Muslims

By:

"Rizvi, S.H.M."

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Delhi; B.R. Publishing Corp.; 1984Description: 232pSubject(s):

Islam

DDC classification:

297 RIZ

Summary: This book aims to answer the question of bio-cultural. identity of Muslims from exclusively anthropological perspective. The concept prevailing currently and accepted by the native population dichotomies Muslims. Those who came and settled in India during the various invasions and historical migrations constituted one group while the other group was believed to be formed by mass conversions of the local Hindu populations of a comparatively lower order in the caste hierarchy. Based on this, a clear line of distinction was draw between 'shurfa' and nau-Muslim and non muslim elements present in the Indian sub-continent.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Gandhi Smriti Library	297 RIZ (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		19677

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This book aims to answer the question of bio-cultural. identity of Muslims from exclusively anthropological perspective. The concept prevailing currently and accepted by the native population dichotomies Muslims. Those who came and settled in India during the various invasions and historical migrations constituted one group while the other group was believed to be formed by mass conversions of the local Hindu populations of a comparatively lower order in the caste hierarchy. Based on this, a clear line of distinction was draw between 'shurfa' and nau-Muslim and non muslim elements present in the Indian sub-continent.

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