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Districts. |Number.
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Bulandshahr | 6
Aligarh | 4
Agra | 105
Farrukhâbâd | 221
Etâwah | 432
Jâlaun | 33
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Total | 801
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Husaini.—A class of so-called Brâhmans who take their name from the
Muhammadan saint Husain. In the Panjâb they are called Musalmân
Brâhmans, are found chiefly in the Delhi Division, and are said to
receive oblations in the name of Hindu gods from Hindus and in the name
of Allâh from Musalmâns. In Azamgarh they are described as half caste
Brâhmans and are also known as Bhanreriya, which is another term for
the Dakaut (q.v.). In Bombay they act as priests of the Bhangis.
According to Dr. Wilson they are found near Ahmadnagar, formerly the
seat of a Muhammadan dynasty. “They are half converts to the Muhammadan
faith, though they retain some of their Brâhmanical practices;
generally only intermarry among themselves. They ask alms both from
Muhammadans and Hindus.” Dr. Wilson suspects that their origin may have
been connected with the Brâhman to whom the Muhammadan founder of the
Brâhmani dynasty of the Dakkhin was so much indebted. [512]