if i had a hammer was written in 1949.
if i had a hammer was written in 1949.
when was if i had a hammer written?
1949
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some coins or medallions bearing the kalimah (the islamic confession of faith) and the name of the four khalifs of islam in arabic were discovered in arakan. the tragic episode of the flight of prince shah shuja the son of moghul emperor shah jahan (builder of the famous taj mahal) to arakan in 1660 a.d. was one of the most important events in the history of arakan of burmas' contacts with islam. king sandathudamma (1625-1648) first granted the prince asylum from his brother aurunzip who defeated him but later attacked after he tried to escape, allegedly after a failed rebellion. he escaped but his two sons and some soldiers were executed. the rest were treated to the water of allegiance and employed as royal archers and are the ancestors of present muslim kamans. the new governor of bengal, shayista khan, attacked and took back the arakan's chittagong, ramu, east bangal, sandwip, dianga and up to the naff river was annexed to bengal. after the death of king sandathudamma in 1684 a.d. the muslim kamans (the royal archers of the guard) became very powerful and became the "king makers" of the arakan thrones. they were survived soldiers of prince shuja reinforced by the fresh soldiers from india. they set up kings, deposed them and created new onces as they like. kamans dominated arakan from 1684 to 1710.
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