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'''Banaphar''', also spelled '''Banafar''' and '''Banafer''', is a clan of mixed [[Ahir]] and [[Rajput]] | '''Banaphar''', also spelled '''Banafar''' and '''Banafer''', is a clan native to the [[Indian subcontinent]] of mixed [[Ahir]] and [[Rajput]] descent.<ref name="Hiltebeitel">{{cite book |last1=Hiltebeitel |first1=Alf |author-link=Alf Hiltebeitel |title=Rethinking India's oral and classical epics: Draupadī among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits |pages=162–163 |date=May 1, 1999 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=9780226340500 |quote=Presumably it is an issue that would interest ''Ālhā'' audiences sensitive to the mixed-caste Kṣatrya-Ahir identity of the Banāphars... Ūdal (and the rest of the Banāphars) is susceptible to "mean caste" slurs and slights because of his combined Kṣatriya (Rajput) and cowherd (Ahir) background.}}</ref> | ||
The legendary 12th century generals [[Alha]] and [[Udal of Mahoba|Udal]], who appear in the ''[[Alha-Khand]]'' ballads, were said to belong to this clan. | The legendary 12th century generals [[Alha]] and [[Udal of Mahoba|Udal]], who appear in the ''[[Alha-Khand]]'' ballads, were said to belong to this clan. In the ballads, the Banaphars was susceptible to "mean caste" slurs from other Rajputs because of their "mixed" background.<ref name="Hiltebeitel"/><ref name="Crowley">{{cite book|last=Crowley|first=Thomas|title= Fractured Forest, Quartzite City: A History of Delhi and its Ridge|pages=277|quote=The Banaphars also identify themselves as Rajputs. Throughout this epic, though, they have various caste slurs hurled at them by higher-status Rajputs who claim that the Banaphar line is contaminated with the blood of Ahirs, a nomadic pastoral community.|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=jhP9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA277&dq=thomas+crowley+banaphar+rajput&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwib2YLe8vbyAhXh7HMBHfS_CYgQuwV6BAgDEAc#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> Ballads referring to Alha and Udal describe great bravery in the medieval period.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Last Hindu Emperor: Prithviraj Cauhan and the Indian Past, 1200–2000 |first=Cynthia |last=Talbot |publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2016|isbn=9781107118560|page=203|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3DjCgAAQBAJ&q=alha+udal+Rajput+bravery&pg=PA203 |accessdate=5 November 2020}}</ref> | ||
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Banaphar, also spelled Banafar and Banafer, is a clan native to the Indian subcontinent of mixed Ahir and Rajput descent.[1]
The legendary 12th century generals Alha and Udal, who appear in the Alha-Khand ballads, were said to belong to this clan. In the ballads, the Banaphars was susceptible to "mean caste" slurs from other Rajputs because of their "mixed" background.[1][2] Ballads referring to Alha and Udal describe great bravery in the medieval period.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hiltebeitel, Alf (1 May 1999). Rethinking India's oral and classical epics: Draupadī among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits. University of Chicago Press. pp. 162–163. ISBN 9780226340500.
Presumably it is an issue that would interest Ālhā audiences sensitive to the mixed-caste Kṣatrya-Ahir identity of the Banāphars... Ūdal (and the rest of the Banāphars) is susceptible to "mean caste" slurs and slights because of his combined Kṣatriya (Rajput) and cowherd (Ahir) background.
- ↑ Crowley, Thomas. Fractured Forest, Quartzite City: A History of Delhi and its Ridge. p. 277.
The Banaphars also identify themselves as Rajputs. Throughout this epic, though, they have various caste slurs hurled at them by higher-status Rajputs who claim that the Banaphar line is contaminated with the blood of Ahirs, a nomadic pastoral community.
- ↑ Talbot, Cynthia (2016). The Last Hindu Emperor: Prithviraj Cauhan and the Indian Past, 1200–2000. Cambridge University Press. p. 203. ISBN 9781107118560. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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