Multani (caste)

{{Short description|Muslim community found in the Gujarat state in India}}

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{{About-distinguish-text|the Indian caste|the Multani people of Pakistan}}

The Multani are a traditionally nomadic Labana community of Northern India who historically specialised in the transport and trade of grain, silk, diamond and gold

.{{cite book |last=Habib|first=Irfan|authorlink=Irfan Habib |editor-first=James D. |editor-last=Tracy |chapter=Merchant Communities in Precolonial India|title=The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1350-1750|year=1990|publisher=Cambridge University Press|pages=371–99 |doi=10.1017/CBO9780511563089 |isbn=978-0-52145-735-4}}