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The forest even allowed Rofellos to overrule a desire to recall Multani, the expenditure in resources and concentration unnecessary for so simple a battle.
Bloodlines Coleman, Loren L. 1999
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However, my fans would be surprised to know that my next album to be released in September this month has little to do with Sufi music, it is a pop album containing 15 songs in different languages such as Multani, Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi.
The Hindu - Home S. M. Aamir 2010
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More accurately, the correct shade of "khaki" is the color of "Multani Mitti", meaning "the mud of Multan".
I get email... Reader Tim challenges me with "Khaki" - dfi 2009
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Qawwali (Urdu/Persian: قوٌالی; Punjabi/Multani: ਖ਼ਵ੍ਵਾਲੀ, قوٌالی; Brajbhasha/Hindi: क़व्वाली) is a form of Sufi devotional music popular on the Indian subcontinent.
The Qawwals and Qawwali « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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See Gommans for a consideration of the Central-South Asian horse trade in relation to the early Durrani empire, Fattah for the seaborne horse trade between the Persian Gulf and India from 1745 and 1900, and Dale for the commercial proclivities of "Multani Afghans" between 1600 and 1750. back
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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It is interesting to note that Baluch communities including the Dodai and Hot were associated with Multan in the Mughal and early Durrani periods (see Gommans, pp. 38 – 39 for the latter and Habib, Map 4 A, and notes, pp. 9 – 10, for the former epoch), but they seem not to have been a significant presence in the Multani diaspora. back
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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But during the nineteenth century, there is little indication of a Multani presence in eastern Afghanistan.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Evidently these Peshawri Shikarpuris were affiliated with a Multani firm that was established in Peshawar during the period of Durrani control over the city (c. 1747 – 1834), but then relocated to Amritsar during the period of Sikh control (c. 1834 – 48) of the ancient and cosmopolitan frontier market city. back
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Shampoo of Multani Clay: Immerse 100 gm multani clay in water.
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Multani mitti means 'mud from Multan', an area now in Pakistan.
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