Khache, Khazar | |
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![]() Tibetan Muslim family in Amdo, early 20th century | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 5,000[1] |
![]() | 1,500+[2] |
![]() | 300–400[3] |
Languages | |
Tibetan, Mandarin, Kashmiri | |
Religion | |
Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Tibetan Buddhists, Baltis |
Tibetan Muslims | |||||||
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Tibetan name | |||||||
Tibetan | ཁ་ཆེ་ | ||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Chinese | 卡契 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Khache (phonetic) | ||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
Chinese | 藏回 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Tibetan Hui | ||||||
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Second alternative Chinese name | |||||||
Chinese | 古格人 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Guge people | ||||||
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Tibetan Muslims, also known as the Khache (Tibetan: ཁ་ཆེ་, lit. 'Kashmiris'), are Tibetans who adhere to Islam.[2][4] Many are descendants of Kashmiris, Ladakhis, and Nepalis who arrived in Tibet in the 14th to 17th centuries.[5] There are approximately 5,000 Tibetan Muslims living in China,[1] over 1,500 in India,[2] and 300 to 400 in Nepal.[3]
The government of the People's Republic of China does not recognize the Tibetan Muslims as a distinct ethnic group; they are grouped with Tibetan adherents of Buddhism and Bön. In contrast, the Chinese-speaking Hui Muslims are distinguished from the Han Chinese majority.[6]
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