Qassab

For the villages in Iran, see Qassab, Iran. For the Muslim warrior-scholar, see Al-Qassab. For the town in Syria, see Al-Qassabin. For the Syrian footballer, see Jihad Qassab.

Badhak or Qassab, the caste of butcher.
Badhak or Qassab, the caste of butcher. Image from 1825.

The Qassab (Urdu: قصاب; from the Arabic: قصاب, romanized: qaṣāb, meaning butcher), are members of a north Indian community or biradari.

History and origin

For their participation in Indian Rebellion of 1857, a fine of Rs. 63,000 was imposed on the people of Rohtak who were mostly Ranghars, Shaikhs and Muslim Qassab.[1]

References

  1. ^ Satish Chandra Mittal, 1986, Haryana, a Historical Perspective, p58.