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041			_aeng
082			_a306.09542 _bRIZ
100			_aRizvi, S.H.M
245		0	_aMuslims _cS.H.M. Rizvi _bbio-cultural perspective
260			_bB.R World, _cc1984 _aDelhi
300			_axiii, 232 p. _c24 cm.
504			_aindex
520			_aThe work 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 dichotomizes 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 drawn between `shttlifa' and ' nau-Muslim ' and non-Muslim elements present in the Indian sub-continent.
650			_aMuslims Anthropometry; Lucknow; Manners and customs
700			_aShibani Roy
942			_cENGLISH
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