Griffin, Lepel Henry. Ranjít Singh. Clarendon Press, 1893, p. 78.
Bhagata, Siṅgha. A History of the Sikh Misals. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University, 1993, p. 241. «Deep Singh Shahid, a mazhabi sikh and resident of the village of Pohuwind of the pargana of Amritsar...»
This claim arose when "a Sansi Jatt clan was also recorded in early imperial censuses, which were rather crude and inaccurate. But the numbers of this "Jatt" clan were extremely small, indicating it, at best, as a very recent accretion into... a functional category, composed of diverse farming identities". See «Family Tree of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Great Sansi», 11-08-2012.
