Battle of Karbala and Bhumihars

The battle of Husayn ibn Ali is commemorated during an annual 10-day period held every Muharram by the Shi’ah as well as many Sunnis, culminating on its tenth day, Ashura.

In India, Mohyal Brahmins also called Hussaini Brahmins (Brahmins are at the highest layer of caste system in Hindu society) proudly claim that though being non-Muslim, a small number of them fought in the Battle of Karbala on the side of Hussain. Some Mohyal Brahmins migrated eastward and became as some sub-divisions of Bhumihar Brahmins, some of whom are also descendants of Hussaini Brahmins and mourn the death of Imam Hussain. The Bhumihar Brahmins, of whom many, though not all, belong to the Saryupareen Brahmin division of Kanyakubja Brahmins