Muslim community found in the Gujarat state in India
This article is about the Indian caste. Not to be confused with the
Multani people of Pakistan.
The Multani are a traditionally nomadic
Labana community of Northern India who historically specialised in the transport and trade of grain, silk, diamond and gold
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References
^Habib, Irfan (1990). "Merchant Communities in Precolonial India". In Tracy, James D. (ed.). The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1350-1750. Cambridge University Press. pp. 371–99.
doi:
10.1017/CBO9780511563089.
ISBN978-0-52145-735-4.