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‘Kavval’, a sub-caste of the large Muslim caste of ‘Mirasis’ or singer/genealogists. A man beating a drum.
Date 1825
date QS:P571,+1825-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q23308
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Image taken from Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India.

Originally written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi, for Colonel James Skinner, 1825.

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Catalogue entry: IOSM Add.27255

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