Talk:Dakhni Sarai
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[edit]- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 01:19, 26 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... that the 17th-century Dakhni and Amanat Khan caravanserais were built to accommodate travelers along the highway between Agra and Lahore?
- Source: Begley, Wayne E. (1983). "Four Mughal Caravanserais Built during the Reigns of Jahāngīr and Shāh Jahān". Muqarnas. 1: 167. doi:10.2307/1523076. ISSN 0732-2992.
As a first step in that direction, four large caravanserais in the Punjab, built during the reigns of Jahangir (r. 1014-37/1605-27) and Shah Jahan (r. 1037-68/1628-58) will be described here: Serai Doraha (Ludhiana district), Serai Nur Mabal and Serai Dakhni (Jullundur district), and Serai Amanat Khan (Amritsar district).
- ALT1: ... that the Dakhni and Amanat Khan caravanserais were built in the 17th century to accommodate travelers along the highway between Agra and Lahore? Source: Same as ALT0
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Naide Gomes
- Comment: Second QPQ: Template:Did you know nominations/Sharesies
Created by AmateurHi$torian (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 18 past nominations.
AmateurHi$torian (talk) 06:23, 3 February 2025 (UTC).
These are new(/expanded) enough and long enough. QPQs done. Earwig is clear and spotchecking didn't find anything. Some small cleanup would help main page presentability. Both go straight into using "sarai" as a non-English (italic) word, without defining it. The lead in Dakhni Sarai needs expanding, and one source in the bibliography (Parihar, Subhash (March 1991)) does not appear to actually be used. Regarding the hook, I do find it is not that interesting in itself. Why not add what the source notes, that the highway the two caranvanserais are on is no longer the main route? CMD (talk) 15:37, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
- Expanded lead of Dakhni Sarai
- Moved Parihar (1991) to the "Further reading" section
- sarai -> sarai (roadside inn) in both articles
- How about ALT2: "... that the Dakhni and Amanat Khan caravanserais, built to provide lodging to travelers, are situated on a little-used, Mughal-era highway between Agra and Lahore?"
- Or ALT3:"... that caravanserais (roadside inns) such as the Dakhni Sarai and Sarai Amanat Khan were provided at regular intervals along the major highways of the Mughal empire?"
- Pinging @Chipmunkdavis: -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 13:13, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
- I like both ALT2 and ALT3 a lot, just need to add those notes to the articles and this is good to go. CMD (talk) 14:28, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Chipmunkdavis: Added the hooks along with end-of-sentence citations to the first paragraph of the "Background" sections of both the articles. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 15:52, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
Both sourced and inline, good to go for ALT2 and ALT3. CMD (talk) 16:10, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Chipmunkdavis: Added the hooks along with end-of-sentence citations to the first paragraph of the "Background" sections of both the articles. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 15:52, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
- I like both ALT2 and ALT3 a lot, just need to add those notes to the articles and this is good to go. CMD (talk) 14:28, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
- Pinging @Chipmunkdavis: -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 13:13, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
