- The neologism[clarification needed] "Pasmanda"
includes Ajlaf and
Arzal Muslims, and
Ajlafs'
statuses are
defined by them
being the
descendants of converts...
-
groups identified for
reservation were a
number of
Ajlaf communities,
which led to
greater ****ertion of
Ajlaf political power and a
decline in the
Ashraf leadership...
- and
based on ignominy,
comes elegantly [from the
Ajlaf]".
Barani had a
clear disdain for the
Ajlaf and
strongly recommended that they be
denied education...
- His
fatwa would condone segregation of the
Muslim ashraf upper castes and
ajlaf low castes, in
addition to the
azral under-castes or the
converted Muslims...
- have a
superior status derived from
their foreign Arab ancestry,
while the
Ajlafs are ****umed to be
converts from Hinduism, and have a
lower status. Many...
-
Ziauddin al-Barani in the Fatawa-i Jahandari,
where they were
regarded as an "
Ajlaf"
caste and
subjected to
discrimination by the "Ashraf" castes.[page needed]...
- as
Ashrafs (or nobles).
Below them are the
middle caste Muslims called Ajlafs, and the
lowest status Muslims of the Arzals. Anti-caste
activists like...
- that
integrates the
Dalit Muslims (Arzals) and backward-caste
Muslims (
Ajlafs). The
organization represents the
union of
several Dalit and backward-caste...
-
backward caste converts. The
neologism "Pasmanda"
includes Ajlaf and
Arzal Muslims, and
Ajlafs'
statuses are
defined by them
being the
descendants of converts...
-
categorised into two main
social classes: the
ashraf (aristocracy) and
ajlaf (commoners). The
former usually includes people of "Sayyad, Shaikh, Mughal...
