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Common terms and phrasesAbdu-r Afghans Agra Ahmad Alau-d amirs army arrived awwal Azam Humayun Babar battle Bayana Bengal Bihar brother brought chiefs Chunar daula Daulat Khan death Dehli elephants Emperor Humayun encamped enemy Farid Fath father fief Firishta Firoz fled force gave Ghaznin Gujarat Gwalior Haibat Khan heard Hind Hindu Hindustan honour horse Humayun Husain Ikbal Khan infidels Islam Shah Jalal Khan Jasrath Jaunpur jdgir Jumna Kanauj Khan's Khawas Khan Khizr Khan Khurasan king kingdom Kutb Khan Lahore Lodi Lohanis Majesty Malik Maliku-sh Shark marched Mas'ud Mewat Mian Hasan Mirkhond month Mubarak Mughals Muhammad Mulk Nasiru-d Niazi nobles palace parganas possession Prince prisoners Raja reign replied returned river royal Saiyid Samana Sambhal Sarwani says sent Shah's Shaikh Sher Khan Sher Shah Shuja'at Khan Sirhind Subuktigin Sulaiman Sultan Bahlol Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Mahmud Sultan Sikandar Tabakdt-i Akbari Tdrikh-i throne Timur took troops victory Popular passagesPage 224 - Of his companions in arms he always speaks with the frank gaiety of a soldier; and it is a relief to the reader, in the midst of the pompous coldness of Asiatic history, to find a king who can weep for days, and tell us that he wept, for the playmate of his boyhood. Page 269 - Having sent for the gold and silver goblets and cups, with all the other utensils used for drinking parties, I directed them to be broken, and renounced the use of wine — purifying my mind! Page 222 - 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... Page 106 - Bijanagar is such that eye has not seen nor ear heard of any place resembling it upon the whole earth. It is so built that it has seven fortified walls, one within the other. Beyond the circuit of the outer wall there is an esplanade extending for about fifty yards, in which stones are fixed near one another to the height of a man ; one half buried firmly in the earth, and the other half rises above it, so that neither foot nor horse, however bold, can advance with facility near the outer wall. Page 221 - Pergannahs and countries, and extend all the way to Bengal and the shores of the Great Ocean. About these hills are other tribes of men. Page 448 - The Sultan daily received an account of the prices of all things and an account of what had happened in the different districts of the Empire. If he perceived the slightest appearance of anything wrong, he caused instant inquiries to be made about it. Page 223 - There is pleasant enough weather in the winter and summer, as well as in the rainy season ; but then the north wind always blows, and there is an excessive quantity of earth and dust flying about. When the rains are at hand, this wind blows five or six times with excessive violence, and such a quantity of dust flies about that you cannot see one another. They call this an Andhi. Page 222 - Nor is it the bow alone that becomes useless: the coats of mail, books, clothes, and furniture all feel the bad effects of the moisture. Their houses too, suffer from not being substantially built. There is pleasant enough weather in the winter and summer, as well as in the rainy season; but then the north wind always blows, and there is an excessive quantity of earth and dust flying about. When the rains are at hand, this wind blows five or six times with excessive violence, and such a quantity... Page 437 - King that it would be very improper for him to destroy an ancient idoltemple, and that he ought not to forbid the accustomed rite of performing their ablutions in the tank. When this conversation had lasted a short time, the Sultan placed his hand on his dagger, and exclaimed, " You side with the infidels. I will first put an end to you, and then massacre the infidels at Kurkhet... Page 542 - Hindi characters, representing it to be two thousand years old. When the stone was sent to the king, it was given over to the butchers to make weights out of it for the purpose of weighing their meat. From the copper of the umbrella several pots were made in which water might be warmed, and which were... References to this bookFrom Google ScholarMuslim society in Tamil Nadu (India): an historical perspectiveFrank S Fanselow - 1989 - Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs Taking stock of the Franks: South Asian views of Europeans and ...Sanjay Subrahmanyam - 2005 - Indian Economic & Social History Review References from web pagesKaushal's blog: The History of India, as Told by Its Own ... The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The ... 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