"Ridi Taulad Xhan has reported that in compliance with the hasb-ul-hukm (Royal command), beldÁrs sent to demolish the KÁlkÁ temple have accomplished the work. A BrÁhman (zunnÁrdÁr) who was present there drew out sword and killed an onlooker and then turning around inflicted three wounds on the Sidi. The Sidi, however, managed to caught hold of his head‛."
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SiyÁha AkhbÁrÁt-i-DarbÁr-i-Mu‘alla of 12th September 1667. SiyÁha AkhbÁrÁt DarbÁr, R.Yr. 10, Rabi II, 3 / 12 September 1667. Bhatnagar, V. S. (2020). Emperor Aurangzeb and Destruction of Temples, Conversions and Jizya : (a study largely based on his court bulletins or akhbārāt darbār muʻalla)
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