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Hussaini Brahmins
Regions with significant populations
	India: Delhi, Chandigarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu Pakistan: Sindh, Chakwal, Lahore, Afghanistan: Kabul, southern regions
Languages
	Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu
Religion
	Syncretized Islam and Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
	Mohyal Brahmins, Saraswat Brahmins

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Hussaini Brahmins are a small sect within the Mohyal Brahmin community of the Punjab region.^[1]

The Mohyal co normally associated with orthodox Brahminsmmunity comprises seven sub-clans named Bali, Bhimwal, Chhibber, Datt, Lau, Mohan and Vaid.

They have adopted non-Brahmanical traditions leading to the sub-set of the Moyhal community paying reverence to Islam, most notably to the third Imam Hussain.^[2]

According to V. Upadhyaya^[3] they were influenced by the Chisti Sufis. While they wear the yajnopavita and the tilak, they take alms from only the Muslims, and not from Hindus.^[4] Some of them are found in Pushakar, Ajmer, where Mu'in al-Din Chishti is buried.^[5] According to another tradition, Yazid's troops had brought Imam Husain's head to their ancestors home in Sialkot. In exchange for his head, the ancestor exchanged his own sons' heads.^[6] Famous Hussaini Brahmins include the actor Sunil Dutt, Urdu writers Kashmiri Lal Zakir, Sabir Dutt, and Nand Kishore Vikram.^[7]

Few families can still be found in parts of Iraq but most families of Hussaini Brahmins are now settled in Pune,^[8] Delhi,^[9] Chandigarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu region in India. Sindh, Chakwal and Lahore in Pakistan and Kabul and South Afghanistan in Afghanistan. Some of them also observe Muharram every year.

History[edit | edit source]

As per Mohyal oral history, a Mohyal Brahmin of the Dutt clan had fought on behalf of Imam al-Husayn in the Battle of Karbala (680 C.E.), more specifically in the storming of Kufa—sacrificing his seven sons in the process.^[10] According to legend, Rahab Sidh Dutt (also mentioned as Rahib Sidh or Sidh Viyog Datt in some versions) was the leader of a small band of career-soldiers living near Baghdad around the time of the battle of Karbala.^[11] The legend mentions the place where he stayed as Dair-al-Hindiya, meaning "The Indian Quarter", which matches an Al-Hindiya in existence today.^[11]

Notable Figures[edit | edit source]

Maj. General G. D. Bakshi - Retired Major General of Indian Army, leading defence analyst of India

Other[edit | edit source]

In Ajmer, Rajasthan, a place of Sufi pilgrimage, where Moinuddin Chishti lived and passed his last days, there is even today a class of people who call themselves Hussaini Brahmins, who are neither 'orthodox Hindus' nor orthodox Muslims. Hussaini Brahmins practiced a mixed blend of orthodox Vedic and Islamic traditions. A saying in Hindi/Urdu language refers to the Hussaini Brahmans thus: "Wah Datt Sultan, Hindu ka dharm, Musalman ka Iman, Adha Hindu adha Musalman" (Well Datt Sultan, declaring Hindu Dharma and following Muslim practice, Half Hindu and Half Muslim.^[12]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Sohoni, Pushkar; Tschacher, Torsten, eds. (2022). Non-Shia practices of Muḥarram in South Asia and the diaspora: beyond mourning. Routledge South Asian religion series. Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-367-81904-0.
↑ Nonica Datta (30 September 2019). "The Forgotten History of Hussaini Brahmins and Muharram in Amritsar". The Wire (Indian News and Opinion Website). Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
↑ संत-वैष्णव काव्य पर तांत्रिक प्रभाव, V. Upadhyaya, 1962, Page 181
↑ Hamara Samaj, Sant Ham, 1957, p. 115
↑ Jayasi, Malik Muhammad, Ramchandra Billaurey, 1973, p. 131
↑ A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province, Based on the Census Report for the Punjab, 1883 · Volume 2, Horace Arthur Rose, Sir Denzil Ibbetson, Sir Edward Maclagan, 1911, p. 141
↑ Mujtaba, Syed Ali (11 August 2022). "Uniqueness of Indian culture: Hussaini Brahmins are Hindus but observe Muslim traditions". The Daily Siasat. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
↑ NADEEM INAMDAR, RIZWAN KHAN. "Brahmins who went to war for the Imam". Times group, India. The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
↑ Akram, Maria (5 November 2014). "For Hussaini brahmans, it's Muharram as usual". Times group, India. The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
↑ Mohyals, Muslims and Mustafabad". The Tribune, Chandigarh. 8 August 1993
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Mahdi Nazmi (1984). Reg-i-Surkh: Dut Brahman Imam Husain se Rabt o Zabt. Abu Talib Academy, New Delhi. pp. 63–71.
↑ Mitra, Sisir Kumar. The Vision of India. Bombay, India: Jaico Publishing House. pp. 229–230 (First Print 1949).

