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, 1808 - India |
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... of the mild in fluence of their climate , and the easy produce of a fertile soil . Ali Verdy Khan probably removed his capital to Moorshedabad , that he might keep • " mountains and forests that lay in the way ; FORSTER'S TRAVELS . 15.
... of the mild in fluence of their climate , and the easy produce of a fertile soil . Ali Verdy Khan probably removed his capital to Moorshedabad , that he might keep • " mountains and forests that lay in the way ; FORSTER'S TRAVELS . 15.
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George Forster. " mountains and forests that lay in the way ; " besides , they pursued him so closely , that he " was ... mountain ; that he 66 66 was wounded on the head with a stone , which " struck him down ; but that the eunuch having ...
George Forster. " mountains and forests that lay in the way ; " besides , they pursued him so closely , that he " was ... mountain ; that he 66 66 was wounded on the head with a stone , which " struck him down ; but that the eunuch having ...
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... mountain ; and is the name also of a certain tract of territory , the native coun- try of the Rohillas , situated between Peshour and Cabul . † A small town in the north - west quarter of Rohilcund . This sect , a numerous and powerful ...
... mountain ; and is the name also of a certain tract of territory , the native coun- try of the Rohillas , situated between Peshour and Cabul . † A small town in the north - west quarter of Rohilcund . This sect , a numerous and powerful ...
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... mountains , they made incursions into the territory of the Rajah of Cummaioun § . Chand Khan had * The original name ... mountainous country , subject to a Hindoo Chief ; and forming the north - east boundary of Ro- hilcund . previously ...
... mountains , they made incursions into the territory of the Rajah of Cummaioun § . Chand Khan had * The original name ... mountainous country , subject to a Hindoo Chief ; and forming the north - east boundary of Ro- hilcund . previously ...
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... mountains , where they remained , until some revolutions at court caused Sufdar Jung to move towards Delhi . He carried with him the strength of his own , and the auxiliary army , stationing in Rohilcund , a detachment for the purpose ...
... mountains , where they remained , until some revolutions at court caused Sufdar Jung to move towards Delhi . He carried with him the strength of his own , and the auxiliary army , stationing in Rohilcund , a detachment for the purpose ...
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Acbar Afghans Ahmed Shah Allahabad Allahabad districts amongst ancient arms army Aurungzebe battle of Buxar Bellaspour Benares Bengal Bissouly body Bramin Buxar Cassum cause chief conquest cosses court Daoud Khan death Delhi disposition districts dominion Dowlah Duranny empire enemy English European extensive favour force formed Furruckabad Fyze-ullah Ganges ghan Ghaze-ud-Dein Hafiz Rhamut hath hill Hindoos Hindostan honour horse India inhabitants journey Jumbo Jumna kafilah Kangrah Kashmire Kashmirian lacks of rupees Lahore Lord Clive Lucknow Mahomet Shah Mahometan Marhattas Meer ment miles military Moghul mountains Nadir Shah Najeb Najeb-ud-Dowlah Nanock nation native observed officer Oude party Patan Patna period Persian pleasure plundered possessed prince procured province Punjab quarter Rajah residence river Rohilcund Rohilla Saadut Khan Saud Ullah sect seen Seetah serauce Shujah-ud-Dowlah Sicques Sing Sirhend Siringnaghur soldier species Subahdar Sufdar Jung Sultan Shujah territory tion town tribe troops village Vizier wholly
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Page 318 - Should . any future cause call forth the combined efforts of the Sicques to maintain the existence of empire and religion, we may see some ambitious chief led on by his genius and success, and, absorbing the power of his associates, display, from the ruins of their commonwealth, the standard of monarchy.
Page 311 - The personal endowments of the Sicques are derived from a temperance of diet, and a forbearance from many of those sensual pleasures which have enervated the Indian Mahometans. A body of their cavalry has been known to make marches of forty or fifty miles, and to continue the exertion for many successive days.
Page 315 - An extensive and valuable commerce is also maintained in their country, which has been extended to distant quarters of India, particularly to the provinces of Bengal and Behar, where many Siek merchants of opulence at this time reside.
Page 223 - Hindostan to the obedience of the empire. Towards the northern limit of Kalour, is a strong hold on an eminence, called the Kote Kangrah, the reduction of which detained Acbar, who commanded the expedition in person, a whole year, according to the tradition of this quarter. To reward one of his officers who had signalized himself in this service, he bestowed on him the captured fort, with a considerable space of adjacent territory. The descendants of this chief who are ofihe Sheah's sect of Mahometans,...
Page 312 - ... astonishing. In their excursions they carry " no tents or baggage, except, perhaps, a small " tent for the principal officer : the rest shelter " themselves under blankets, which serve them •'' also in the cold weather to wrap themselves " in, and which, on a march, cover their saddles. *; They have commonly two, some of them " three, horses each, of the middle size, strong,
Page 251 - The Sicques were called in to repel the enemy and defend the fort of Bissouly, but after performing the required service they became pleased with their new situation, and refused to relinquish...
Page 161 - Priviledges and Possessions would have been endangered by every Supply we might have been tempted to afford in support of the New and the Natives must have finally triumphed in our inability to sustain the weight of our own Ambition.
Page 310 - ... certainty, the horses are drawn up, and their pieces discharged ; when, speedily retiring about a hundred paces, they load, and repeat the same mode of annoying the enemy. The...
Page 299 - Punjab) which they rapidly laid waste, and after several desultory acsions, in which the Afghans were defeated, they besieged, and, what seems extraordinary, they took the city of Lahore ; where wildly indulging the enmity that had never ceased to inflame them against these severe scourges of their nation, they committed violent outrages. The mosques that had been...
Page 313 - Their dress is extremely scanty : a " pair of long blue drawers, and a kind of " checkered plaid, a part of which is fastened " round the waist, and the other thrown over " the shoulder, with a mean turban, form their *