Muhajir (also spelled Mahajir and Mohajir) (Urdu: مہاجر‎, Arabic: مهاجر‎‎) is an Arabic-origin term used in Pakistan to describe Muslim immigrants and their descendants of multi-ethnic origin who migrated from different regions of India after the Partition of India to settle in the newly formed state of Pakistan during the Independence of India and Pakistan from British rule in 1947. Although some of them speak different languages at the native level, they are primarily identified as native Urdu speakers and hence also called Urdu speaking people.