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[1] Sohoni, Pushkar; Tschacher, Torsten, eds. (2022). Non-Shia practices of Muḥarram in South Asia and the diaspora: beyond mourning. Routledge South Asian religion series. Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-367-81904-0.

[2] Nonica Datta (30 September 2019). "The Forgotten History of Hussaini Brahmins and Muharram in Amritsar". The Wire (Indian News and Opinion Website). Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

[3] संत-वैष्णव काव्य पर तांत्रिक प्रभाव, V. Upadhyaya, 1962, Page 181

[4] Hamara Samaj, Sant Ham, 1957, p. 115

[5] Jayasi, Malik Muhammad, Ramchandra Billaurey, 1973, p. 131

[6] A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province, Based on the Census Report for the Punjab, 1883 · Volume 2, Horace Arthur Rose, Sir Denzil Ibbetson, Sir Edward Maclagan, 1911, p. 141

[7] Mujtaba, Syed Ali (11 August 2022). "Uniqueness of Indian culture: Hussaini Brahmins are Hindus but observe Muslim traditions". The Daily Siasat. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

[8] NADEEM INAMDAR, RIZWAN KHAN. "Brahmins who went to war for the Imam". Times group, India. The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

[9] Akram, Maria (5 November 2014). "For Hussaini brahmans, it's Muharram as usual". Times group, India. The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

[10] Mohyals, Muslims and Mustafabad". The Tribune, Chandigarh. 8 August 1993

[:1-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Mahdi Nazmi (1984). Reg-i-Surkh: Dut Brahman Imam Husain se Rabt o Zabt. Abu Talib Academy, New Delhi. pp. 63–71.

[12] Mitra, Sisir Kumar. The Vision of India. Bombay, India: Jaico Publishing House. pp. 229–230 (First Print 1949).

