The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1287 page)

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) except
Abu Bakr
and ‘Umar (and the first six years of Uthm
n), and believe that any Muslim recognized as irreproachable can become Im
m, known as
Am
r al-Mu’min
n
, ‘Leader of the Faithful’.
Khatm al-anbiyya/al-wil
yah
:
Khatr
(cognate, ‘Kshatriya’). A Pañj
b
z
t
(
caste
). Gur
N
nak
was born to a Hindu Khatr
family and married a Khatr
wife according to caste practice. Many Khatr
Sikhs are
sahajdh
r
, and
marriage
with Hindu Khatr
s is common.

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