History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c48.s4.4

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∗ Khafi Khan (ii. 652) says, "Aurangzib ordered the temples of the Sikhs to be destroyed and the guru's agents (masands) for collecting the tithes and presents of the faithful to be expelled from the cities." Life of Tegh Bahadur in Mac., iv. 331-387. The Persian histories are silent about him. For Guru Govind, Mac., vol. v., supplemented by Irvine's "Guru Govind and Banda" in J. A. S. B., 1894, pp. 110 et seq. (reprinted in Later Mughals, i. 80-92.)