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This new source of information not only provides interesting information on the rise and fall of the Rohila chiefs in katehar region (Rohilkhand) but also is the first one ever written in Janbhasha (prose). Besides the rise of Jat power under Mahraja Suraj Mal, the conflict between the Bangash Pathans of Farrukhabad and the Wazir, Safdar Jung, the third battle of Panipat fought between the Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali, the treacherous role played by some of the allies of the Marathas and Najib ud-Daula`s relations with Suraj Mal and the Maratha chiefs, also receive detailed treatment.
Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui retired as Professor of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. His publications include: An Eighteenth Century History of North India: An Account of the Rise and Fall of the Rohilla Chiefs in Janbhasha (25), Medieval India: Essays in Intellectual Thought and Culture, Volume I (21).
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