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Mazhabi India.|ˈmʌzhɑːbiː|
Also Maz(ah)bi, Muzbi, Muz(hu)bee.
[Hindi, f. Arab. mazhab religion.]
A convert to the Sikh religion from Islam, spec. in the Punjab; a converted Chuhra or member of the sweeper caste.
1849J. D. Cunningham Hist. Sikhs 379 Muzhŭbee, converts from Mahometanism are so called. 1858R. Temple Let. 25 May in Yule & Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) 464/1 To the same destination (Delhi) was sent a strong corps of Muzhubee (low-caste) Sikhs, numbering 1200 men, to serve as pioneers. 1908Kipling Lett. of Travel (1920) 162 A fair sprinkling of Punjabis—ex-soldiers, Sikhs, Muzbis, and Jats—are coming in on the boats. 1917Encycl. Relig. & Ethics IX. 608/2 Such converts may form new castes, like the Mazbi or Mazhabi Sikhs, who were by origin Chūhrās, or scavengers, outside the Hindu pale. 1923Chambers's Jrnl. 20 Jan. 113/1 He was not going to give his daughter in marriage to a Muzbee. 1965Sher Singh Sansis of Punjab ix. 188 If a Sansi takes food from a Choohra, Mazahbi, Chamar or other lower castes, he is outcast and fined. |