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... Shah and Khouaresmians -Invasion of Genghis Khan - Patans - Invasion of Tamerlane - Foundation of the Kingdom of Bejapoor - Establishment of the Moguls ......... LETTER XII . Babershah - Houmaioun - Akbar Jehan- 191 ghire - Shah Jehan ...
... Shah and Khouaresmians -Invasion of Genghis Khan - Patans - Invasion of Tamerlane - Foundation of the Kingdom of Bejapoor - Establishment of the Moguls ......... LETTER XII . Babershah - Houmaioun - Akbar Jehan- 191 ghire - Shah Jehan ...
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... Shah Jehan to the me- mory of his wife , near Agra , and called after her the Taje Mahal ; it is of white marble , and beautifully inlaid . The tomb itself is inlaid with precious stones , in so beautiful a mosaic , that it has been ...
... Shah Jehan to the me- mory of his wife , near Agra , and called after her the Taje Mahal ; it is of white marble , and beautifully inlaid . The tomb itself is inlaid with precious stones , in so beautiful a mosaic , that it has been ...
Page 63
... Shah Jehan , who prolonged it to Delhi , making in the whole one hundred and seventy - four geographical miles . The other canal brought the waters of the Sut- lege to Hissar : it is said to have been one hun- dred miles in length ; and ...
... Shah Jehan , who prolonged it to Delhi , making in the whole one hundred and seventy - four geographical miles . The other canal brought the waters of the Sut- lege to Hissar : it is said to have been one hun- dred miles in length ; and ...
Page 228
... Shah , for he has written his own memoirs in a style accounted elegant by those most conversant in eastern literature , and in a manner that shews him to have ... Shah Jehan Aurengzebe-Successors Aurengzebe till Mr Hastings' Government.
... Shah , for he has written his own memoirs in a style accounted elegant by those most conversant in eastern literature , and in a manner that shews him to have ... Shah Jehan Aurengzebe-Successors Aurengzebe till Mr Hastings' Government.
Page 241
... Shah Jehan , who him- self was more than once engaged in rebellions against his father . The person whose influence was most felt in this reign , was Mirh ul Nussur , afterwards Noor Mahl , the wife of Jehanghire . She was the daughter ...
... Shah Jehan , who him- self was more than once engaged in rebellions against his father . The person whose influence was most felt in this reign , was Mirh ul Nussur , afterwards Noor Mahl , the wife of Jehanghire . She was the daughter ...
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