Akbar, His Position in Indian History and His Influence on Indian NationsDolatram, Vasantlal & Company, 1897 - 142 pages |
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Abul Fazl Adam Khan Adil Shah Afghans Agra Ahmednagar Akbar Akbar sent amongst Ashoka Aurangzeb Aziz Babar Badauni Baz Bahadur Behar Bengal bigoted Birbal brother Byram Chengiz Khan chief Chitore conquest creed crown Daud death Deccan defeated Delhi dominions Emperor Faith Faizi father favour fell fortress greatly Gujarat Hakim hands Hemu Hindu Hindustan historian honour House of Timur Humayun Ibrahim Ibrahim Sur India Indian Empire Islam Jagir Jany Beg Jehangir Kabul Kandahar Kashmir Khan Khanan Khandesh king kingdom Koran lands Mahomed Adil Mahomed Hussain Mahomedan Malwa ment Mewar military minister Mirza Mogal Mogal Empire monarch Moslem Mujaffar Mussalman noble Omrahs once Partap Persian person Prince Murad Punjab Raja Todar Mal Rajput Rana reign religion religious revolt royal Selim Shah Jehan Shaikh Sher Khan Sher Shah Shiah siege Sikandar Sindh Sinh Soleiman sovereign spirit Sunni supreme Surat sway throne tion ulama Uzbeks Viceroy Wheeler worship
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Page 55 - ... beams of truth, I have become convinced that the dark clouds of conceit and the mist of self-opinion have gathered round you, and that not a step can be made in advance without the torch of proof. That course only can be beneficial which we select with clear judgment.
Page 1 - Putta of Kailwa. He was only sixteen : his father had fallen in the last shock, and his mother had survived but to rear this the sole heir of their house. Like the Spartan mother of old, she commanded him to put on the
Page 88 - A desire to be rid of the great Raja Maun of Amber, to whom he was so much indebted, made the emperor descend to act the part of the assassin. He prepared a majoom, or confection, a part of which contained poison ; but caught in his own snare, he presented the innoxious portion to the Rajpoot and ate that drugged with death himself.
Page 58 - Akber himself seems to have been pure deism ; in addition to which some ceremonies were permitted in consideration of human infirmity. It maintained that we ought to reverence God according to the knowledge of him derived from our own reason, by which his unity and benevolence are sufficiently established ; that we ought to serve him, and to seek for our future happiness by subduing our bad passions and practising such virtues as are beneficial to mankind ; but that we should not adopt a creed or...
Page 54 - If these men have such an opinion of our Book, and if they believe the Quran 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 1 - Spartan mother of old, she commanded him to put on the ' saffron robe,' and to die for Cheetore : but surpassing the Grecian dame, she illustrated her precept by example ; and lest any soft ' compunctious visitings ' for one dearer than herself might dim the lustre of Kailwa, she armed the young bride with a lance, with her descended the rock, and the defenders of Cheetore saw her fall, fighting by the side of her Amazonian mother. When their wives and daughters performed such deeds, the Rajpoots...
Page 103 - Peleponnesus nor the retreat of the ' ten thousand ' would have yielded more diversified incidents for the historic muse, than the deeds of this brilliant reign amid the many vicissitudes of Mewar. Undaunted heroism, inflexible fortitude, that which
Page 99 - ... devotion. The sort of feudal system that prevailed among the Rajputs gave additional stability to this attachment, and all together produced the pride of birth, the high spirit, and the romantic notions so striking in the military class of that period. Their enthusiasm was kept up by the songs of their bards, and inflamed by frequent contests for glory or for love. They treated women with a respect unusual in the East, and were guided, even towards their enemies, by rules of honour which it was...
Page 76 - He loved glory to excess, and thirsted after a reputation for personal valour. He encouraged learning with the bounty of kings, and delighted in history, which is, in truth, the school of sovereigns. As his warm and active disposition prompted him to perform actions worthy of the divine pen of the poet, so he was particularly fond of heroic compositions, in verse.
Page 57 - 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 on His Majesty, there grew, gradually as the outline on a stone, the conviction in his heart that there were sensible men in all religions, and abstemious thinkers, and men endowed with miraculous powers, among all nations.