The Qassab (
Urdu: قصاب; from the
Arabic: قصاب,
romanized: qaṣāb, meaning
butcher), are members of a north Indian community or biradari. Qassab who are engaged in meat cutting and selling business are referred to as Qureshi.[citation needed]
Like many Muslim communities in India, the Qassab have set up the All India Jamiatil Quresh, which was established in
Meerut in 1927 for male members of the community with each state having its own chapter. Its headquarters are in Kothi Khan Bahadur,
Meerut Uttar Pradesh. As a caste association, the Jamait campaigns on behalf of the community as well as acting as a welfare organization, and running schools and hospitals.[2]
^Taleem, Tanzeen aur Tijarat: The Changing role of the AIJQ, by Zarin Ahmed, in Frontiers of Embedded Muslim Communities in India, Editor Vinod K. Jairath, Routledge 2011.