3. In Kumâun the Bohras call themselves Khasiya Râjputs, but claim to have been originally money-lenders. They are now thriving agriculturists. [147] To the east of the Province the trading Brâhmans are called Bâona, and are analogous to the Bâbhan or Bhuînhâr. [148] Quite distinct from these trading Brâhmans are the Bohras of Central India, who are Musalmâns. They are wholesale merchants of the first class, as well as pedlars. They render implicit obedience to their elected Mullas. They are of the Hasani tribe,—once so dreaded in Egypt and Persia for acts of murder and desperation. The principal Bohra colony is at Ujjain, where they have four special quarters (muhala.) [149] In the Panjâb, as in these Provinces, all the Bohras are Hindus. 4. Their exogamous sections would lead to the conclusion that their origin is mixed. The Kâchhi and Khangâr seem to represent a non-Aryan element. Besides these are the Bachguâr, Balâi, Bâtham (from Srâvasti), Bhatiya, Charwâr, Dasâti, Deswâl, Kama, Kâsib, Kundal, Maheswari, Nâgar, Samel, Syâmi, and Sundi. DISTRIBUTION OF THE BOHRAS ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891. ==============+======= District. |Number. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~ Sahâranpur | 622 Muzaffarnagar | 13 Meerut | 2 Bulandshahr | 75 Aligarh | 386 Etah | 32 Hardoi | 1 +~~~~~~~ Total | 1,131 ==============+======= Boriya.—A tribe of village servants and cultivators found chiefly in the Cawnpur and Hardoi Districts. Their sub-castes show that they are closely connected with, if not an offshoot of, the great Pâsi tribe. Thus we find among their sub-divisions Arakh, Baheliya, Gûjar, Khangâr, Kisân, Luniya, Pâsi, Râjpâsi, Rakhpâsi. Some, again, are local sections, such as Ajudhyabâsi, Antarbedi, Baiswâr, Banârasi, Brijbâsi, Kanaujiya, Mahobiya; others imply some connection with other tribes as Bhurtiya, Chauhân, Ghosi, Hâra, Kaithiya, Kathwâns, and Sombansi. Others are occupational, as Ghurcharha, “horsemen;” Khetwâl, “field men.” DISTRIBUTION OF THE BORIYAS ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891. ===========+==========+==========+======+=======+====== District. |Kaithwâns.|Pârasrâmi.| Pâsi.|Others.|Total. ~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~~+~~~~~~ Cawnpur | 2,990| 6,831| 4,739| 3,591|18,151 Fatehpur | 985| 232| 349| 86| 1,652 Hamîrpur | ... | ... | ... | 2| 2 Hardoi | ... | ... | 7,031| 69| 7,100 Bahrâich | ... | ... | ... | 4| 4 +~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~~+~~~~~~ Total | 3,975| 7,063|12,119| 3,752|26,909 ===========+==========+==========+======+=======+======