Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nawabs of Punjab

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The result was delete. Tone 20:43, 11 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nawabs of Punjab

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Bunch of WP:SYNTHESIS, sprinkled with a few hoaxes, heavily edited by a blocked sockpuppet. This article implies that the Punjab was a single state ruled by a nawab (a local Muslim prince of a princely state), while File:Punjab-Districts 1911.png shows various princely states (also called native states) within the Punjab. In other words, there is no such thing as a "Nawab of Punjab". HyperGaruda (talk) 19:25, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:46, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 23:06, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - This fails V and does seem to be a hoax. I will note that during at least some of this period, the Governor of Lahore did have authority over much of the Punjab. In 1713, Abdus Samar Khan (there is another person with that name who has a wikipedia page, so I'm not redlinking) was placed into that post, and he and his son seem encyclopedic.[1] Similarly, that post seems encyclopedic. Smmurphy^(Talk) 13:06, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
DElete -- I recently participated in the AFD for Mohammed Ali I, allegedly Humayun Bakht's successor, which turned out either to be a pack of lies or at best related to a NN person. this indicates that Humayun Bakht did at least exist, but he was blinded on the orders of his brother, a convenient way of disposing of rivals. It is also incompatible with his being a ruler. The possibility that there were ruling nawabs before about 1760 remains an open question in my mind, but there is so much rubbish (or details of NN persons) in this article that the best solution is to delete it and start again. Peterkingiron (talk) 14:56, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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