Meo people

E632417

The Meo people are a predominantly Muslim ethnic community of northwestern India, especially in the Mewat region, known for their syncretic blend of Islamic and local Rajput cultural traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Meo people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith Mewat district ⓘ
Mewati language ⓘ
conversionHistory gradual Islamization over centuries ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalInfluence Islamic traditions ⓘ
Rajput traditions ⓘ
demographicConcentration Alwar district of Rajasthan ⓘ
Bharatpur district of Rajasthan ⓘ
Nuh district of Haryana ⓘ
dressStyle influenced by both Muslim and Rajput attire ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf India ⓘ
festivalObservance Islamic festivals ⓘ
festivalObservance some local Hindu-influenced customs ⓘ
heritage Indo-Islamic rural culture ⓘ
historicalAssociation Rajput polities of northern India ⓘ
historicalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
historicalRegion Mewat region ⓘ
historicalReputation martial community ⓘ
knownFor syncretic Islamic and Rajput cultural practices ⓘ
language Mewati ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
marriagePattern endogamy within community ⓘ
exogamy across clans ⓘ
minorityStatus socially and economically disadvantaged group in India ⓘ
patrilineal true ⓘ
patrilocal true ⓘ
primaryReligion Islam ⓘ
recognizedAs Other Backward Class in parts of India ⓘ
region Aravalli foothills ⓘ
linked to: Aravalli Range
relatedGroup Mewati Muslims ⓘ
Rajputs ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousInstitution mosques in Mewat region ⓘ
religiousMinorityIn India ⓘ
religiousPractice blend of orthodox Islam and local customs ⓘ
selfDesignation Meo ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
state Haryana ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing rural village settlements ⓘ
traditionalIdentity partly Rajput in origin ⓘ
traditionalRegion Mewat ⓘ
northwestern India ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Mewati → usedBy → Meo people ⓘ
Mewat region → ethnicGroup → Meo people ⓘ