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-'''Hussaini Brahmin'''  is a [[Mohyal]] community with links to both [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]]. The Mohyal community is Hindu by identity, however, as consistent with the [[Hindus|Hindu]] tradition, they have adopted non-[[Indian religions|Indic]] traditions. This has led to a small sub-set of the Moyhal community paying reverence to Islam, most notably to the third [[Shia Islam|Shi'a]] Imam [[Husayn ibn Ali|al-Husayn ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib]].<ref>{{cite web | author= Nonica Datta | url= https://thewire.in/religion/the-forgotten-history-of-hussaini-brahmins-and-muharram-in-amritsar | title= The Forgotten History of Hussaini Brahmins and Muharram in Amritsar | publisher= The Wire (Indian News and Opinion Website) | date= September 30, 2019 | accessdate=17 December 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201101130440if_/https://thewire.in/religion/the-forgotten-history-of-hussaini-brahmins-and-muharram-in-amritsar | archive-date=17 December 2020 | url-status= live }}</ref> Citing source from history of the Muhiyals, published in 1911 CE., it is disclosed that about 1,400 Brahmins had been living in [[Baghdad]] when the [[Battle of Karbala|event of Karbala]] took place. About 125 families of Hussaini Brahmins are settled in [[Pune]].A few families are settled in Delhi also and they observe Muharram every year.
+{{short description|Mohyal Brahmin community of the Punjab-region}}
+{{Multiple issues|
+{{Primary sources|date=February 2024}}
+{{Lead too long|date=February 2024}}
+}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
+{{Use Indian English|date=May 2022}}
+{{Infobox ethnic group
+| group            = Hussaini Brahmins
+| rawimage         =
+| total_ref        = <!-- references supporting total population -->
+| total_year       = <!-- year of total population -->
+| total_source     = <!-- source of total population; may be ''census'' or ''estimate'' -->
+| regions          = '''India''': [[Delhi]], [[Chandigarh]], [[Punjab]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Jammu]]
+'''Pakistan''': [[Sindh]], [[Chakwal]], [[Lahore]],
+'''Afghanistan''': [[Kabul]], southern regions
+| languages        = [[Hindi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Urdu]]
+| religions        = Syncretized [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]] [[Islam]] and  [[File:Om.svg|10px]] [[Hinduism]]
+| related_groups   = [[Mohyal Brahmins]], [[Saraswat Brahmins]]
+}}
-There are various opinions regarding the origins of the community, but as background history, following information is valuable;
+'''Hussaini Brahmins''' are a small sect within the [[Mohyal Brahmin]] community of the [[Punjab]] region.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Non-Shia practices of Muḥarram in South Asia and the diaspora: beyond mourning |date=2022 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-367-81904-0 |editor-last=Sohoni |editor-first=Pushkar |series=Routledge South Asian religion series |location=Abingdon, Oxon; New York |editor-last2=Tschacher |editor-first2=Torsten}}</ref>
-Shah Khosrow-II also known as Khosrow Parviz(570-628) was one of the last Persian Sasanian King of Iran. His son was prince Shahriyar, whose son Yazdegerd-III (624-651) was his grandson. One of Yazdegerd-III's  wife persian names was Mah Talat (Hindi name Chandra lekha, she was princess daughter of Rajput king of Sindhi Rai dynasty (489–632). On her name a city maatli still exists near badin in Sindh. Maatli is actually impaired form of mah talat. From that sindhi princess, Yazdegerd had three daughters, namely Shahrbanu,mahrbanu and Ghayan Banu.
+The Mohyal co normally associated with orthodox Brahminsmmunity comprises seven sub-clans named [[Bali clan|Bali]], [[Bhimwal]], [[Chhibber]], [[Datt]], [[Lau clan|Lau]], [[Mohan (clan)|Mohan]] and [[Vaid (surname)|Vaid]].
-Shahrbanu  later became one of the wives of Hz imam Husayn ibn Ali as.
-Mahrbanu   later became one of the wives of Muhammad bin abu-bakr siddiq ra.
-Ghayan Banu was married to a local sindhi rajput king.
-When the event of Karbala happened, Ghayan Banu's husband sent a small contingent of soldiers(mainly brahmins) to welcome Hz imam Hussain's arrival in Kufa. But unfortunately, Hz imam was martyred in karbala and those soldiers returned back to india. But when Ameer mukhtar took revenge of shuhadaa e Karbala, then some of these brahmins/Hindus participated in battle against umayyids in 685.
-The Leader of that contingent was Rahab-dutt, a mohiyal brahmin; from that line of soldiers, hussaini brahmins still exist.
-Later one of wives of Hz imam  zein ul abedin  was also from Sindhi Rajput stock, she was mother of imam Zaid shaheed.
