 Bohoras, tillers of the soil and Sunnis by religion. The existence of these two distinct classes is an illustration of the fact that in Gujarat Shiahism was spread by the persuasion of preachers and Sunnism by the power of rulers. The early Shiah preachers...  Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ... - Page 241899Full view - About this book
 | Reginald Edward Enthoven - 1990 - 422 pages
...this day bear the surname Bohora. by the first Hindu converts to Isldm/1' However, it must be admitted that neither at present nor under the Musalman rulers...Shiahism was spread by the persuasion of preachers and Sunaiism by the power of rulers. The early Shiah preachers (AD 1067), being treated with much kindness... | |
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