Muslims: Bio-Cultural Perspective

Language: English

Published by B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2017

9386223414 / 9789386223418

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Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Cultural profile. 3. Biological profile. 4. Genetical parameters. 5. Concluding remarks. Glossary. Reference cited. Index. The work aims to answer the question of bio-cultural identity of Muslim from exclusively anthropological perspective. The concept prevailing currently and accepted by the native population dichotomizes Muslims. Those who came and settled in India during the various invasion 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 drawn between shurfa and nau-Muslim and non Muslim elements present in the Indian sub-continent. The shurfa was believed to comprise Shiekhs of Arabia, Sayyads of Persia and Moghuls and Pathans of the Persian Gulf and north-western frontiers. While nau-Muslims were accepted to be drawn from innumerable occupational Hindu groups, Pathans being from our immediate neighbourhood represents a true picture of racial entity, whereas Moghuls being numerically negligible do not form a statistically sizable population to conduct research and derive any inference. From historic times Moghuls have been widely referred to and described as being the ruling family. That is the only evidence we have of Moghuls and a few families of Delhi who claim to be their descendants.…

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Title
Muslims: Bio-Cultural Perspective
Author
S.H.M. Rizvi and Shibani Roy
Publisher
B.R. Publishing Corporation
Publication year
2017
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
9386223414
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9789386223418
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2nd Edition

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