The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 11Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... Sultan Mahmoud was despised , even in the haram of Delhi . The Mogul army moved in three great divisions : and Timour observes , with pleasure , that the ninety- two squadrons of a thousand horse most fortunately corresponded with the ...
... Sultan Mahmoud was despised , even in the haram of Delhi . The Mogul army moved in three great divisions : and Timour observes , with pleasure , that the ninety- two squadrons of a thousand horse most fortunately corresponded with the ...
Page 13
... sultan Mahmoud and his vizir to descend into the plain , with ten thousand cuirassiers , forty thousand of his foot guards , and one hundred and twenty ele- phants , whose tusks are said to have been armed with sharp and poisoned ...
... sultan Mahmoud and his vizir to descend into the plain , with ten thousand cuirassiers , forty thousand of his foot guards , and one hundred and twenty ele- phants , whose tusks are said to have been armed with sharp and poisoned ...
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... sultan Bajazet . His vigour of mind and body was not impaired by sixty - three years , and innumerable fatigues ; and , after enjoying some tranquil months in the palace of Samarcand , he proclaimed a new expedition of seven years into ...
... sultan Bajazet . His vigour of mind and body was not impaired by sixty - three years , and innumerable fatigues ; and , after enjoying some tranquil months in the palace of Samarcand , he proclaimed a new expedition of seven years into ...
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... sultan ; whose family and nation he affected to despise † . " Dost thou not know , that the greatest part of Asia is subject to our arms and our laws ? that our in- vincible forces extend from one sea to the other ? that the potentates ...
... sultan ; whose family and nation he affected to despise † . " Dost thou not know , that the greatest part of Asia is subject to our arms and our laws ? that our in- vincible forces extend from one sea to the other ? that the potentates ...
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... sultan at length betrayed him to an insult of a more domestic kind . " If I fly from thy arms , " said he , " may my wives be thrice divorced from bed : but if thou hast not courage my to meet me in the field , mayest thou again receive ...
... sultan at length betrayed him to an insult of a more domestic kind . " If I fly from thy arms , " said he , " may my wives be thrice divorced from bed : but if thou hast not courage my to meet me in the field , mayest thou again receive ...
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