Mikrani मिकरानी, ur, مکرانی) are a Muslim community found in the

Sarlahi Sarlahi ( ne, सर्लाही ; Maithili: सर्लाही), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. According to new laws, a combination of more than two or four villages makes a municipality, which ...

arsaand

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districts of

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, Bijnor

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and

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in India, Rajshahi, Gaibandha,

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, Old Dhaka in

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as well as in Pakistan and

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. They are also known as Mukeri,

Makrani Makrani may refer to: * Makrani people, an ethnic group in Pakistan of African-descent. * Makrani caste The Makrani ( gu, મકરાણી, Balochi: ) are a Muslim community mainly found in the Indian state of Gujarat. They are said to be desce ...

, Mekrani, Barmaki, Ranki and Muzkeri. They belong to the

Muker tribe The Muker are a Muslim community, found in North India and Nepal. They are also known as Mukeri, Mekrani, Makrani, Barmaki, Ranki and Mukri. Present circumstances The Mukeri were historically a part of the Banjara community of nomadic me ...

and the Mikrani title is mostly used in

, India and

while some also use Mukeri or Miya Mukeri.

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* {{cite journal, last=Niroula, first=Badri P., date=January 1998, title=Caste/Ethnic Composition of Population of Nepal, journal=Contributions to Nepalese Studies, url=http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/contributions/CNAS_25_01_02.pdf, volume=25, issue=1, pages=15–56, access-date=14 February 2017, publisher=CNAS/TU Ethnic groups in Nepal Ethnic groups in Pakistan Ethnic groups in India