The Bearys make up around 80% of the Dakshina Kannada Muslims, with others scattered in the neighbouring districts of Chikmagalur, Shimoga, Kodagu, Hassan and Uttara Kannada. Mumbai andGoa also have a considerable Beary population. Also, a good number of Bearys are in the Persian Gulf States of the Middle East doing a variety of jobs. The total Beary population numbers about 1.5 million.[8]
he Beary (also known as Byari) is a Muslim community concentrated mostly in coastal South Kanara (Dakshina Kannada), in the district of Karnataka, a south Indianstate. It is an ethnic society, having its own unique traditions and distinct cultural identity. The Beary community holds an important place among the other coastal Muslim communities, like Nawayath's of theNorth Kanara district, Mappilas (Moplahs) of the Malabar coast and Labbay of the Coromandel coast.
Bearys incorporate the local Tulu culture of Dakshina Kannada and diverse traditions of the Moplahs of theMalabar coast. The Beary people are followers of Islam, and belong to the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence, unlike North Indian Muslims who generally adhere to theHanafi school. Since Bearys make up the majority of the Muslim population in the Dakshina Kannada district, the Muslim community is some times referred to as Bearys or Byaris by locals.
The Beary community of Dakshina Kannada or Tulunadu is one among the earliest Muslim inhabitants of India, with a clear history of more than 1350 years.[2] One mosque was built in the Bunder area ofMangalore by Habeeb Bin Malik, an Arab Da'ee, in 644 A.D.[3][4][5]
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