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- Hussaini Brahmin is a Mohyal Brahmin community of the Punjab-region with links to both Hinduism and Islam. The Mohyal community comprises seven sub-clans named Bali, Bhimwal, Chhibber, Datt, Lau, Mohan and Vaid. However, as consistent with their Hindu tradition, they have adopted non-Indic traditions. This has led to a small sub-set of the Moyhal community paying reverence to Islam, most notably to the third Imam Hussain. Citing source from history of the Mohyals, published in 1911 CE., it is disclosed that about 1,400 Brahmins had been living in Baghdad capital of Iraq when the Battle of Karbala took place in 680 AD. Few families can still be found in parts of Iraq but most families of Hussaini Brahmins are now settled in Pune, Delhi, Chandigarh, Punjab 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. A sect of Bhumihar Brahmins in the Muzzafarpur district of Bihar also claim ancestry from Hussaini Brahmins and take part in Muharram each year. Muhiyals have been rulers of territories in the present day Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. (en)
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- Hussaini Brahmin is a Mohyal Brahmin community of the Punjab-region with links to both Hinduism and Islam. The Mohyal community comprises seven sub-clans named Bali, Bhimwal, Chhibber, Datt, Lau, Mohan and Vaid. Few families can still be found in parts of Iraq but most families of Hussaini Brahmins are now settled in Pune, Delhi, Chandigarh, Punjab 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. (en)
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