LEGEND'S or HISTORY or MYTH

From: "Ishtiaq Ahmed" 

Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 09:34:53 +0200
Subject: [asiapeace] HUSSAINI Brahmins


Dear All,

*(Point1)

But there is also another version of how the Dutts of Punjab came to

be known as Hussaini Brahmins. One of the wives of Imam Hussain, the

Persian princess Shahr Banu, was the sister of Chandra Lekha or Mehr

Banu, the wife of an Indian king called Chandragupta. When it became

clear that Yazid was adamant on wiping out the Imam, the Imam's son

`Ali ibn Hussain rushed off a letter to Chandragupta asking him for

help against Yazid. When Chandragupta received the letter, he

dispatched a large army to Iraq to assist the Imam. By the time they

arrived, however, the Imam had been slain. In the town of Kufa, in

present-day Iraq, they met with one Mukhtar Saqaffi, a disciple of the

Imam, who arranged for them to stay in a special part of the town,

which even today is known by the name of Dair-i-Hindiya or `the Indian

quarter'.



Some Dutt Brahmins, under the leadership of one Bhurya Dutt, got

together with Mukhtar Saqaffi to avenge the death of the Imam. They

stayed behind in Kufa, while the rest returned to India. Here they

built up a community of their own, calling themselves Hussaini

Brahmins, and although they did not convert to Islam they kept alive

the memory of their links with Imam Hussain.



*(Point2)

The Hussaini Brahmins believe that Krishna had foretold the event of

the Imam's death at Karbala in the Gita. According to them, the

Kalanki Purana, the last of eighteen Puranas, as well as the Atharva

Veda, the fourth Veda, refer to Imam Hussain as the divine incarnation

or avatar of the Kali Yug, the present age. They hold Imam Ali, Imam

Hussain's father, and son-in-law and cousin of the Prophet Muhammad,

in particular reverence, referring to him with the honorific title of
Om Murti.

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But,against point 1)

The scholars Agha Ali Shariati and Agha Ayatullah Mutahhari are amongst those who have declared that any narrations pertaining to ShahrbānÅ« are weak and false. 

*And also no reference found on chandralekha(mehr banu).as the dynasty came

to an end near 515 a.d ie.....before karbala(680),no no relation found factually,

But , still a LEGEND.....unless proven otherwise.

Regarding Point (2) a comprehensive study is necessary,which will be posted in 

the next forum.

(*Are my comment's 

Disclaimer:-these are argument's and counter argument's,and in no way 

form my personal openion. As these are already presented by many,historian's,

Scholar's & Student's of comparative religious studies.