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Muslim Dhobi
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “muslim community that is involved in washing clothes in south asia”. Today it says “south asian muslim caste whose traditional occupation is washing clothes”.
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Muslim descendants of Dhobi Ethnic group The Qassar are a South Asian Muslim caste whose traditional occupation is washing clothes . They are considered to be Muslim converts from Hinduism , where the Dhobi castes are launderers. Muslim Dhobi s are found throughout the Indian subcontinent . The community is also known as Charhoa and Gazar in Pakistan , and Qassar in India. They also use "Hawari" as a surname .
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muslim community that is involved in washing clothes in south asia
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south asian muslim caste whose traditional occupation is washing clothes
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