Muslim Gujjars
Gujars from Kaghan Valley, Pakistan | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Nepal | |
| Pakistan | 33 million (2016) |
| Afghanistan | 1.5 million (2020) |
| India | 541,000 (2005) |
| Nepal | 700 (2005) |
| Languages | |
| Urdu • Panjabi • Hindi • Gujjari • Pashto • Balochi • Sindhi • Dari • Hindko • Koshur • Balti • Khowar • Shina | |
| Religion | |
| • Majority Sunni Islam • minority (Ziki) Shia Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Jat Muslim • Kohistani people • Kashmiri Muslims • Shina people • Nuristanis • Hindkowans | |
Muslim Gujjars, or Musalmān Gujjars (Punjabi: مُسَلمَان گُجَّر) also spelled Gujar, Gurjara or Gurjar, are an ethno-religious group predominantly found in the north-western regions of South Asia. They embraced Islam from the medieval period onwards.