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The title of the source for much of this article translates to "Ahmad Dawood - a figure of merit". Which sounds like possibly a commissioned bio. @Crosji, it looks like you might have added the Batliwala source in this edit, can you tell us more about it? Or about Faran Publications? Valereee (talk) 09:56, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The book is written in Urdu and published in 1995. It has no ISBN or other numbers. In my research about Ahmed Dawood it turned out to be useful but I used several other sources and references as well, most of them added to this article, too. The authors family name "Batliwala" indicates Gujarati heritage, like Ahmed Dawood.
Thank you for helping to improve the article. Dawood is quite a known figure in Pakistan but there are relative less written sources about him. Crosji (talk) 12:17, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Yes, that sounds like a commissioned bio, probably needs to be considered a self-source. Valereee (talk) 12:56, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
A lot of books in South Asia, especially in local languages, are without ISBN or other codes. It doesn't mean one should ignore them, no? Crosji (talk) 17:53, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
No, we don't assume they should be ignored, but we do take a close look. Is the author a known historian? Is the publisher known to exert editorial control? If both answers are no, and the subject is a bio of a wealthy living person, perhaps we are a little suspicious. :) Valereee (talk) 18:08, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
