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== Muslim Bhumihars of Mohammadabad and Zamania ==
== Muslim Bhumihars of Mohammadabad and Zamania ==
In the Ghazipur Gazetteer, 1909, British Civil Services Officer H.R. Nevill recorded that many Bhumihars of the Muhammadabad and Zamania tahsils had embraced Islam and become Muslim.  
In the Ghazipur Gazetteer, 1909, British Civil Services Officer H.R. Nevill recorded that many Bhumihars of the Muhammadabad and Zamania tahsils had embraced Islam and become Muslim.  
[[File:IMG 20260805 161124.jpg|left|thumb|HR Nevill found that many Muslims of Ghazipur were Bhumihars who embraced Islam. Source: Ghazipur Gazetteer, 1909]]Kinwar Bhumihars of Birpur
[[File:IMG 20260805 161124.jpg|left|thumb|HR Nevill found that many Muslims of Ghazipur were Bhumihars who embraced Islam. Source: Ghazipur Gazetteer, 1909]]      


== Muslim Kinwar Bhumihars of Bara ==
British Civil Services Officer H.R. Nevill in 1909 observed that the town of Bara was the home of Muslim Kinwar Bhumihars who originally belonged to the village of Birpur on the opposite side of Ganges river.  They held those lands for centuries.
British Civil Services Officer H.R. Nevill in 1909 observed that the town of Bara was the home of Muslim Kinwar Bhumihars who originally belonged to the village of Birpur on the opposite side of Ganges river.  They held those lands for centuries.
[[File:IMG 20260805 161316.jpg|left|thumb|Bara is a big village of Muslim Bhumihars belonging to the Kinwar mool. Their ancestors belonged to the Hindu Bhumihar village of Birpur across the Ganges. Source: Ghazipur Gazetteer, 1909, by HR Nevill. ]]
== Muslim Babhans of Bihar ==
in the Census of India, 1901, it's recorded that many Pathans of Bihar (written Bengal because Bihar was a part of Bengal back the ) are actually converts from the higher Hindi castes, particularly Babhans who must have converted to Islam in good numbers.
[[File:IMG 20260805 162025.jpg|left|thumb|Source: Census of India, 1901 ]]