Whose descendants are the Muslims of Bengal?
Channel: Jano By Naeem
Date: 2023-12-14

Bengal Census Report of 1872 and H. H. Ridgely in his book 'Tribes and Castes in Bengal' suggests that the Muslims of Bengal were the descendants of the lower class Hindus who converted to Islam. But in reality this is not true at all. Dr. MA Rahim mentions in his book 'Social and Cultural History of Bengal' that from 1220-1620, about 3 thousand Arabs, 51 thousand Iranians, 40 thousand Khalji Turks, 8 thousand Abyssinians, 2 lakh Afghans, 15 thousand Mughals, a total of 3, 37,000 foreign Muslims settled in Bengal. He also showed that the population of Bengal in 1570 was 7 million. Among them 41 lakh Hindus, 8 lakh foreign Muslim settlers, 19 lakh converted Muslims, 2 lakh other religions. In other words, the Muslims of Bangladesh are not only the descendants of Hindus, they are also the descendants of high class Muslims from different parts of the world. As such, many Muslims are Muslims by descent.


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