The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan PeriodThis extensive eight-volume work was first published between 1867 and 1877 by the linguist John Dowson (1820-81) from the manuscripts of the colonial administrator and scholar Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808-53). Before his death, hoping to bolster British colonial ideology, Elliot had intended to evaluate scores of Arabic and Persian historians of India, believing that his translations would demonstrate the violence of the Muslim rulers and 'make our native subjects more sensible of the immense advantages accruing to them under the mildness and the equity of our rule'. Volume 7 covers the period from Shah Jahan (1592-1666) to the early reign of Muhammad Shah (1702-48). It includes various Padshahnama, the works comprising the official visual history of Shah Jahan's reign, most notably that of Abdul Hamid Lahori (d.1654). Also included are substantial extracts from the Muntakhab-ul-Lubab of Khafi Khan, covering the long reign of Aurangzeb (1618-1707). |
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A'dil A'gra A’zam Shah Abdu-l Abi'i-l Afghans Ahmadabad Amiru-l appointed arrived artillery attack Aurangabad Aurangzeb awwal Balkh Barha Bedar Bakht besiegers brother command confinement Court Dakhin Dara Shukoh daula Daulatabad death Dehli elephant Emperor enemy Farrukh Siyar father fell field fifteen fifty fight fighting fikar Khan fire first fled flight fortress forts four or five garrison Golkonda Haidar Kuli Haidarabad Hasan honour Husain Ali Khan Imperial infidels Jahan Shah Jahandar Jahandar Shah Jang jewels Kandahar Khan-Jahan Khan-khanan Khan’s khutba killed King krors Kuli Khan Kutbu-l Mulk lacs of rupees Lahore letter Mahrattas Majesty Malwa mansab marched Mir Jumla months Mu’azzam Muharram Murad Bakhsh Musulmans Nizamu-l Mulk nobles ofiicers oflicers plundered Prince’s prisoner Raja reached received reign revenue royal army rupees Saiyid Abdu-llah Khan sent servants Shah Jahan Shaikh Shawwal siege Sivaji Sultan Text thousand horse throne took umard victory wounded Zi-l hijja