Afin-wala

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Affn-wala, afin farosh, a seller of opium. The Arabic word afun is usually corrupted to afin or ajim in the Indian vernaculars.
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Afin farosh, a seller of opium. The Arabic word afin is usually corrupted to afin or ajim in the Indian vernaculars.

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This article is an extract from

THE TRIBES and CASTES of BENGAL.
By H.H. RISLEY,
INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE, OFFICIER D'ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE.

Ethnographic Glossary.

CALCUTTA:
Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press.
1891. .

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Afin-wala

Afin farosh, a seller of opium. The Arabic word afin is usually corrupted to afin or ajim in the Indian vernaculars.

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