...and better featured than the local Musalmans, and their women are fair and delicate featured. The men shave the head and wear the beard and dress in a headscarf...Shaikhs and take to wives the daughters of the regular Musalmans, they marry only among their own class. They send their boys to school and teach them to...

...soldiers, constables, and servants. They are fond of ease. They are Sunnis of the Hanafi school, and arc religious and careful to say their prayers. They respect and obey the kázi and keep no Hindu customs. They have no special organisation and except that they occasionally...

...theycircumcise their sons. In religion they are Sunnis of the Hanafi school, but they are not religious or careful to say their prayers. They respect and obey the kdzi, and employ him to conduct their marriage and death ceremonies. They are illiterate themselves, and do not...

...class organization, and marry either among themselves or with any of the leading classes of Musalmans. They are Sunnis of the Hanafi school and are religious...careful to say their prayers. They respect and obey the Kazi and employ him to register their marriages. They teach their children Persian and Marathi, and...

...men are husbandmen, soldiers, constables, messengers, and servants, and are hardworking and thrifty. They are Sunnis of the Hanafi school and are religious and careful to repeat their prayers. They respect the kazi and employ him to conduct and register their marriages....

...and bodice, and neither appear in public nor add to the family income. They are Sunnis of the Hanifi school, and are religious and careful to say their prayers. They respect and obey the Kdti, and do not observe Hindu customs. They have no special class organizations, but try to marry...