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... Persia , and his son Xerxes , was attended by a body of Indian troops when he invaded Greece . But the Persian dominion was brief in its duration and limited in its extent ; when Alexander crossed the Indus , he found Hin- dustan ...
... Persia , and his son Xerxes , was attended by a body of Indian troops when he invaded Greece . But the Persian dominion was brief in its duration and limited in its extent ; when Alexander crossed the Indus , he found Hin- dustan ...
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... Persia , before they evinced an anxiety to obtain some portion of the riches , which their native traditions as well as ... Persian empire , but obtained only a no- minal obedience from the military hordes of the Afghans , who have been ...
... Persia , before they evinced an anxiety to obtain some portion of the riches , which their native traditions as well as ... Persian empire , but obtained only a no- minal obedience from the military hordes of the Afghans , who have been ...
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... Persian literature . A disputed succession weakened the Ghaznevid power after the death of Mahmúd ; and when Masúd secured the crown by triumphing over all other competitors , his plans of Indian con- quest were frustrated by the ...
... Persian literature . A disputed succession weakened the Ghaznevid power after the death of Mahmúd ; and when Masúd secured the crown by triumphing over all other competitors , his plans of Indian con- quest were frustrated by the ...
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... Persian are regarded as the most perfect models of diplomatic correspondence . But literature did not change the native ferocity of his disposition ; few princes have rendered themselves more infamous by avarice and cruelty ; his ...
... Persian are regarded as the most perfect models of diplomatic correspondence . But literature did not change the native ferocity of his disposition ; few princes have rendered themselves more infamous by avarice and cruelty ; his ...
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... Persia . The history of that country from the age of Jenghiz Khan to that of Timúr , is an unvarying repetition of cruelties , usurpations , treasons , and assassinations ; the provinces sometimes independent , and sometimes professing ...
... Persia . The history of that country from the age of Jenghiz Khan to that of Timúr , is an unvarying repetition of cruelties , usurpations , treasons , and assassinations ; the provinces sometimes independent , and sometimes professing ...
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abandoned Afghan army Arracan arrived artillery attack Bajee Rao Bengal British government Burmese Calcutta camp Canton Captain Carnatic cavalry Chanda Sahib chief China Chinese Clive Colonel command commenced Company council court of directors death defeated Dekkan Delhí detachment dominions Dost Mahomed Khan Dost Mohammed emperor empire enemy engaged English established European favour fire force fortress French frontiers garrison governor Governor-general Gujarát guns Hastings Hindú Holkar hostilities hundred Hyder India Indus island Kabúl Khan king Lord Lord Macartney Lord Minto Lord William Bentinck Macao Madras Mahrattas ment military Mohammedan monarch Nabob native negociations Nizam obtained officers Oude Peishwa Persian Pindarries plunder Pondicherry Poonah Portuguese possession prince prisoners provinces Rájá Rangoon received refused rendered resident resolved retreat river Rohillas Scindia sent Sepoys Shah ships soon sovereign stockade Subahdar Sultan surrender territories thousand throne Timúr tion Tippoo took trade treaty troops viceroy
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Page 396 - Afghans have been impaired. Even to the chiefs, whose hostile proceedings have given just cause of offence to the British Government, it will seek to secure liberal and honourable treatment, on their tendering early submission, and ceasing from opposition to that course of measures which may be judged the most suitable for the general advantage of their country.
Page 324 - ... two men. As it is not the Burmese system to relieve their troops in making these approaches, each hole contained a sufficient supply of rice, water, and even fuel for its inmates ; and under the excavated bank, a bed of straw or brushwood was prepared, in which one man could sleep while his comrade watched. When one line of trench is completed, its occupiers, taking advantage of the night, push forward to where the second line is to be opened, their place being immediately taken up by fresh troops...
Page 395 - His attention was naturally drawn at this conjuncture to the position and claims of Shah Soojah-ool-Moolk, a monarch who, when in power, had cordially acceded to the measures of united resistance to external enmity, which were at that time judged necessary by the British Government, and who, on his empire being usurped by its present rulers, had found an honourable asylum in the British dominions.
Page 394 - M'Neill, Her Majesty's Envoy, that his Excellency has been compelled, by a refusal of his just demands, and by a systematic course of disrespect adopted towards him by the Persian Government, to quit the Court of the Shah, and to make a public declaration of the cessation of all intercourse between the two Governments. The necessity under which Great Britain is placed of regarding the present advance of the Persian arms into Afghanistan as an act of hostility towards herself, has also been officially...
Page 395 - Kabul) have avowed their adherence to the Persian policy, with the same full knowledge of its opposition to the rights and interests of the British nation in India, and have been openly assisting in the operations against Herat. In the crisis of affairs consequent upon the retirement of our Envoy from Kabul, the Governor-General felt the importance of taking immediate measures for arresting the rapid progress of foreign intrigue and aggression towards our own territories.
Page 86 - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Page 396 - Sooja-ool-Moolk, whereby his Highness is guaranteed in his present possessions, and has bound himself to co-operate for the restoration of the Shah to the throne of his ancestors. The friends and enemies of any one of the contracting parties have been declared to be the friends and enemies of all.
Page 415 - Asia the lawful influence to which Russia has a right, and which alone can insure the maintenance of peace.
Page 394 - The attack upon it was a most unjustifiable and cruel aggression, perpetrated and continued, notwithstanding the solemn and repeated remonstrances of the British Envoy at the court of Persia, and after every just and becoming offer of accommodation had been made and rejected. The besieged have behaved with...
Page 257 - Peshwa's army. It was towards the afternoon of a very sultry day ; there was a dead calm, and no sound was heard, except the rushing, the trampling and neighing of the horses, and the rumbling of the gun wheels. The effect was heightened by seeing the peaceful peasantry flying from their work...