 | 1795 - 692 pages
...original and folc caufe of this deftruttive war ! Mohammed Shah then faid, ' praife be to God, that \vhat I ordered has been performed. I would not let a light word be recorded of me in the pages of time.' r. 31. It would, we think, be an interefling work, were the whole of Feriihta's writings publiflied... | |
 | Edward Scott Waring - Deccan (India) - 1810 - 312 pages
...The king, rejoiced at his success, exclaimed in the fervency of his gratitude, " Praises be to God, what I ordered has been performed ; I would not let a light word be recorded of me in the pages of time :" thus preferring the gratification of an intemperate act, to the lives of many thousands of... | |
 | Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah - India - 1829 - 604 pages
...musicians, he would neither make peace nor spare the lives of his subjects. To this the ambasadors, who had full powers, immediately agreed, and the money...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.... | |
 | Sir Henry Miers Elliot - India - 1849 - 666 pages
...altogether." The king replied, " tliat though twice the number required by his vow might have been skin, yet till the Ray satisfied the musicians, he would...crimes of the guilty, more especially helpless women anil children : if Krishn Ray had been in fault, the poor and feeble inhabitants had not been accessary... | |
 | Meadows Taylor - India - 1870 - 970 pages
...the rajah's treasury. ' Praise be to God,' exclaimed the »mer '• "aM- king, when he heard of it, ' that what I ordered has been performed ; I would not let a light word be recorded of rue PMCC ensue» >n the page of history.' Peace then ensued, which was honourably observed by Mahomed... | |
 | Meadows Taylor - India - 1871 - 962 pages
...tne rajah's treasury. ' Praise be to God,' exclaimed tu« order is i*w. j^^ wnen j,e },ennj of it, ' that what I ordered has been performed ; I would not let a light word be recorded of IIIH *n t'le P"^e °^ '"story-' l'«"ce then ensued, which was honourably observed by Mahomed Shah... | |
 | James Dunning Baker Gribble - Deccan (India) - 1896 - 452 pages
...this the ambassadors at once agreed, and the money was paid on the spot. The Sultan then exclaimed: " Praise be to God that what I ordered has been performed....let a light word be recorded of me in the pages of time!" Before returning to Gulburga the Sultan seems to have repented of the fearful slaughter he had... | |
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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,... 