A Short Manual of the History of India: With an Account of India as it Is; the Soil, Climate, and Productions; the People, Their Races, Religions, Public Works, and Industries; the Civil Services, and System of Administration |
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Page 23
... sometimes owning a nominal subjection to the Amir of Kabul or the Khán of Khelát . The places of historical interest in the Punjab are very numerous . In the Delhi division is Delhi , whose historical associations THE PUNJAB . 23.
... sometimes owning a nominal subjection to the Amir of Kabul or the Khán of Khelát . The places of historical interest in the Punjab are very numerous . In the Delhi division is Delhi , whose historical associations THE PUNJAB . 23.
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... Khán , defeated the Afghán troops of Sikandar Sur in 1555 ) , and Aliwal ( where Sir Harry Smith defeated the Sikhs in the first Sikh war , 1846 ) . In the Jáland- har division is Kangrah , formerly called Nagarkot or Bhimnagar , a ...
... Khán , defeated the Afghán troops of Sikandar Sur in 1555 ) , and Aliwal ( where Sir Harry Smith defeated the Sikhs in the first Sikh war , 1846 ) . In the Jáland- har division is Kangrah , formerly called Nagarkot or Bhimnagar , a ...
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... Khán , who was guaranteed this principality by the Marquess of Hastings , on his submission in 1817 . Rájputána contains about 130,000 square miles , and about ten millions of inhabitants ; that is , it is about half the size of Bengal ...
... Khán , who was guaranteed this principality by the Marquess of Hastings , on his submission in 1817 . Rájputána contains about 130,000 square miles , and about ten millions of inhabitants ; that is , it is about half the size of Bengal ...
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... Khán of Kalát is the chief ruler in Ba- lochistan . All these tribes are as a rule Musalmáns . Perhaps the least civilised are those found between Kábul and the Kashmir territory , including the Afridis of the Khaibar Pass ; the ...
... Khán of Kalát is the chief ruler in Ba- lochistan . All these tribes are as a rule Musalmáns . Perhaps the least civilised are those found between Kábul and the Kashmir territory , including the Afridis of the Khaibar Pass ; the ...
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... Khán . The Shekhs are a miscellaneous class , generally including all those Muhammadans who do not belong to any of the other classes . The Muhammadan aristocracy are much attached to the languages of their ancestors , Persian and ...
... Khán . The Shekhs are a miscellaneous class , generally including all those Muhammadans who do not belong to any of the other classes . The Muhammadan aristocracy are much attached to the languages of their ancestors , Persian and ...
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