Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Kayastha Muslim (Urdu: مسلمان کائستھ) are community of Muslims descendents of members of the Kayastha caste of northern India mainly in modern Uttar Pradesh who embraced Islam during the rule of Muslim dynasties. The Muslim Kayastha community estimated to be over 4 million compared to 800000 Hindu Kayasthas. The Muslim Kayastha are considered to be Shaikh and follow Sunni Hanafi fiqh.