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 ===Taimur Shah Durrani and India===
 {{Main|Battle of Merta}}
-[[Taimur Shah Durrani]] tried numerous times for and indian expedition but failed with an failure. In 1790 during the [[Battle of Merta]], [[Vijay Singh of Marwar]] request [[Taimur Shah]] to help him against [[Mahadaji Shinde]]. The Afghan ruler sent a force of 45,000 soldiers to help the [[Rajputs]]. However it was defeated in the [[Battle of Merta]], according to some other accounts due to the treaty of 1785 with the [[Sikhs]], [[Ambaji Inagle]] and the Sikhs replused the army before it could reach Merta to help the Rajputs.
+[[Taimur Shah Durrani]] tried numerous times for and indian expedition but failed with an failure.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Varma |first=Birendra |date=1969 |title=Afghan Ambassadors in India (1773-1800) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44138392 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=31 |pages=335–343 |issn=2249-1937}}</ref> In 1790 during the [[Battle of Merta]], [[Vijay Singh of Marwar]] request [[Taimur Shah]] to help him against [[Mahadaji Shinde]]. The Afghan ruler sent a force of 45,000 soldiers to help the [[Rajputs]]. However it was defeated in the [[Battle of Merta]], according to some other accounts due to the treaty of 1785 with the [[Sikhs]], [[Ambaji Inagle]] and the Sikhs replused the army before it could reach Merta to help the Rajputs.
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