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- ↑ Sir Lepel Henry Griffin (1890). The Panjab chiefs: historical and biographical notices of the principal families in the Lahore and Rawalpindi divisions of the Panjab. pp. 74–. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain :The Panjab Chiefs: historical and biographical notices of the principal families in the Lahore and Rawalpindi divisions of the Panjab, by Sir Lepel Henry Griffin (1905)
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