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14. In the Mughal records, his name appears as Daya Dharma and Daya Dhata
as well.
15. It was Hamir Chand Katoch. His name appears as Hamir Chand Kamboj as
well. He ruled Kangra from 1700-1747. Many Mughal records do not spell
correct names of the Hindu rulers.
16. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 3.7.1715
17. Perhaps Dheeraj Pal. Many Mughal records do not spell names of the
Hindu rulers.
18. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 26.9.1715
19. Ibratnama, pages 39A to 46B and 52B to 54A. The name of the books of
both writers, Mirza Mohammed and Mohammed Qasim is Ibratnama.
20. This was the amount that was recovered from them at the time of their
arrests.
21. This story has been given only by the author of Siyarul Mutakhrin.
22. Kesar Singh Chhibber, Bansavalinama Dasan Patsahian Da, p 294.
23. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 12.12.1715
24. Mohammed Qasim, op.cit, pp 86-87, Kamwar, op.cit., p. 460.
25. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 29.2.1716
26. Irvine, The Later Mughals, vol. II, page 316.
27. C.R. Wilson, Early Annals of English in Bengal, pp. 96-98, Mirza
Mohammed Harsi, Ibratnama, pp 52B to 53A.
28. Ahwal-i-Adina Begh, p. 20.
29. Later, Farukhsiyar too had met the same type of death.
30. Ahwaal-ul-Khawakeen, pp. 121-124.
31. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 5.3.1716
32. Khafi Khan, Muntakhab-ul-Lubab, vol II, p 766, Haqiqat-i-Bina-O-Aruz-i-
Sikhan, p 10.
33. C.R. Wilson, Early Annals of English in Bengal, pp. 96-98, Mirza
Mohammed Harsi, Ibratnama, pp 52B to 53A.
34. Tarikh-i-Mohammed Shahi.
35. Earlier their number was seventeen; two more had been arrested in
between and they too were included in this group.
36. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 9.6.1716
37. Kamwar mentions that there were 17 companions with Banda Singh but
a few days later two more Sikhs were also arrested, and, at the time of
execution their number was 26. It means that some more Sikhs had been
arrested and added to this group.