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– The dhamkîriâ or dhamkîrî in Panjâbî is a small drum made by stretching leather across a wide-mouthed earthen cup (piyâlâ).
Tales of the Punjab 1894
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Armed and redolent in their new attire that consisted of turbans and swords, these men came to be called the Panj Pyare, or the Five Beloved.
Ravinder Singh Taneja: The Incomparable Guru Gobind Singh Ravinder Singh Taneja 2012
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They're stuck, if you will, between the Tajik border, where there's a set of cliffs that provides a natural border that's guarded very carefully, and then there's river Panj, which is now so low that there's no discernible island; rather, it's a floodplain.
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They risk being called before the Panj Piyaaras to provide explanation and directed to correct the infringement with or without penance.
Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia: The Sikh Kirpan: Balancing Religious Freedom With Security Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia 2011
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They risk being called before the Panj Piyaaras to provide explanation and directed to correct the infringement with or without penance.
Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia: The Sikh Kirpan: Balancing Religious Freedom With Security Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia 2011
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Raminder Pal Singh/European Pressphoto Agency Sikh children dressed as 'Panj Pyare'—the Beloved Five who were the first Sikhs to sacrifice themselves for the 10th Guru of Sikhism, Guru Gobind Singh—marched during a religious procession in Amritsar, Wednesday.
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The baptism transformed the Five Beloved, Panj Paiarey, into the first initiates of the Order of the Khalsa or Pure.
Ravinder Singh Taneja: The Incomparable Guru Gobind Singh Ravinder Singh Taneja 2012
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The bazaar sits on a small island in the river Panj, a narrow expanse of shallow but fast-flowing water that is all that separates the Badakhshan region of Tajikistan from the Afghan province of the same name.
Turning Afghan Heroin in Kalashnikovs IWPR 2008
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The unprepossessing frontier bazaar squatting on the river Panj has become one of the largest arms-for-drugs trading centres in the world.
Turning Afghan Heroin in Kalashnikovs IWPR 2008
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Panj-shanbeh, Hut 28, 1523 in the Afghan calendar.
April 25th, 2006 2006
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