Shahdat Khan Lakhera:A Prominent Character of 17th Century Punjab

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i :M 1. Sir Lepel H.Griffin, The Punjab Chiefs, ed. Colonel Charles Francis Massy, Rev. ed 1st, W.L.Conran, H.D.Craick, Rev.ed 2nd (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel,2004) 229. 2. Punjab Government, Gazetteer of the Chenab Colony, (Lahore: Civil And Military Gazette, 1905)16.

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