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" The besiegers continued to show great resolution in pushing on the siege. They cast into the ditches thousands of bags filled with dirt and rubbish, and thousands of carcases of animals and men who had perished during the operations. Several times the... "
Historical and Descriptive Sketch of His Highness the Nizam's Dominions - Page 492
1884
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The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The ..., Volume 7

Sir Henry Miers Elliot - India - 1877 - 628 pages
...say that he would fight to the death like the horsemen who fought with Im&m Husain at Karbala. * * The besiegers continued to show great resolution in...months and ten days, the place fell into his hands ; but by good fortune, not by force of sword and spear. THIRTY-FIRST YEAR OF THE REIGN, 1098 AH (1687...
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The Fall of the Mogul Empire

Sidney James Owen - India - 1912 - 320 pages
...fill it up, and with them repaired the breaches made by the mines. Still the besiegers persevered. " They cast into the ditches thousands of bags filled...lives in vain, and the fortress remained untaken." I have given this rather detailed account of the siege of Golconda because it shows, what the Emperor...
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The Fall of the Mogul Empire

Sidney James Owen - India - 1912 - 298 pages
...men who had perished during the operations. Several times the valour of the assailants carried them 7 to the top of the walls ; but the watchfulness of...lives in vain, and the fortress remained untaken." I have given this rather detailed account of the siege of Golconda because it shows, what the Emperor...
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