Qassab

{{Short description|Muslim ethnic group in north India}}

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| group = Qassab

| image = Badhak or Qassab, the caste of butcher - Tashrih al-aqvam (1825), f.320v - BL Add. 27255.jpg

| caption = Badhak or Qassab, the caste of butcher, 1825.

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The Qassab ({{langx|ur|قصاب}}; from the {{langx|ar|قصاب|qaṣāb}}, meaning butcher), are members of a north Indian community or biradari.

History and origin

For their participation in Indian Rebellion of 1857, a fine of Rs. 63,000 was imposed on the people of Rohtak who were mostly Ranghars, Shaikhs and Muslim Qassab.Satish Chandra Mittal, 1986, [https://books.google.com/books?id=2RKTigrrP1cC Haryana, a Historical Perspective], p58.

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Category:Muslim communities of India