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Page 503
... reign , Mogul coins were struck with Persian couplets inscribed on them . Court poets manipu- lated euphuistic verses extolling emperor or empress , or the glories of the reign : " To Shah Jahangir belongs the whirligig of Time " ; " So ...
... reign , Mogul coins were struck with Persian couplets inscribed on them . Court poets manipu- lated euphuistic verses extolling emperor or empress , or the glories of the reign : " To Shah Jahangir belongs the whirligig of Time " ; " So ...
Page 535
... reign , cataloguing his rigorous anti - Hindu measures and rigid application of Islamic orthodoxy . DARA SHIKOH . Sakinat - ul - Awliya . Extracts in Hasrat , pp . 64-104 . This was Dara's biography of Moslem saints of the Qadiri order ...
... reign , cataloguing his rigorous anti - Hindu measures and rigid application of Islamic orthodoxy . DARA SHIKOH . Sakinat - ul - Awliya . Extracts in Hasrat , pp . 64-104 . This was Dara's biography of Moslem saints of the Qadiri order ...
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... reign . It is a useful source for Shah Jahan's educa- tion , his rebellion against Jahangir , and his struggle with Nur Jahan . KALIMAT - I - TAYYIBAT . Quotations in Sarkar's biography of Aurang- zeb . A potpourri of dictation scraps ...
... reign . It is a useful source for Shah Jahan's educa- tion , his rebellion against Jahangir , and his struggle with Nur Jahan . KALIMAT - I - TAYYIBAT . Quotations in Sarkar's biography of Aurang- zeb . A potpourri of dictation scraps ...
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