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The Rohilla Pathans ((パシュトー語:روهیله), (ウルドゥー語:روہیلہ), (ヒンディー語:रोहिला)), or Rohilla Afghan, is a community of Urdu-speaking people of Pashtun ethnicity, historically found in Rohilkhand, a region in the state of Uttar Pradesh, North India. It forms the largest Pashtun diaspora community in India, and has given its name to the Rohilkhand region. Historically, Pashtun people were refereed to as Afghan, but present-day Indian constitution does not recognize Pathan as being synonymous with Afghan.〔''People of India: Maharastra'' Volume XLII edited by Gulbaran pathan.〕 The Rohilla Pathans are found all over Uttar Pradesh, but are more concentrated in the Rohilkhand regions of Bareilly, Shahjahanpur and Rampur district. Some members of the Rohilla migrated to Pakistan and settled in Karachi after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. Today they make up 30-35% of the Muhajir community of Sindh. Smaller scattered populations of Rohillas of Afghan decent can be found in Burma and the South American countries of Suriname and Guyana.〔(Afghan Muslims of Guyana and Suriname )〕 == Origin == The term ''Rohilla'' is derived from the word ''Roh'', meaning ''mountain'', and literally means ''mountain wind''. Roh was the name of the area around Peshawar city, in Pakistan. Yousafzai Pathans especially the Mandarr sub clan living in this valley were also known as Rohillas when they settled the area then known as Katehr. It later became known as Rohil Khand which means ''the land of the Rohillas''. The great majority of Rohillas migrated here between 17th and 18th Century." However, in Uttar Pradesh the term was used for Pashtuns who settled in the Rohilkhand region, or for men serving under Rohilla chiefs. The Rohilla are descended from the Pashtun tribes that settled in the Rohilkhand region during the 17th and 18th centuries. They mainly belonged to the Yousafzai tribe of Pashtuns, particularly the Mandanh sub-section, although other Pashtuns also became part of the community. Rohilla's Sardars like Daud Khan, Ali Muhammad Khan, and Hafiz Rahmat Khan Barech were from the Afghan tribe Barech , hailing from the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan. The Rohillas were distinguished by their separate language and culture. They spoke Pashto among each other, but gradually lost their language over time and now converse in Urdu. After independence in 1947, some Rohillas moved to Karachi in Pakistan and as a result, a significant number (30–35%) of Urdu-speaking Muslims (the Muhajir people) in Sindh are of Pashtun heritage. 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「Rohilla」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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