George Foster, in his 'Journey from Bengal to England' (1798) describes how during the era of Banda Bahadur, a Mughal edict was issued compelling everyone to cut their hair. This was done in hopes of extinguishing the expanding Khalsa power. ![[Pasted image 20250930223014.png]] [Khafi Khan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khafi_Khan) (1664-1732), a diwan during the reign of Farrukh Siyar (Mughal emperor ruling 1713-1719), wrote a work, [Muntakhab-al Lubab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntakhab-al_Lubab), which was completed in 1732 in which he confirms Foster's claim. ![[Pasted image 20250930223143.png]]\ Khafi Khan's account of strength of Banda Bahadur's forces is absolutely incredible: ![[Pasted image 20250930223203.png]] Read here: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.461846/page/n429/mode/2up