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" Jehan reigned not so much as a King over his subjects, but rather as a father over his family and children. "
Essays and Lectures on the Industrial Development of India, and Other Indian ... - Page 183
by Pramatha Nath Bose - 1906 - 288 pages
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The History of India, Volume 2

Mountstuart Elphinstone - India - 1841 - 750 pages
...enough to convince us that the state of India under Shah Jehan was one of great ease and prosperity. * * Tavernier, who had repeatedly visited most parts of...rather as a father over his family and children," and goes on to commend the strictness of his civil government, and to speak in high terms of the security...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 43

1854 - 796 pages
...rashness which permitted him to say of a hiilf-civilised sovereign within historic times, "that he reigned not so much as a king over his subjects, but rather as a father over his family;" but we really must deplore it. Had he confined himself to the tales of Arian and Strabo — had he...
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The Dublin university magazine

University magazine - 1854 - 792 pages
...rashness which permitted him to say of a hnlf-civilised sovereisri within historic times, " that he reigned not so much as a king over his subjects, but rather as a father over his family;" but we really must deplore it. Had he confined himself to the tales of Arian and Strabo — had he...
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The Dublin University Magazine, Volume 43

Ireland - 1854 - 788 pages
...the rashness which permitted him to say of a half-civilised sovereign within historic times, "that ho reigned not so much as a king over his subjects, but rather us a father over his family;" but we really must deplore it. Had he confined himself to the tales of...
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The English Cyclopaedia, Part 3, Volume 5

Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 534 pages
...were i-till in full force; and Tavernier, who visited India during this rcipu, says that Shahjehan "' reigned not so much as a king over his subjects, but...rather as a father over his family and children." The ujaguificeuce of his court was unequalled even in the tales of Oriental pomp. The famous ' peacock...
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Biography: Or, Third Division of "The English Encyclopedia", Volume 5

Charles Knight - Biography - 1867 - 532 pages
...foroe; and Tavernier, who visited India during this reipn, says that Shahjehan " reigned not so much aa a king over his subjects, but rather as a father over his family and children." The magnificence of his court was unequalled even in the tales of Oriental pomp. The famous ' peacock...
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The Turks in India: Critical Chapters on the Administration of that Country ...

Henry George Keene - India - 1879 - 292 pages
...view for which he is cited as an authority by the modern pessimists. " Shahjahan," says our baron, " reigned not so much as a king over his subjects, but...rather as a father over his family and children." " This great king," he is called by Tavernier, " during whose reign there was such a strictness in...
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Text-book of Indian history for Indian schools

1891 - 304 pages
..." Shahjahan," says the traveller Tavernier, wbi visited his court, " reigned not so much as a IUE; over his subjects but rather as a father over his family and children... This great king," as he elsewhere says, " in whose time there was such strictnes in the civil government...
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History of India from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: For ..., Volume 1

Henry George Keene - India - 1893 - 498 pages
...administration the Europeans of those days give a favourable view. Thus Tavernier declares that the Emperor " reigned not so much as a king over his subjects, but rather as a father over his family." And elsewhere he speaks of him as a great ruler, " during whose reign there was such a strictness in the...
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History of India from the Earliest Times to the End of the ..., Volume 1

Henry George Keene - India - 1906 - 406 pages
...administration the Europeans of those days give a favourable view. Thus Tavernier declares that the Emperor " reigned not so much as a king over his subjects, but rather as a father over his family." And elsewhere he speaks of him as a great ruler, " during whose reign there was such a strictness in the...
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