Labbay

Labbay (Tamil : லப்பய் , Urdu : ﻟﺐ ﺑﮯ also Labbai, Labba, Labbabeen, Lebbay, Lebbai), are a Tamil Muslim trading community^[1]^[2] in southern India found throughout the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. The Labbay are a subgroup within the Tamil Muslim community.^[3]

^ Parthasarathi, Prasannan (2001). The Transition to a Colonial Economy: Weavers, Merchants and Kings in South India, 1720-1800. 0 521 57042 5: Cambridge University Press. p. 150.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ Balfour, Edward (1967). The Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia Volume 2. Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt. p. 645.
^ Weekes, Richard V. (1984). Muslim Peoples [2 Volumes]: A World Ethnographic Survey. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-313-23392-0.