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... prisoner's hands and feet ; to cry out would have been sui- cide . Manucci says that Aurangzeb had musicians play to camouflage the coup , while two elephants with covered howdahs and two contingents of four thousand cavalry each were ...
... prisoner's hands and feet ; to cry out would have been sui- cide . Manucci says that Aurangzeb had musicians play to camouflage the coup , while two elephants with covered howdahs and two contingents of four thousand cavalry each were ...
Page 372
... prisoner . Au- rangzeb finally decided that future fake Daras must be prevented from stirring up trouble . Dara and his son Sipihr Shikoh would be dragged in squalor under military guard through the main thoroughfares of central Delhi ...
... prisoner . Au- rangzeb finally decided that future fake Daras must be prevented from stirring up trouble . Dara and his son Sipihr Shikoh would be dragged in squalor under military guard through the main thoroughfares of central Delhi ...
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... prisoner balked : captive or not , he owned the jewels and a usurping son had no moral right to take them . from him . The usurper claimed loftily that he was now ruler of India , and crown property belonged to him . Shah Jahan had lost ...
... prisoner balked : captive or not , he owned the jewels and a usurping son had no moral right to take them . from him . The usurper claimed loftily that he was now ruler of India , and crown property belonged to him . Shah Jahan had lost ...
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