%2c_f.320v_-_BL_Add._27255.jpg) Badhak or Qassab, the caste of butcher, 1825. | |
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| India | |
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| Qureshi |
TheQassab (Urdu:قصاب; from theArabic:قصاب,romanized: qaṣāb, meaningbutcher), are members of anorth Indian community orbiradari.
For their participation in theIndian Rebellion of 1857, a fine ofRs. 63,000 was imposed on the people ofRohtak who were mostlyRanghars,Shaikhs andMuslim Qassab.[1]