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12.29 History of India: Indore
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In Volume 1-1: Qurʾānic Literature, History, and Biography | Section 2, History, Biography, etc.

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§ 989. It was at the request of Jaswant Rāō Hōlkar’s bak̲h̲s̲h̲ī, Bhawānī S̲h̲ankar, that Mōhan Singh wrote the Waqāʾiʿ i Hōlkar, which he completed in 1223/1808.

Waqāʾiʿ i Hōlkar, a history of Jaswant Rāō Hōlkar, who succeeded his brother Kās̲h̲ī Rāō as ruler of Indore, was defeated by Lord Lake in 1804, became insane in 1806 and died in 1811: Bānkīpūr vii 618 (ah 1223/1808, not autograph), Bodleian 1970 (not later than ad 1812), i.o. 3930 (19th cent.).

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“12.29 History of India: Indore”, in: Storey Online, Charles Ambrose Storey. Consulted online on 29 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2772-7696_SPLO_COM_10212290>
First published online: 2021



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