-<ref>{{cite web | author= Shafaqna | url= http://en.shafaqna.com/news/38333 | title= Who are the Hussaini Brahmins? What part did they play in the Battle of Karbala | publisher= Shafaqna (Shia International News Association) | date= October 15, 2016 | accessdate= October 18, 2016 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161017234420/http://en.shafaqna.com/news/38333 | archive-date= October 17, 2016 | url-status= live }}</ref>
- <ref>{{cite news|last1=NADEEM INAMDAR|first1=RIZWAN KHAN|title=Brahmins who went to war for the Imam|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/MIRRORNEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=MIRRORNEW&BaseHref=PMIR/2010/12/19&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar00700&AppName=1|accessdate=22 January 2016|agency=The Times of India|publisher=Times group, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127211246/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/MIRRORNEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=MIRRORNEW&BaseHref=PMIR%2F2010%2F12%2F19&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar00700&AppName=1|archive-date=27 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|last1=Akram|first1=Maria|title=For Hussaini brahmans, it's Muharram as usual|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/For-Hussaini-brahmans-its-Muharram-as-usual/articleshow/45039950.cms|accessdate=22 January 2016|agency=The Times of India|publisher=Times group, India|date=5 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122165217/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/For-Hussaini-brahmans-its-Muharram-as-usual/articleshow/45039950.cms|archive-date=22 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
-== The legend of Rahab Sidh Dutt (The Seven Sons of Datt) ==
+They have adopted non-Brahmanical traditions leading to the sub-set of the Moyhal community paying reverence to Islam, most notably to the third [[Husayn ibn Ali|Imam Hussain]].<ref>{{cite web | author= Nonica Datta | url= https://thewire.in/religion/the-forgotten-history-of-hussaini-brahmins-and-muharram-in-amritsar | title= The Forgotten History of Hussaini Brahmins and Muharram in Amritsar | publisher= The Wire (Indian News and Opinion Website) | date= 30 September 2019 | accessdate=17 December 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201101130440if_/https://thewire.in/religion/the-forgotten-history-of-hussaini-brahmins-and-muharram-in-amritsar | archive-date=1 November 2020 | url-status= live }}</ref>
-Among various legends about Hussaini Brahmins, it is also described that a childless Dutt personally visited Imam al-Husayn ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib and submitted his wish to have a child. As a response to his desire, he was informed that he had no child in his fate. Datt was upset by this, so the Imam prayed so that Datt could have a child.  Suddenly someone observing the event questioned him, stating that he had challenged the will of Allah. Upon hearing this the Imam told Dutt he will have one more child. This continued till Imam gave him good news of seven children.<ref name="Zeba T Hashmi, Daily Times">{{cite web|author=Zeba T Hashmi |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/17-Mar-2015/ashura-and-pluralism |title=Ashura and pluralism |publisher=Daily Times, Pakistan |date=March 17, 2015 |accessdate=November 4, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117023612/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/17-Mar-2015/ashura-and-pluralism |archivedate=November 17, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Abul Fazl in Kashmir Observer">{{cite web|author=Abul Fazl|url=http://www.kashmirobserver.net/news/features/brahmins-who-fought-imam-hussain-karbala|title=The Brahmins Who Fought For Imam Hussain At Karbala|publisher=Kashmir Observer Online|date=November 5, 2014|accessdate=November 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020020150/http://www.kashmirobserver.net/news/features/brahmins-who-fought-imam-hussain-karbala|archive-date=October 20, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-As per Mohyal oral history, a Mohyal of the Dutt clan had fought on behalf of Imam al-Husayn in the [[Battle of Karbala]] (680 C.E.), more specifically in the storming of Kufa—sacrificing his seven sons in the process.<ref>Mohyals, Muslims and Mustafabad". ''The Tribune'', Chandigarh. 8 August 1993</ref> According to legend, Rahab Sidh Dutt (also mentioned as Rahib Sidh or Sidh Viyog Datt in some versions) was the leader of a small band of career-soldiers living near Baghdad around the time of the battle of Karbala.<ref name=":1">Mahdi Nazmi (1984). Reg-i-Surkh: Dut Brahman Imam Husain se Rabt o Zabt. Abu Talib Academy, New Delhi. pp. 63–71.</ref> The legend mentions the place where he stayed as Dair-al-Hindiya, meaning "The Indian Quarter", which matches an [[Hindiya|Al-Hindiya]] in existence today.<ref name=":1" />
