are the descendants of  Arabs ,  Persians ,  Turks ,  Moors ,  Indian-Muslims , sheikhs ,  Pakistanis ,  Pathans ,  Bengalis ,  Chinese Muslims  and  Malays  who settled and intermarried with local Burmese and many  ethnic Myanmar groups  such as,  Rakhine ,  Shan ,  Karen ,  Mon  etc. [ 31 ]