Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ..., Volume 9, Part 2Printed at the Government Central Press, 1899 |
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Afghán Ahmedabad Ahuramazd annas Arab believed body Bohorás Bombay bride bridegroom Broach called Cambay ceremony Chapter chief chiefly child clarified butter cloth cotton customs Dáúdi dead death descendants dinner dish Ditto Ditto dress evil faith feast fire fire-temple followers friends girl gold guests Gujarát Musalmáns GUJARAT POPULATION Hasan head headman Herbad HINDU CONVERTS Hindustani honour Imám India Islám Ismailia Jasan Kachh Khán Khojáh knowing the Kuraán Mahmud Begada Makkah marriage marry Memans middle class month mosque Mughals Muhammad Muhammadan Muharram Mulla Musalmáns Navsári north Gujarát ornaments PARSIS Persian Pír poor priest Prophet Rajpút Re-built recite religion religious rice rich rites round sacred saint Sanján say their prayers Sayad Shaikhs shave Shiáh SHIAHS shirt shrine silk silver Sindh spirits Subdivisions Subscription Sunnis Surat temple thrifty Tower of Silence TRADERS trousers turban village vows wear well-to-do woman women Zend Avesta Zoroastrian
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Page 190 - Kaianians ; and at last he directed that the sacred fire should be made over to the charge of Abu-l Fazl, and that after the manner of the Kings of Persia, in whose temples blazed perpetual fires, he should take care it was never extinguished either by night or day, — for that it is one of the signs of God, and one light from among the many lights of his creation.
Page 189 - There be also other pagan-folk in this India who worship fire ; they bury not their dead, neither do they burn them, but cast them into the midst of a certain roofless tower, and there expose them totally uncovered to the fowls of heaven.
Page 57 - God! there is no God but he; the living, the self-subsisting: neither slumber nor sleep seizeth him; to him belongeth whatsoever is in heaven, and on earth. Who is he that can intercede with him, but through his good pleasure ? He knoweth that which is past, and that which is to come unto them, and they shall not comprehend anything of his knowledge, but so far as he pleaseth.
Page 25 - ... 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 (AD 1067), being treated with much kindness by the Hindu kings of Anahilavada (ie, Pattan), settled and made converts chiefly in the great trading centres, while to the Musalman governors it was of more political value to bring over to their religion the sturdy and outlying villager...
Page 32 - He lives in much state and entertains with the most profuse liberality. On both religious and civil questions his authority is final. Discipline is enforced in religious matters by fine, and in case of adultery, drunkenness and other offences, by fine, excommunication and rarely by flogging.
Page 126 - They pray thrice instead of five times a day, and in praying hold their hands open by their sides instead of folding them below the breast. Except these and few other particulars the beliefs and customs of the rival sects are the same.
Page 189 - Loahc, and which is very intoxicating. And here they do not bury the dead, but carry them with great pomp to the fields* and cast them to the beasts and birds to be devoured.
Page 24 - 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 (AD 1067), being treated with much kindness by the Hindu Kings of Anahilavada (ie, Pattan), settled and made converts chiefly in. the great trading centres, while to the Musalman governors it was of more political value to bring over to their...
Page 31 - ... hands ; and that on certain occasions the High Priest feeds the whole community — Bohra customs do not so far as has been ascertained differ from those of ordinary Muhammadans. " Their leader, both in things religious and social, is the 3. The head Mullah of Surat. The ruling Mullah names his successor, generally, but it is said not always, from among • the members of his own family. Short of worship the head Mullah is treated with the greatest respect He lives in much state and entertains...
Page 236 - I yive her," riage, with honourable mind, with the three words, to promote their own good deed for the believing NN this contract for life?* 4. Do ye both accept the contract for life with honourable mind, that pleasure may increase to ye twain ? j