The History of India, Volume 2J. Murray, 1841 - India |
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A'dil Abul Fazl Afgháns afterwards Agra Ahmed Ahmednagar Akber Alá u dín Altamsh army attack Aurangzíb Báber Bactria Bahadur Bahmani Balkh Behár Bengal Bíjapúr BOOK VII brother Bulbun Cábul Cáfúr Cámrán Candahár Cándésh capital CHAP chiefs Chitór conquest court Dárá death Deckan defeated Delhi Deógíri dominions Doulat emperor enemy expedition favour Ferishta Ganges garrison governor Guzerát Hému hill fort Hindostan Hindú horse Humayun I'brahím India Indus jágír Jehángír Jelál Júanpúr Kháfi Khán Khusru king king's kingdom Kutb Láhór Lódi Mahmúd Mahometan Málwa Marattas marched Memoirs ment Méwár Mírza Moguls Mohábat Mohammed Morád Mozaffer Mussulmans Násir u dín Nizám occasion officers Panjáb Persian person possession prince prisoner province rája Rájpút rána rebellion reign religion retreat revolt Secander Seiad Selím sent Sévají Shah Sháh Jehán Shía Shír Khán Shír Sháh siege soon success Sultán Tahmasp Tamerlane territory throne tion Tóghlak took Transoxiana troops Túrki Uzbeks vizír
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Page 246 - ... Hindustan is a country that has few pleasures to recommend it. The people are not handsome. They have no idea of the charms of friendly society, of frankly mixing together, or of familiar intercourse. They have no genius, no comprehension of mind, no politeness of manner, no kindness or fellow-feeling, no ingenuity or mechanical invention in planning or executing their handicraft works, no skill or knowledge in design or architecture ; they have no good horses, no good flesh, no grapes or musk-melons,...
Page 458 - Maratha thinks of nothing but the result, and cares little for the means, if he can attain his object. For this purpose he will strain his wits, renounce his pleasures, and hazard his person ; but he has not a conception of sacrificing his life, or even his interest, for a point of honour.
Page 424 - Khafi Khan, the best historian of those times, gives his opinion that although Akbar was pre-eminent as a conqueror and a lawgiver, yet for the order and arrangement of his territory and finances and the good administration of every department of the state, no prince ever reigned in India that could be compared to Shah Jahan.
Page 510 - Though the son of a powerful chief, he had begun life as a during and artful captain of banditti, had ripened into a skilful general and an able statesman, and left a character which has never since been equalled or approached by any of his countrymen.
Page 116 - ... beneath their level is left entirely out of sight. In Baber, the figures, dress, tastes, and habits, of each individual introduced are described with such minuteness and reality, that we seem to live among them, and to know their persons as well as we do their characters.
Page 120 - Clarendon and other ministers who have written contemporary history ; for though he was a man of enlarged views and extraordinary talents, yet, as Elphinstone remarks, he was a professed rhetorician, and is still the model of the unnatural style which is so much admired in India. He was, besides, a most assiduous courtier...
Page 683 - The cup is now full to the brim, and cannot hold another drop. If anything can be done, do it or else answer me plainly at once : hereafter there will be no time for writing nor speaking.
Page 428 - Jamna, and is surrounded by extensive gardens. The building itself on the outside is of white marble, with a high cupola and four minarets. In the centre of the inside is a lofty hall of a circular form under a dome, in the middle of which is the tomb, enclosed within an open screen of elaborate tracery formed of marble and mosaics. The materials...
Page 565 - The mosques were destroyed and the mullds killed ; but the rage of the Sikhs was not restrained by any considerations of religion, or by any mercy for age or sex. Whole towns were massacred with wanton barbarity, and even the bodies of the dead were dug up and thrown out to the birds and beasts of prey.
Page 494 - ... of his transactions that from the eleventh year of his reign, the course of events can only be traced through the means of letters on business and of notes taken clandestinely by private individuals4" ( ie Kli&fi Khan and others).