The Brahmins
البراهمة
The author lists seven classes of Indians, with the Brahmins as worshippers who do not drink wine, followed by the warrior class, farmers, craftsmen and musicians. He reports that most Indians hold forty-two creeds 1.
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Al-Idrisi says the people of India are seven kinds. For him the Brahmins are the worshippers of India who do not drink wine. They are followed by the Kastriyun, then the Shudhariyun, who are the farmers, then the people of crafts, then the people of songs and instruments. Most of the people of India belong to forty-two creeds in belief. 2
Note on the data: the page numbers in the data are scan numbers, not the page numbers of the book. This is the description of a Muslim writer from outside the community described.
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 96
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.96
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