A Journey from Bengal to England: Through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and Into Russia, by the Caspian Sea, Volume 1R. Faulder, 1798 - India |
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Page 77
... parties concerned . - In the evening , having this day travelled fix coffes , I halted at Alum Chund , the north - weft limit of the Allahabad diftricts . The coun- try had a barren and desolate aspect ; the cause of which was af ...
... parties concerned . - In the evening , having this day travelled fix coffes , I halted at Alum Chund , the north - weft limit of the Allahabad diftricts . The coun- try had a barren and desolate aspect ; the cause of which was af ...
Page 101
... party of banditti . In the plunder of an adjacent village , Daoud Khan * This appellation , I have been informed , is derived from Rob , a word in the Afghan language fignifying a hill or mountain ; and is the name also of a certain ...
... party of banditti . In the plunder of an adjacent village , Daoud Khan * This appellation , I have been informed , is derived from Rob , a word in the Afghan language fignifying a hill or mountain ; and is the name also of a certain ...
Page 104
... party of mountaineers , who had attacked him by furprize . The Rohilla party after this difafter withdrew to Beouly and Burneah , where they had , antecedently to the Cummaioun expedition , lodged their families ; and in a short space ...
... party of mountaineers , who had attacked him by furprize . The Rohilla party after this difafter withdrew to Beouly and Burneah , where they had , antecedently to the Cummaioun expedition , lodged their families ; and in a short space ...
Page 108
... party by every powerful connection that he could procure . * Futtah Khan , originally a Hindoo , was adopted by Ali Mahomet . The ufage of male adoption prevails even in Mahometan families where there are many fons . + Sufdar Jung ...
... party by every powerful connection that he could procure . * Futtah Khan , originally a Hindoo , was adopted by Ali Mahomet . The ufage of male adoption prevails even in Mahometan families where there are many fons . + Sufdar Jung ...
Page 110
... party , which had been joined by a body of two or three thousand marauding Afghans , was computed at ten thousand cavalry , and fifteen or twenty thousand infantry of various denominations . The Rohilla did not take any part in the ...
... party , which had been joined by a body of two or three thousand marauding Afghans , was computed at ten thousand cavalry , and fifteen or twenty thousand infantry of various denominations . The Rohilla did not take any part in the ...
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affiftance affociates Afghan Aftracan againſt Ahmed Shah alfo Allahabad alſo amongſt army Baku Benares Bengal Cafpian cauſe chief coffes compofed courſe defire Dehli difpofition diſtance diſtricts eaſtern empire Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenfive faid fame fect feemed feen fervant fervice fide filk firſt fituation fmall foldier fome foon fubject fuch fupplied fupported furfungs hadji Herat himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory horfe horſe houſe India inhabitants journey Jumbo Kabul kafilah Kandahar Kaſhmire Kaſhmirian Khan Lahore laſt Mahomet Mahometan Mahrattas maſter Mazanderan meaſure miles moſt mountains muſt myſelf Nadir Nadir Shah neceffary obferved occafionally officer paffed Perfia perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent prince province Punjab purpoſe quarter refidence river Rohilcund Rohilla Ruffian rupees ſaid ſeem ſeen ſhort ſhould Shujah-ud-Dowlah Sicques ſmall ſome ſpace ſpirit ſtands ſtate ſtation ſtrong Tartars territory thefe theſe thoſe thouſand Timur Timur Shah tion town uſe uſually village Vizier weſtern whofe whoſe