Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s2.t2.7
Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s2.t2.7
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¹ Compare Tod, II, iii-12, for a parallel from Marwar. ² Compare T., 13b. how orthodox Muslim opinion forbade trading in slaves and hoarding of corn, which was persistently ignored by the commercial classes. ³ Compare Barbosa, II, 73, for Gujarati Banias; many references in I. K. and Ibn Batuta for Khurasanis; B. 385 for Multanis and Banjaras. Compare also Le Bon (*vide* Urdu Translation, 91-2) who identifies both Multanis and Banjaras with two classes of the Jat community, which is now predominantly agricultural.