Meo community

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The Meo community is a predominantly Muslim ethnic group of northwestern India, especially in the Mewat region, known for its mixed Indo-Islamic cultural traditions and historical ties to both Rajput and Meena lineages.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Meo community canonical 2
Meo Muslim community 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
social group in India ⓘ
followsCustom clan exogamy ⓘ
gotra-based marriage rules ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Meos ⓘ
Mewati Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Rajput Muslims
hasAncestralLink Meenas ⓘ
Rajputs ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice folk songs ⓘ
oral epics ⓘ
traditional dances ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Alwar district ⓘ
Bharatpur district ⓘ
linked to: Bharatpur

Mathura region ⓘ
linked to: Mathura district

Mewat ⓘ
Nuh district ⓘ
hasCulturalTradition Indo-Islamic syncretic practices ⓘ
Meena cultural elements ⓘ
Rajput cultural elements ⓘ
hasDemographicFeature high population density in Mewat ⓘ
rural concentration ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
hasEthnicIdentity Meo ⓘ
hasHistoricalExperience episodes of communal violence ⓘ
participation in anti-colonial resistance ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion Alwar region ⓘ
linked to: Alwar

Bharatpur region ⓘ
linked to: Bharatpur

Gurgaon region ⓘ
hasIdentityFeature combination of Islamic and Rajput-Meena heritage ⓘ
hasLegalStatus Other Backward Class in parts of India ⓘ
hasLinguisticIdentity Mewati speakers ⓘ
hasMajorityReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
hasMarriagePractice clan exogamy within Meo community ⓘ
preference for endogamy within community ⓘ
hasPrimaryLocation Haryana ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
northwestern India ⓘ
hasReligion Islam ⓘ
hasReligiousPractice observance of Islamic festivals ⓘ
veneration of local saints and pirs ⓘ
hasSocialInstitution panchayat ⓘ
hasSocialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
speaksLanguage Hindi ⓘ
Mewati ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Mewati → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Meo community ⓘ
Nuh district → knownFor → Meo Muslim community ⓘ
linked to: Meo community
Mewat → inhabitedPrimarilyBy → Meo community ⓘ