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References
- ↑ Gaur, Ishwar Dayal (2016). "History, Historiography and Punjabi Folk Literature: Issues of canons and cultures". In Nayar, Rana; Syal, Pushpinder; Kumar, Akshaya (eds.). Cultural Studies in India. Routledge. p. 147. doi:10.4324/9781315095196. ISBN 978-1-138-89254-5.
The conversion of the fourteen clans of the Jats, including the Siyals, Ranjhas and Kheras, to Islam is said to have taken place during the time of Baba Farid in the 13th century ...
- ↑ https://www.punjabmonitor.com/2013/04/khatris-most-mobile-and-magnificent.html?m=1.
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