The Qassab (Urdu: قصاب; from the Arabic: قصاب, romanized: qaṣāb, meaning butcher), are members of a north Indian community or biradari. Qassab who are engaged in meat cutting and selling business are referred to as Qureshi.[citation needed]
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History and origin
For their participation in Indian Rebellion of 1857, fine Rs. 63,000 was imposed on the people of Rohtak who were mostly Ranghars, Shaikhs and Muslim Qassab.[1]
The All India Jamiatul Quresh
Like many Muslim communities in India, the Qassab have set up the All India Jamiatil Quresh, which was established in Meerut in 1927 for male members of the community with each state having its own chapter. Its headquarters are in Kothi Khan Bahadur, Meerut Uttar Pradesh. As a caste association, the Jamait campaigns on behalf of the community as well as acting as a welfare organization, and running schools and hospitals.[2]
Notable People of the Qureshi or Qassab Community
- Huma Qureshi, Bollywood Actress
- Saqib Saleem Qureshi, Bollywood Actor
- Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, Former Union Deputy Minister of Railway and Governor of MP, UP & Bihar
- Rahat Indori, Indian Urdu Poet & Bollywood Lyricist
- S M Qureshi, Pakistani Academic
- Yaqub Qureishi, Indian Politician
- S. Y. Quraishi, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India
- Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistani Politician
- Ahsaan Qureshi, Indian Stand-up Comedian
- Aziz Qureshi ,15th Governor of Mizoram,India
- Dulari Qureshi, Indian Art Historian
- Fazal Qureshi, Indian Tabla Player
- Zakir Hussain, Indian Tabla Player
- Hashim Qureshi, Kashmiri Separatist leader from India
- Ajmal Qassab, militant of Lashkar-e-Taiba and perpetrator of the 2008 Mumbai attacks
- Iqbal Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani Nuclear Chemist Scientist
- Kamran Qureshi, British Filmmaker
- Uzair Qureshi, English Cricketer
- Yaqub Qureshi ,Indian Politician
- Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi, Bangladeshi restaurateur and social reformer
References
- ^ Satish Chandra Mittal, 1986, Haryana, a Historical Perspective, p58.
- ^ Taleem, Tanzeen aur Tijarat: The Changing role of the AIJQ, by Zarin Ahmed, in Frontiers of Embedded Muslim Communities in India, Editor Vinod K. Jairath, Routledge 2011.
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