 Badhak or Qassab, the caste of butcher, 1825. | |
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The Qassab (Hindi: कसाबcode: hin promoted to code: hi ; Urdu: قصاب; from the Arabic: قصاب, romanized: qaṣāb or Sanskrit: कसब, romanized: kasabcode: san promoted to code: sa , meaning butcher), are members of a North Indian community (biradari).
History and origin
For their participation in the 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