A History of Assam c12.170

c12.170

“ As for the Musalmans who had been prisoner in The local former times and had chosen to marry here, their descendants Muham- madans. act exactly in the manner of the Assamese, and have nothing of Islām except the name; their hearts are inclined far more towards mingling with the Assamese than towards association with Muslims. The Muhammadans who had come here from Islamic lands engaged in the performance of prayer and fasting, but were forbidden to chant the call to prayer or publicly recite the “ word of God.”