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¹⁴ Afif, *op cit.* (II n. 15), p. 233. In Sind, "Compulsory conversions to Mahometanism were not infrequent, the helpless Hindoo being forcibly subjected to circumcision on slight or misconstrued profession, or the false testimony of abandoned Mahometans." *Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal*, 1841, p. 20. Even in the nineteenth century Hindus in the service of the Amir were obliged to wear beards like the Muslims. Thornton *op. cit.* (I, n. 7), IV, p. 296.