History of India: The Mohammedan period as described by its own historians, by Sir H.M. ElliotAbraham Valentine Williams Jackson Grolier Society, 1907 - India |
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accordingly ad-din Afghan Akbar Ala-ad-din Khan Altamish Amir appointed Arab arrived attack Aybek Bahrah Balban banks battle booty brought Caliph camp chief coins command conquest court Daulat death Delhi elephants emperor encamped enemy fled flight forces Gakkar gave Ghazi Khan Ghazni gold Gwalior halted Hati hills Hind Hindus Hindustan holy honour horses Humayun Ibn Haukal Ibrahim India infidels inhabitants Islam Jahan Jahan Shah Jahangir Jaipal Jumna Kabul Kashmir Khorasan Khwaja killed king Kutb-ad-din Lahore leagues LENOX TILDEN FOUNDATIONS Mahmud of Ghazni Majesty Malik Malik Kafur marched Moghul Mohammedan mosque mountains Mu'izz-ad-din Mussulmans Nasir-ad-din night nobles Nur Jahan officers ordered palace plunder prayers princes prisoners PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR Rabi'-al-awwal raja Raziya reached reign religion returned royal army rupees Sayyids sent Shaikh Shams-ad-din Shawwal Siwalik Hills slain soldiers Sultan Mahmud Sultan Raziya sword thousand throne Timur Tomb took troops Ulugh Khan victory YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Page 301 - bounteous hand was now stretched out to beg for food, and the feet which had always trodden the way of contentment walked about only in search of sustenance. For a long time dog's flesh was sold for goat's flesh and the pounded bones of the dead were mixed with flour and sold,
Page 262 - collected everything which people can find in books, with a talent of selection peculiar to him and a spirit of inquiry opposed to every Islamitic principle. Thus a faith, based on some elementary principles, traced itself on the mirror of his heart, and as the result of all the influences which were brought to bear
Page 94 - Sultan Raziya was a great monarch. She was wise, just, and generous, a benefactor to her kingdom, a dispenser of justice, the protector of her subjects, and the leader of her armies. She was endowed with all the qualities befitting a king, but she was not born
Page 263 - to be found everywhere, why should truth be confined to one religion or to a creed like Islam, which was comparatively new and scarcely a thousand years old? Why should one sect assert what another denies, and why should one claim a preference without having superiority conferred on itself? Moreover,
Page 301 - and Gujarat. The inhabitants of these two countries were reduced to the direst extremity. Life was offered for a loaf, but none would buy; rank was to be sold for a cake, but none cared for it; the
Page 158 - great numbers of Hindus presented themselves and were admitted to the honour of Islam. Thus they came forward day by day from every quarter, and, adopting the faith, were exonerated from the jizya and were favoured with presents and
Page 301 - when this was discovered, the sellers were brought to justice. Destitution at length reached such a pitch that men began to devour each other and the flesh of a son was preferred to his love. The
Page 157 - medicine. The cost of the medicines and the food is defrayed from my endowments. All sick persons, residents and travellers, gentle and simple, bond and free, resort thither; their maladies are treated, and, under God's blessing, they are cured. Under the guidance of the Almighty I arranged that the heirs of those persons who had been
Page 262 - of many different religions and creeds, assembled at his court and were admitted to converse with him. Night and day people did nothing but inquire and investigate. Profound points of science, the subtleties of revelation, the curiosities of history, and the wonders of nature were
Page 60 - The idols of silver amounted to two hundred, but they could not be weighed without breaking them to pieces and putting them into scales. The Sultan gave orders that all the temples should be burnt with naphtha and fire, and levelled to the ground.