Ja'fri - Wikipedia

Jafri or Ja'fri are Shaikhs. They claim descent from Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and should not be confused with Jafri Sayyids, who claim descent from Jafar as-Sadiq.^{[citation needed]}

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Majority	Alvi Arab Arain Arghon Ansari Awan Baghban Balti Behna Bhatiara Bhishti Bisati Chhipa Chaush Deccani Muslims (Hyderabadi) Dard Dhobi Ghosi Gurjar Iraqi Biradari Jat Khanzada Kashmiri Kunjra Malkana Manihar Mappila Rowther Meo Mughal Pathan Purigpa Qassab Muslim Rajputs Garha Rangrez Shaikh Sayyid Salmani Siddi Teli Urdu-speaking
Minority	Assamese Bengali Bhili Dogra Gondi Gujarati Konkani Nawayath Marathi Marwari Meitei Odia Punjabi Tamil Telugu Labbay Goan Muslims Alavi Bohras
Bihari	Abdal Ansari Bisati Chamail Churihar Chik Gaddi Idrisi Khanzada Kulhaiya Lal Begi Malkana Malik of Bihar Mirasi Mirshikar Mughal Muker Muslim Chhipi Pasi Nat Pathans Rayeen Sai Sapera Sayyid Syed (Mallick) Shaikh of Bihar Shershahabadia Thakurai Teli
Gujarat	Abdal Alavi Bohras Ansari Arabs Attarwala Bafan Baloch Banjara Behlim Bhadala Bharbhunja Bhishti Chhipa Chunara Chundrigar Dawoodi Bohra Dhobi Dhuldhoya Doodwala Faqir Galiara Ghanchi Ghanchi-Pinjara Halaypotra Hingorja Hingora Juneja Kadia Kagzi Ker Khalifa Khaskheli Khoja Machiyar Makrani Maliks of Gujarat Mandali Makwana Manka Mansoori Memon Meta Qureshi Miyana Molesalam Momna Mughal Multani Multani Lohar Mutwa Nagori Node Panar Parmar Patani Bohra Patni Jamat Pathans Salaat Samma Sandhai Muslims Sanghar Shaikhs of Gujarat Shaikhda Sayyid of Gujarat Siddi Sipahi Soomra Sulaymani Bohra Sunni Bohra Tai Turk Jamat Vora Patel Vyapari
Karnataka	Baghban Beary Chaush Chhaparband Kodava Maaple Konkani Muslims Nawayath Pinjara Siddi Assadi
Kerala	Mappilas Pusalans Ossans Tangals (the Sayyids) Vattakkolis (the Bhatkalis) or Navayats Labbais Nahas Marakkars Keyis Koyas Nainars Dakhnis or Pathans Ravuthars Bohras (Daudi Bohras)
Madhya Pradesh	Chhipa Ansari Banjara Dawoodi Bohra Dhobi Mughal Muslim Chhipi Pathans Shaikh Sayyid
Maharashtra	Attar Baghban Bhishti Chaush Chhipa Chhaparband Dawoodi Bohra Dhawad Faqir Garodi Gavandi Kachar Kagzi Konkani Muslims Momin Muslim Raj Gond Qassab Saiqalgar Tadvi Bhil
Rajasthan	Ansari Anderkoti Chhipa Cheetah Chadwa Dawoodi Bohra Deshwali Gaddi Ghosi Hela Mehtar Hiranbaz Kandera Khadem Khanzada Langha Manganiar Merat Meo Mughal Pinjara Qaimkhani Rangrez Rath Shaikhs of Rajasthan Silawat Sindhi-Sipahi Singiwala Sorgar
Tamil Nadu	Kayalar Labbay Marakkar Pathans Rowther Mappila
Uttar Pradesh	Alvi Ansari Atishbaz Bachgoti Khanzada Baghban Baluch Bandhmati Banjara Barhai Behlim Banu Israil Behna Bhand Bharbhunja Bhale Sultan Khanzada Bhatti Khanzada Bhatiara Bhishti Muslim Bhumihar Bisati Chik Dakhini Dafali Dhagi Dharhi Dhobi Musalmaan Dogar Fareedi Faqir Gaddi Gautam Khanzada Ghosi Goriya Gujjar Musalmaan Halalkhor Halwai Idrisi Iraqi Biradari Jhojha Kabaria Kakorvi Shaikh Kamangars Kamboh Kasgar Kayastha Musalman Khanzada Khokhar Khanzada Khumra Kingharia Kunjra Lal Begi Lalkhani Rajput Madari Mandarkia Malkana Manihar Meo Milki Mirasi Mughal Mujavir Muker Muslim Chhipi Muley Jats Nagar Muslims Nalband Nanbai Naqqal Panchpiria Pankhiya Pathans Putliwale Qalandar Qassab Qaum-e-Punjabian Qidwai Rai Bhatt Raj Garha Rajput Musalmaan Ramaiya Rangrez Rayeen Rohilla Sadaat Amroha Sadaat-e-Bara Sadaat-e-Bilgram Sai Salmani Sayyid of Uttar Pradesh Shaikh of Uttar Pradesh Shaikh Ja'fri Shaikhzada Siddiqui Teli Musalmaan Turk Tyagi Musalmaan
West Bengal	Abdal Dawoodi Bohra Bedia Faqir Ghosi Iraqi Biradari Kahar Kan Kela Khotta Lodha Malla Nashya Patua Sapuria Shershahabadia Shamsi

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