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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... province in the description of a passenger ; though but a small portion of local knowledge might have been acquired , essential advantages arose from this temporary residence . GUIDED by no views of interest , nor impressed by any frown ...
... province in the description of a passenger ; though but a small portion of local knowledge might have been acquired , essential advantages arose from this temporary residence . GUIDED by no views of interest , nor impressed by any frown ...
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... provinces , adopted the manners of sovereign princes , and that all their more luxurious articles of dress were fabricated in Bengal ; we must conclude , that the discon- tinuation of such a traffic has produced strong effects . In ...
... provinces , adopted the manners of sovereign princes , and that all their more luxurious articles of dress were fabricated in Bengal ; we must conclude , that the discon- tinuation of such a traffic has produced strong effects . In ...
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... provinces of Bahar and Bengal , and was held in high estimation by the natives , for his libe- rality and equitable administration . As some relation of Sultan Shujah , ( especially of the lat- ter period of his life , which was ...
... provinces of Bahar and Bengal , and was held in high estimation by the natives , for his libe- rality and equitable administration . As some relation of Sultan Shujah , ( especially of the lat- ter period of his life , which was ...
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... provinces , and soliciting the aid of various chiefs against the English , sought protection at the court of Delhi . He evinced the same intriguing and sanguinary disposition in domestic life , as had marked his public character . He ...
... provinces , and soliciting the aid of various chiefs against the English , sought protection at the court of Delhi . He evinced the same intriguing and sanguinary disposition in domestic life , as had marked his public character . He ...
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... province . The present commandant has added to the strength of the fort by some late improvements ; and for a more extensive protection of the inhabitants of the adjacent town , he has encompassed a wide space to the eastward of the ...
... province . The present commandant has added to the strength of the fort by some late improvements ; and for a more extensive protection of the inhabitants of the adjacent town , he has encompassed a wide space to the eastward of the ...
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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 *