+According to V. Upadhyaya<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cmtIAAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3 संत-वैष्णव काव्य पर तांत्रिक प्रभाव, V. Upadhyaya, 1962, Page 181]</ref> they were influenced by the [[Chisti]] Sufis. While they wear the yajnopavita and the tilak, they take alms from only the Muslims, and not from Hindus.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=A40cAAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3 Hamara Samaj, Sant Ham, 1957, p. 115]</ref> Some of them are found in Pushakar, Ajmer, where [[Mu'in al-Din Chishti]] is buried.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xJ8RAAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3 Jayasi, Malik Muhammad, Ramchandra Billaurey, 1973, p. 131]</ref> According to another tradition, Yazid's troops had brought Imam Husain's head to their ancestors home in Sialkot. In exchange for his head, the ancestor exchanged his own sons' heads.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Vcx-7gUN0g4C&dq=husaini+brahmin&pg=PA141 A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province,  Based on the Census Report for the Punjab, 1883 · Volume 2, Horace Arthur Rose, Sir Denzil Ibbetson, Sir Edward Maclagan, 1911, p. 141]</ref> Famous Hussaini Brahmins include the actor [[Sunil Dutt]], Urdu writers [[Kashmiri Lal Zakir]], Sabir Dutt, and Nand Kishore Vikram.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mujtaba |first1=Syed Ali |title=Uniqueness of Indian culture: Hussaini Brahmins are Hindus but observe Muslim traditions |url=https://www.siasat.com/uniqueness-of-indian-culture-hussaini-brahmins-are-hindus-but-observe-muslim-traditions-2388090/#google_vignette |website=The Daily Siasat |date=11 August 2022 |access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref>
+Few families can still be found in parts of [[Iraq]] but most families of Hussaini Brahmins are now settled in [[Pune]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=NADEEM INAMDAR|first1=RIZWAN KHAN|title=Brahmins who went to war for the Imam|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/MIRRORNEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=MIRRORNEW&BaseHref=PMIR/2010/12/19&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar00700&AppName=1|accessdate=22 January 2016|agency=The Times of India|publisher=Times group, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127211246/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/MIRRORNEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=MIRRORNEW&BaseHref=PMIR%2F2010%2F12%2F19&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar00700&AppName=1|archive-date=27 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Delhi]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Akram|first1=Maria|title=For Hussaini brahmans, it's Muharram as usual|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/For-Hussaini-brahmans-its-Muharram-as-usual/articleshow/45039950.cms|accessdate=22 January 2016|agency=The Times of India|publisher=Times group, India|date=5 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122165217/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/For-Hussaini-brahmans-its-Muharram-as-usual/articleshow/45039950.cms|archive-date=22 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Chandigarh]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Himachal Pradesh]] and [[Jammu region]] in India. [[Sindh]], [[Chakwal District|Chakwal]] and [[Lahore]] in Pakistan and [[Kabul]] and South Afghanistan in [[Afghanistan]]. Some of them also observe [[Muharram]] every year.
+==History==
+As per Mohyal oral history, a Mohyal Brahmin of the Dutt clan had fought on behalf of Imam al-Husayn in the [[Battle of Karbala]] (680 C.E.), more specifically in the storming of Kufa—sacrificing his seven sons in the process.<ref>Mohyals, Muslims and Mustafabad". ''The Tribune'', Chandigarh. 8 August 1993</ref> According to legend, Rahab Sidh Dutt (also mentioned as Rahib Sidh or Sidh Viyog Datt in some versions) was the leader of a small band of career-soldiers living near Baghdad around the time of the battle of Karbala.<ref name=":1">Mahdi Nazmi (1984). Reg-i-Surkh: Dut Brahman Imam Husain se Rabt o Zabt. Abu Talib Academy, New Delhi. pp. 63–71.</ref> The legend mentions the place where he stayed as Dair-al-Hindiya, meaning "The Indian Quarter", which matches an [[Hindiya|Al-Hindiya]] in existence today.<ref name=":1" />
+== Notable Figures ==
+* [[G. D. Bakshi|Maj. General G. D. Bakshi]] - Retired Major General of Indian Army, leading defence analyst of India
