The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period, Volume 6Trübner and Company, 1875 - India |
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Abdu-lla Abú-1 Fazl Afgháns Agra Ahmadnagar Ajmír Akbar amirs army arrived Asad Asaf Khán attack Bahádur Begam Bengal Bihár Bíjápúr brought Burhánpúr called camp chief command Court Dakhin Dániyál Dás death defeated Dehlí dín Duryodhan elephants Emperor enemy father favour fell Firishta fled force fortress gave Gujarát Hegel's Hindús Hindústán honour horse Humáyún Husain Ibráhím Imperial India jágir Jahangir Kábul Kanauj Kashmir Khán-i Khán-khánán Khusrú Khwaja King krors Lahore Lodí Mahábat Khán Majesty Malik Ambar mansab marched Memoirs Mír Mirzá Muhammad Muhammadan Mulk Muzaffar Khán night nobles Núr Jahán officers ordered Orissa Panjáb Parwez Patna Prince prisoners proceeded Ráí Rájá Rájá Mán Singh Rájpúts Rám Ráná rebels received reign river royal Royal Asiatic Society rupees Saiyid sent servants Shah Sháh Jahán Sháhbáz Khán Shaikh Shaikh Faríd siege Sultán suprà Tárikh-i Thatta throne tion took translated troops victory zamindárs
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Page 455 - In my opinion their overthrow is too complete to have been the result of an earthquake, which would have simply prostrated the buildings in large masses. But the whole of the superstructure of these temples is now lying in one confused heap of stones totally disjoined from one another. I believe, therefore, that I am fully justified in saying, from my own experience, that such a complete and disruptive overturn could only have been produced by gunpowder.
Page 298 - I ordered these two villains to be inclosed in the skins of a cow and an ass, and to be placed on asses, face to the tail, and so to be paraded round the city.
Page 229 - The ambassadors, seeing the King pleased, bowed their foreheads to the ground, and besought him to hear from them a few words. Being permitted to speak, they observed, that no religion required the innocent to be punished for the crimes of the guilty, more especially helpless women and children : if Krishn Ray had been in fault, the poor and feeble inhabitants had not been accessary to his errors.
Page 60 - If these men have such an opinion of our Book, and if they believe the Kuran to be the true word of God, then let a furnace be lighted, and let me with the Gospel in my hand, and the 'ulama with their holy book in their hands, walk into that testing place of truth, and the right will be manifest.
Page 165 - In Bijapur I had found some tobacco. Never having seen the like in India, I brought some with me, and prepared a handsome pipe of jewel work. The stem, the finest to be procured at Achin, was three cubits in length, beautifully dried and coloured, both ends being adorned with jewels and enamel. I happened to come across a very handsome mouthpiece of Yeman cornelian, oval shaped which I set to the stem ; the whole was very handsome.
Page 229 - Shah, struck with the good sense of this proposal, took an oath, that he would not, hereafter, put to death a single enemy after a victory, and would bind his successors to observe the same line of conduct.
Page 282 - Justice. [The first order which I issued was for the setting up of a Chain of Justice, so that if the officers of the Courts of Justice should fail in the investigation of the complaints of the oppressed, and in granting them redress, the injured persons might come to this chain and shake it, and so give notice of their wrongs.
Page 60 - Several carping and bigoted men attacked him, and this afforded an opportunity for a display of the calm judgment and justice of the assembly. These men brought forward the old received assertions, and did not attempt to arrive at truth by reasoning. Their statements were torn to pieces, and they were nearly put to shame; and then they began to attack the contradictions in the Gospel, but they could not prove their assertions. With perfect calmness and earnest conviction of the truth, the Padre replied...
Page 468 - Agnee-aster, a weapon of fire ; they describe the first species of it to have been a kind of dart or arrow tipt with fire and discharged upon the enemy from a bamboo...
Page 503 - ... so that every stroke made four wounds. When they lay for dead on the ground, he commanded the standers-by to spurn them, and after that the porters to break their staves upon them. Thus most cruelly mangled and bruised, they were carried out ; one of them died on the spot...