Jat". In Ember, Carol R.; Ember, Melvin (eds.). Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures. Vol. 2. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media. pp. 777–783. ISBN 978-0-387-29905-1. OCLC 473757308.

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