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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Pehlwani''' is a form of wrestling from the [[Indian subcontinent]]. It was developed in the [[Mughal Empire]] by combining native [[malla-yuddha]] with influences from Persian ''[[varzesh-e bastani]]''.<ref name=Alter1992a>{{cite journal |first=Joseph S. |last=Alter |date=May 1992a |title=The "sannyasi" and the Indian Wrestler: The Anatomy of a Relationship |journal=American Ethnologist |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=317–336 |issn=0094-0496 |doi=10.1525/ae.1992.19.2.02a00070}}</ref><ref name=Alter1992b>{{cite book |last=Alter |first=Joseph S. |title=The Wrestler's Body: Identity and Ideology in North India |year=1992b |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |isbn=0-520-07697-4}}</ref> The words ''pehlwani'' and ''kushti'' derive from the [[Persian language|Persian]] terms ''pahlavani'' and ''kosht'' respectively. It is likely that the word derives from the Iranian word "Pehalavi" denoting to people of Iranian descent.<br />
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