"Agreeably to the Command of God and his Apostle [Prophet] . . . we should unite in carrying on a holy war against the infidels, and free the region of Hindustan from the contamination of the enemies of our religion. The followers of the faith [Islam] in these territories, always assembling at a select time on Friday, offer up their prayers in the words: ‘Oh God! Slay the infidels who have closed the way! Let their sins return upon their own heads, with the punishment that is due to them!’"
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Letter by Tipu Sultan to Zaman Shah, dated 5 February 1797 to Zaman Shah. Vikram Sampath - Tipu - The Saga of Mysore's Interregnum (2024)
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Zaman Shah Durrani
1767 – 1844
Zaman Shah Durrani, or Zaman Shah Abdali (1767 – 1844) was the third King of the Durrani Empire from 1793 until 1801. An ethnic Pashtun of the Sadozai clan, Zaman Shah was the grandson of Ahmad Shah Durrani and the fifth son of Timur Shah Durrani.
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