• PEOPLE CLUSTER: SAYYID

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QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 19

Population: 11,165,390

Unreached people groups: 19

UPG population: 11,165,390

Unengaged UPGs: 7

UUPG population: 441,890

Number of countries: 1


Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples

Overview: The Sayyid (Syed, Saiyad, Sayyad) hold the foremost position among the four classes of Muslims in general: Sayyid, Sheikh, Mughal and Pathan. The Sayyid are widely distributed across northern India, with concentrations in Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat.

  K. S. Singh, People of India, Volume VI, India's Communities N-Z. Delhi: Oxford University Press (1998), pp. 3402-3411

Peoples within this cluster: Sayyid; Sayyid, Assamese; Sayyid, Awadhi; Sayyid, Bengali; Sayyid, Chhattisgarhi; Sayyid, Garhwali; Sayyid, Gujarati; Sayyid, Haryanvi; Sayyid, Hindi; Sayyid, Kannada; Sayyid, Kashmiri; Sayyid, Magahi; Sayyid, Marathi; Sayyid, Mewari; Sayyid, Odia; Sayyid, Pahari; Sayyid, Panjabi; Sayyid, Tamil; Sayyid, Telugu

Countries where they are found: India


People groups: 19

Population: 11,165,390

Unreached people groups: 19

UPG population: 11,165,390

Unengaged UPGs: 7

UUPG population: 441,890

Number of countries: 1