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Abulfazl administration Afghán Agra Ain-i-Akbari Ajmere Akbar Allahábád army Atálik authority Bábar Badauní Bairám Bairám Khán Balkh battle of Pánípat Behar Bengal Bhagwán Dás bigoted Blochmann brother Chanar chief Chitor Colonel Malleson conquered conqueror conquest court Dalhousie Dáúd death defeated Delhi despatched district dynasty elephants Emperor empire enemy expedition Faizí and Abulfazl Fatehpur-Síkrí father favour Fergháná followed force fortress Ghazní Governor Gujarát Hemu Herát Hindu Hindustán Humáyún Ibráhím imperial invader Islám Jahángír Jaipur Jaunpur Jodhpur Kábul Kámrán Kanauj Kandahár Lahore Lodí Málwá Mán Singh marched Mekka Mewár miles Mirzá Mughal Mughal Empire Muhammad Muhammadan Nagaur nobles Orissa Prince Salím principle provinces Punjab Rájá Rájpút princes Rájpútána Ráná reached rebel rebellion recognised regarded reign religion returned to Kábul revolt rule ruler Samarkand sent Shaibání Sikandar Sháh Sir William Sirhind sovereign Sultán Sutlej Tardí Beg territories thence troops Uzbeks Western India whilst Yusufzais
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Page 149 - 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. If some true knowledge was thus everywhere to be found, why should truth be confined to one religion, or to a creed like Islam, which was comparatively new, and scarcely a thousand years old...
Page 162 - ... 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.
Page 46 - Baber, that in such a case the Almighty had sometimes vouchsafed to receive the most valuable thing possessed by one friend, as an offering in exchange for the life of another.
Page 149 - 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.
Page 153 - Father with difficulty kept me back from acts of folly; my mind had no rest and my heart felt itself drawn to the sages of Mongolia or to the hermits on Lebanon. I longed for interviews with the...
Page 162 - ... 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 88 - As I was fully assured of your honesty and fidelity, I left all important affairs of State in your charge, and thought only of my own pleasures. I have now determined to take the reins of government into my own hands, and it is desirable that you should now make the pilgrimage to Mecca, upon which you have been so long intent. A suitable jdgir out of the parganas of Hindustan shall be assigned for your maintenance, the revenues of which shall be transmitted to you by your agents.
Page 174 - When the collector of the Diwan " asks them, (the Hindus) to pay the tax, they should " pay it with all humility and submission. And if the " collector wishes to spit into their mouths, they should " open their mouths without the slightest fear of con" tamination, so that the collector may do so.
Page 162 - Man's outward profession and the mere letter of Muhammadanism, without a heart-felt conviction, can avail nothing. I have forced many Brahmans, by fear of my power, to adopt the religion of my ancestors but now my mind has been enlightened with the beams of truth.
Page 163 - To repeat the words of the Creed, to perform circumcision, or to lie prostrate on the ground from dread of kingly power, can avail nothing in the sight of God.