Question

The Jangnama of Shah Mohammad blames one of this empire’s queens for starting a war where it lost the Battle of Sobraon (“SO”-buh-rown). A princess of this empire named Sophia who was raised as a goddaughter of Queen Victoria became a suffragette after witnessing the poverty of her homeland. A teenage ruler of this empire was killed by falling masonry on the day of his father’s funeral, likely assassinated by a Dogra (DOHG-ruh) minister. This empire’s founder unified various (*) misls (“missiles”) and signed an 1806 agreement with the British to keep his boundary at the (-5[1])Sutlej River. That founder of this empire renovated the Harmandir Sahib after capturing Lahore (LA-hore) with his Khalsa Army. For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name this 19th century empire founded by the “Lion (10[1])of Punjab (“PUN”-job),” Ranjit (“RUN”-jeet) Singh. ■END■

ANSWER: Sikh Empire
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Ashish SubramanianGlass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them92-5
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2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%17%17%91.17
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