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... artillery , and army were all appropriated . For the Mogul court , Aurangzeb had a good political cover : suspicion that the wily Persian was in collusion with the rul- ers of Bijapur and Golconda , and had not sufficiently exerted ...
... artillery , and army were all appropriated . For the Mogul court , Aurangzeb had a good political cover : suspicion that the wily Persian was in collusion with the rul- ers of Bijapur and Golconda , and had not sufficiently exerted ...
Page 249
... artillery re- plied briefly and then fell silent . Both armies had been aligned for defensive action ; but an ... artillery wagons to be un- chained for the horses to pass . * In a suicidal dash marked by curdling cries and drawn · By ...
... artillery re- plied briefly and then fell silent . Both armies had been aligned for defensive action ; but an ... artillery wagons to be un- chained for the horses to pass . * In a suicidal dash marked by curdling cries and drawn · By ...
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... artillery , aug- mented now with cannon brought by Portuguese of the district . Ousted from Ceylon and the Coromandel coast by the Dutch , the indefatigable Portuguese had long since migrated to Bengal's delta , and there were now about ...
... artillery , aug- mented now with cannon brought by Portuguese of the district . Ousted from Ceylon and the Coromandel coast by the Dutch , the indefatigable Portuguese had long since migrated to Bengal's delta , and there were now about ...
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