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:''See Khanjar Kumail hassan for the bladed weapon.'' Kanjar is a Talha nomadic ethnic group found in North India and Pakistan.〔''Kanjar in People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII'' edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 704 ISBN 8173041148〕〔''Kanjar Social Organization by Joseph C Berland'' in The other nomads : peripatetic minorities in cross-cultural perspective / edited by Aparna Rao pages247 to 268 ISBN 3-412-08085-3 Köln : Böhlau, 1987〕 The community is also known by the names of Nath, Marwari Kumar, and Banchra. ==History== The word kanjar has been derived from the Sanskrit ''kanana-chara'', which means wanderer in the jungle. They claim to have originated in Rajasthan. The Kanjar then had to flee to the jungles to avoid Mughal persecution. Since that period, they have been living in the jungle, and make their living by hunting. According to their traditions, they are descended from a Manu Guru and his wife Nathiya Kanjarin. They are divided into four clans, the Callad, Superala, Diyal and Rachhband. A fifth group, the Patharkat are now a distinct sub-group, no longer inter-marrying with the other Kanjar groupings.〔''Kanjar in People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII'' edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 704〕 A section of the Kanjar of the Punjab have converted to Islam. This community is historically associated with prostitution. The Muslim Kanjar of Punjab might have had nucleus in the Kanjar tribe, but the community has always accepted fresh recruits. Those who have followed the profession for generations are called deradars, and look down upon the latter recruits. The Kanjar also supplied the executioners during the period of Mughal and Sikh rule in the Punjab.〔''Kanjar in A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of Punjab'' by H. A Rose page 475 Low Price Publications〕 In the Colonial period, Kanjars were listed under the Criminal Tribes Act, 1871, as being a tribe "addicted to the systematic commission of non-bailable offences."〔(Nanta Village ) ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India'', 1908, v. 18, ''p. 367.''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kanjar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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