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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 20
Population: 11,574,780
Unreached people groups: 20
UPG population: 11,574,780
Unengaged UPGs: 8
UUPG population: 571,780
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); Sayyid, Jharkhandi
Countries where they are found: India
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