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4. This incident has been reported by Swarup Singh Kaushish, in detail, in
his book Guru Kian Sakhian, in Sakhi no. 110, pages 196-98, of 2003
edition.
5. Page -222, The Mughal Nobility Under Aurangzeb, by M. Athar Ali, ISBN-
13: 978-0-19-565599-5 & ISBN-10: 0-19-565599-0.
6. Guru Kian Sakhian, Sakhi no. 111.
7. It is about 40 km from Delhi, about 33 km from Rohtak and about 13 km
from Kharkhauda.
8. Sayyads are the direct descendants of Fatima and Ali (the daughter and
the son-in-law of Hazrat Mohammed, the founder of Islam), hence are
given special respect by the Muslims.
9. See latest photos of some of these Muslim mausoleums, in the pictorial
section of this book.
10. Khafi Khan, Muntkhab-ul-Lubab, (1722); vol 2, p. 652.
11. Ghuram, about 20 km from Sanaur, was an ancient town and had also,
sometimes, been the capital of the Punjab. Kutub-ud-Din Aibak used this
as capital before moving to Delhi. When Razia Sultana became emperess,
she used this Fort as a jail for royal prisoners. She kept even her rebel
brother in this prison. (The story of associating this town with mythical
Ram is a much later concoction).
12. It is about 28 km from Samana and 3 km from Patiala. Now it is a part of
Greater Patiala.
13. Miran means belonging to the umraa. Miran is an adjective of Mir, and,
like umraa, it too has its root in amir.
14. A hymn of Gurbaani (composed by Guru Nanak Sahib), popularly known
as Babar Vani, depicts this incident.
15. A cow in India, according to some Hindu Vaishnavites, is also considered
humble and helpless deserving pity.
16. Burning of body is the greatest curse for a Muslim; it is like being
condemned to hell.
17. As mentioned in an entry of Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mualla, the records of
Jaipur state. But this figure of 70 thousands seems to be an exaggeration
or a mistake.
18. He met the same (rather worse) fate that he had given to Pir Budhu Shah.
As you sow, so shall you reap. People still remember Pir Budhu Shah but
no one (not even the Muslims) knows who was Usman Khan.
19. But, that mansion of Pir Budhu Shah does not exist now. A school has
been set up at that site.