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Pehlwani
Pehlwani
(
Urdu
/
Shahmukhi
: , , , ) or
kusti
(,,
Urdu
/
Shahmukhi
: , , ) is a form of wrestling from
South Asia
. It was developed in the
Mughal Empire
by combining native
malla-yuddha
with influences from Persian
koshti pahlavani
. The words
pehlwani
and
kusti
derive from the
Persian
terms
pahlavani
and
koshti
respectively.
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