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thousand horsemen, a very high status for a non-Muslim. At the time of
his death, he was the master of half of eastern Bundelkh and.
48. Khafi Khan, op.cit, Vol II, pp 671-72.
49. Muhammed Qasim Aurangabadi, Ahwal-ul-Khawakeen, pp 40-43.
50. The two warriors who fought so bravely that they are quoted as the
greatest fighters of the history/mythology.
51. Elliot & Dowson, op. cit, vol 7, p 423.
52. Khafi Khan, op.cit. Vol. II, pp. 669-670.
53. Tazkira Salatin Chugatta, p. 153.
54. Irvine, Later Mughals, vol II, p. 111, Khafi Khan. Op. cit, Vol I, p 671.
55. Khafi Khan, op. cit, Vol II, p 669-70, Elliot & Dowson, History of India as
told by its Historians, Vol 7, p. 423-24, Tazkira Salatin Chugatta, p 153.
56. Elliot & Dowson, op.cit. Vol 7, p. 555-56.
57. Khan Khanan took Bahadur Shah’s castigation to his heart and became
despondent. This made him mentally sick and he was confined to bed.
He, however, continued to move along with the Emperor’s caravan. After
about two month’s illness, he died at village Badhauli (near Sadhaura).
Khan Khanan had a mansab of seven thousand horsemen, out of which
five thousand was double horses, the highest mansab at that time. He
had, by then, obtained awards of about ten million rupees from the royal
court.
58. Muhammed Qasim Aurangabadi, Ahwaal-ul-Khawakeen, pp 34-37 (edited
by Dr. Balwant Singh Dhillon).
59. Elliot & Dowson, op.cit., Vol VII, p 424.
60. Muhammed Qasim Aurangabadi,Ahwaal-ul-Khawakeen, pp 34-37 (edited
by Dr. Balwant Singh Dhillon).
61. Rajasthani Documents on Banda Singh Bahadur (edited by Dr. Balwant
Singh Dhillon), Vakil Report No. 351, dated 6 March 1711.
62. Khafi Khan, op.cit., p 672-73.
63. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 1.12.1710.
64. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 3.12.1710
65. This Churamani Jatt, earlier, had been a companion of Tara Azam (the
brother of Bahadur Shah). But, after his defeat and death at the hands of
Bahadur Shah, he plundered Tara Azam’s treasure and joined the camp of
the latter.
66. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 6 December 1710.
67. In some papers the date has been mentioned as 30 November 1710 also.