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- ↑ G. S. Cheema; The Forgotten Mughals: A History of the Later Emperors of the House of Babar, 1707-1857, Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2002. ISBN 8173046018. p. 37.
- ↑ Irvine, William, (ed. Jadunath Sarkar); Later Mughals, v. 1, M. C. Sarkar & sons, 1921, p. 30
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