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I understand the frustration vis. the recent disruptive editing at Hotak dynasty, but stuff like this will easily be misconstrued as a WP:BATTLE mentality. I highly advise you to remove it from your userpage. Thanks, - LouisAragon (talk) 22:44, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for helping resolve the issue, first of all. I really appreciate your help. And I understand what you mean now after having read the battleground section, I will take notice of this in the future and will remove it immediately. Kailanmapper (talk) 22:48, 2 August 2021 (UTC)


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 * By consensus, we do not use Raj-era sources in articles concerned with S. Asia; there isn't any dearth of modern scholarship. I assume that you take responsibility for all the restored content? TrangaBellam (talk) 19:28, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
 * For example, lines like the Royal guard had [...] the rebelling Sardars. Or that TSD faced widespread revolts due to a stain in image after breaking an oath taken on Koran. Or ... TrangaBellam (talk) 19:34, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Even though it's an old source, the information is mostly reliable. Again, just because it is old does not mean you can't use the source in a Wikipedia. Also your claim that no Raj-era sources can't be used in South Asia articles isn't true, the modern sources are PREFERRED over older sources but that does not mean in any way that we cannot use those old sources. If this consensus really is true, then link the discussion that resulted in that ruling. If you want, I can introduce more modern scholarship into this article, but removing all that sourced content was not the correct action to do. Old sources are the foundations for modern historical scholarship, there are millions of examples I could list out there of articles using old sources. So your reasoning doesn't make any sense. Kailanmapper (talk) 19:41, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Even though it's an old source, the information is mostly reliable. - Like claiming in wiki-voice about TSD facing widespread revolts due to a stain in image after breaking an oath taken on Koran?
 * There are multiple scattered discussions - I found this. Follow the tracks. TrangaBellam (talk) 21:20, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * There are multiple scattered discussions - I found this. Follow the tracks. TrangaBellam (talk) 21:20, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Maybe not widespread revolts but Timur Shah breaking an oath on the Quran is cited in multiple sources. Besides the British Raj book, it is said that such an event occured in Fayz Muhammad Kitab Hazarah's Siraj-al Tawarikh (considered one of the most important sources on the history of modern Afghanistan by multiple scholars). The book "Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present" also correlates this infomation: "An envoy was then sent to Arsala Khan bearing a Qur’an with the king’s oath promising his life would be spared if he came in person and tendered his submission. Arsala Khan took Timur Shah at his word, but when he arrived in Peshawar he was arrested and his throat cut. The Mohmands and other tribes of the Khyber region were disgusted at the king’s breach of his sacred oath and never forgot, or forgave, this act of treachery.10" So it seems that the information was correct, although worded incorrectly. And that other discussion was mainly talking about ethnography (although it did discuss history as well). Biased and racist sources usually depend on the source, some are more biased than others. I still am of the opinion that it's fine to use old sources as long as that information is correlated with other sources. Maybe we should bring in other editors to see their opinion on this issue. Kailanmapper (talk) 22:12, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

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Alright then. Thank you for correcting my mistake. Kailanmapper (talk) 15:03, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

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Btw, perhaps these maps by some of our best editors might serve as an inspiration. Many of Ian Mladjovs maps are quite nice too --HistoryofIran (talk) 00:32, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

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Please, Iranian people, do not disgrace yourself instead of forging and lying. The whole world understands this. We are complaining about you. Stop your illusion, Pan Pars. Arieina monni (talk) 19:44, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

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My bad, I reverted your edits thinking they were related to [|an earlier case of vandalism] that happened on the page. I should have looked at the sources before reverting your edits instead of assuming. Kailanmapper (talk) 14:38, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

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