Mewat region

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The Mewat region is a historical and cultural area in northwestern India, primarily spanning parts of Haryana and Rajasthan, known for its Meo Muslim community and distinct Mewati language and traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Mewat region canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
adjacentTo Delhi ⓘ
administrativeChange creation of Mewat district in Haryana in 2005 ⓘ
renaming of Mewat district to Nuh district in 2016 ⓘ
borderedBy Aravalli Range ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalTrait ballads and folk songs in Mewati ⓘ
distinct dress patterns ⓘ
distinct marriage customs ⓘ
oral folk traditions ⓘ
strong clan-based social structure ⓘ
dominantCommunity Meo Muslims ⓘ
ethnicGroup Meo people ⓘ
hasSubregion Alwar district ⓘ
Bharatpur district ⓘ
linked to: Bharatpur

Nuh district ⓘ
parts of Gurgaon district ⓘ
parts of Palwal district ⓘ
parts of Rewari district ⓘ
historicalEvent involved in conflicts during Mughal expansion ⓘ
site of resistance to Delhi Sultanate authority in medieval period ⓘ
historicalLanguage Mewati ⓘ
historicalName Mewat ⓘ
historicalReligion a syncretic blend of Hindu and Islamic practices ⓘ
historicalRuler Khanzada chiefs of Mewat ⓘ
knownFor Meo Muslim community ⓘ
Mewati language ⓘ
distinct cultural traditions ⓘ
language Hindi ⓘ
Mewati ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
locatedIn Haryana ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
northwestern India ⓘ
majorTown Ferozepur Jhirka ⓘ
Hathin ⓘ
Nuh ⓘ
Punahana ⓘ
Tijara ⓘ
partOf National Capital Region of India ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousDemography Hindu minority population ⓘ
Muslim majority population ⓘ
socioeconomicCharacteristic predominantly rural ⓘ
relatively low human development indicators ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mewati → spokenIn → Mewat region ⓘ
Ballabgarh → historicalRegion → Mewat region ⓘ
Tablighi Jamaat → placeOfOrigin → Mewat region ⓘ
Aheer → culturalRegion → Mewat region ⓘ
Meo people → historicalRegion → Mewat region ⓘ
Matsya region → borderedBy → Mewat region ⓘ