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Photo Source:
Joe Kirkendall
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Map Source:
People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project
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People Name: | Arghun |
Country: | Pakistan |
10/40 Window: | Yes |
Population: | 2,400 |
World Population: | 2,500 |
Primary Language: | Balti |
Primary Religion: | Islam |
Christian Adherents: | 0.00 % |
Evangelicals: | 0.00 % |
Scripture: | Portions |
Online Audio NT: | No |
Jesus Film: | Yes |
Audio Recordings: | Yes |
People Cluster: | South Asia Muslim - other |
Affinity Bloc: | South Asian Peoples |
Progress Level: |
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The Argon (or Arghun) derive their name from the Persian term arghwani, meaning beautiful red color. Women enjoy high status, being entitled to inheritance. A particular kind of skirt is the sign of a married girl. After a death, the dead body is given a bath, a funerary prayer is performed, and the dead body is laid to rest. A ritual (jib hoo) is performed on the fortieth day after a death when verses from the Quran are recited. They belong to the Hanafi school of Islam.
Pakistan is inhospitable to any kind of Christian witness directed toward Muslims, and spiritual opposition is strong.
Much prayer is needed to soften the hearts of Pakistani Muslim towards the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
It is quite unlikely there are any followers of Jesus today among the Arghun community, in either Pakistan or India. Pray for workers and pray for softened hearts.
Please pray the Arghun communities of Pakistan and India will be given a growing interest in Jesus the Messiah, or Isa, as he is known in the Koran. Pray they will captivated by Jesus and that he will draw these people to himself.