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Authors: Patwant Singh

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Ranjit Singh's relationships with,
15
,
68–74
,
81
,
153–71

role in Sikh society,
57–8
,
73
,
219

in Sikh army,
143
,
158–60

Yahiya Khan (Mughal commander),
49
,
53

Yar Mohammad Khan Barakzai,
122–3
,
183

Zakariya Khan, governor,
47
,
49
,
53

Zam Zama (gun),
115

Zaman Shah, governor,
52–3
,
65–7
,
72–3
,
109
,
111

Zapata, Emiliano,
209

Zorawar Singh (son of Guru Gobind Singh),
42–3

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Listening to the Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple
by August Theodor Schoefft,
c.
1850

Woodcuts depicting the Gurus (above) and (below) the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple), both dating from
c.
1870

An early watercolour showing traditional Sikh warriors

A study of Sikh arms and armour by W.G. Osborne, 1838; published in his book
The Court and Camp of Runjeet Sing,
1840

A late-eighteenth-century steel and gold sikh helmet

Mid-nineteenth-century jewelled Sikh shield with hunting scenes

Ranjit Singh on horseback with his army; sketch by W.G. Osborne, 1838; published in
The Court and Camp of Runjeet Sing

Ranjit Singh's sword. Mounts are of solid gold with an emblem of a lion on guard on the sword hilt. The blade is made of watered steel.

The two Dogra brothers: Gulab Singh by C.S. Hardinge, 1846 (left) and Dhian Singh

Raja Lal Singh (left) and Raj Tej Singh; both watercolour on ivory

Ranjit Singh in 1838, drawn by Emily Eden

Fakir Azizuddin, Ranjit Singh's confidant, by W.O. Osborne, 1838, published in
The Court and Camp of Runjeet Sing

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