 ==Other==
-In [[Ajmer]], [[Rajasthan]], a place of [[Sufism in India|Sufi]] pilgrimage, where [[Moinuddin Chishti]] lived and passed his last days, there is even today a class of people who call themselves Hussaini Brahmins, who are neither 'orthodox Hindus' nor orthodox Muslims. Hussaini Brahmins practiced a mixed blend of [[Vedas|orthodox Vedic]] and Islamic traditions. A saying in Hindi/Urdu language refers to the Hussaini Brahmans thus: "Wah Datt Sultan, Hindu ka dharm, Musalman ka Iman, Adha Hindu adha Musalman (Well Datt Sultan, declaring [[Hindu dharma|Hindu Dharma]] and following Muslim practice, Half Hindu and Half Muslim.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mitra |first1= Sisir Kumar |title=The Vision of India |publisher= Jaico Publishing House |location=Bombay, India |pages=229–230 (First Print 1949) }}</ref><ref name="Virag Pachpore">{{cite news
+In [[Ajmer]], [[Rajasthan]], a place of [[Sufism in India|Sufi]] pilgrimage, where [[Moinuddin Chishti]] lived and passed his last days, there is even today a class of people who call themselves Hussaini Brahmins, who are neither 'orthodox Hindus' nor orthodox Muslims. Hussaini Brahmins practiced a mixed blend of [[Vedas|orthodox Vedic]] and Islamic traditions. A saying in Hindi/Urdu language refers to the Hussaini Brahmans thus: "Wah Datt Sultan, Hindu ka dharm, Musalman ka Iman, Adha Hindu adha Musalman" (Well Datt Sultan, declaring [[Hindu dharma|Hindu Dharma]] and following Muslim practice, Half Hindu and Half Muslim.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mitra |first1= Sisir Kumar |title=The Vision of India |publisher= Jaico Publishing House |location=Bombay, India |pages=229–230 (First Print 1949) }}</ref>
-| url = http://en.newsbharati.com/Encyc/2013/8/9/Hussaini-Brahmans-A-historic-bondage-between-Hindus-and-Shias#.VjslXtIrLct
-| title = Hussaini Brahmans: A historic bondage between Hindus and Shias
+==See also ==
-| publisher = News Bharati English
-| date = 9 August 2013
-| accessdate = 5 November 2015
-| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112559/http://en.newsbharati.com/Encyc/2013/8/9/Hussaini-Brahmans-A-historic-bondage-between-Hindus-and-Shias#.VjslXtIrLct
-| archive-date = 4 March 2016
-| url-status = dead
-}}</ref> Hussaini Brahmins used to live in [[Lahore]] until [[Partition of India|India's partition]] 1947, when they were forced to leave.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/766877/karbala-and-how-lahore-was-involved|title=Karbala and how Lahore was involved|last1=Sheik|first1=Majid|date=26 November 2012|accessdate=22 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127202545/http://www.dawn.com/news/766877/karbala-and-how-lahore-was-involved|archive-date=27 January 2016|publisher=Dawn|agency=Dawn News Paper, Lahore}}</ref>
-==Famous==
+* [[Punjabi Hindus]]
-Famous Hussaini Brahmin are Dutt family. [[Sunil Dutt]] and [[Sanjay Dutt]] .Urdu writers such as [[Kashmiri Lal Zakir]], [[Sabir Dutt]] and [[Nand Kishor Vikram]] are some of the better known Hussaini Brahmins<ref>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/hussaini-brahmins-hindus-muslims-muharram-mohyal-brahmins-5367234/#:~:text=Film%20star%20Sunil%20Dutt%20and,the%20Sindh%20and%20Lahore%20regions.</ref>
+* [[Mohyal Brahmins]]
+* [[Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb]]
+* [[Hindu–Islamic relations]]
+* [[Hindu–Muslim unity]]
+* [[Religious syncretism]]
 ==References==
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+{{Reflist}}
+* {{Cite book |last=Dehlvi |first=Ghulam Rasool |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=_IdSEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA74&dq=hussaini+brahmin&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJqKCc_7qTAxU22TgGHVnkM78Q6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=hussaini%20brahmin&f=false |title=Ishq Sufiyana: Untold Stories of Divine Love |date=2025-02-24 |publisher=Blue Rose Publishers |pages=70-4 |language=en}}
+* {{Cite book |last=Haryanawala |first=Huzaifa |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=koiTBQAAQBAJ&pg=PP6&dq=hussaini+brahmin&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJqKCc_7qTAxU22TgGHVnkM78Q6AF6BAgKEAM#v=onepage&q=hussaini%20brahmin&f=false |title=IMAM HUSAIN and INDIA |date=2013-06-14 |publisher= |isbn=978-1-304-13565-0 |pages=6-X |language=en}}
+* {{Cite web |title=Al-Serat |url=https://dn720003.ca.archive.org/0/items/english_shia_books/Al-Serat.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250503165354/https://dn720003.ca.archive.org/0/items/english_shia_books/Al-Serat.pdf |archive-date=2025-05-03 |access-date=2026-03-28 |website=}}
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