Historical and Descriptive Account of British India from the Most Remote Period to the Present Time ...Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1855 - Great Britain |
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Page 129
... Aurengzebe , the grandson of Se- vajee and his mother fell into the hands of the conquerors . They were carried to the Mogul country , where Begum Sahib , the emperor's daughter , took an interest in the young and illustrious captive ...
... Aurengzebe , the grandson of Se- vajee and his mother fell into the hands of the conquerors . They were carried to the Mogul country , where Begum Sahib , the emperor's daughter , took an interest in the young and illustrious captive ...
Page 130
... Aurengzebe , Shao remained with that emperor's son Azim , who , wishing to excite divisions in the Mahratta nation , then carrying on a furious predatory warfare against the Moguls , sent home the young prince . During his absence the ...
... Aurengzebe , Shao remained with that emperor's son Azim , who , wishing to excite divisions in the Mahratta nation , then carrying on a furious predatory warfare against the Moguls , sent home the young prince . During his absence the ...
Page 182
... Aurengzebe . They had , however , to encounter , not the fallen fragments of Mo- gul greatness , nor the loose squadrons of Mahratta horse , but the disciplined strength of that new power which had be- come paramount in Hindostan . The ...
... Aurengzebe . They had , however , to encounter , not the fallen fragments of Mo- gul greatness , nor the loose squadrons of Mahratta horse , but the disciplined strength of that new power which had be- come paramount in Hindostan . The ...
Page 264
... both in serving and opposing Aurengzebe , showed himself one of the greatest that India can boast . Nahur led the van in all Jesswint's battles , and THE RAJPOOT CHIEFS . 265 acquired the epithet of " 264 PECULIAR HINDOO TRIBES .
... both in serving and opposing Aurengzebe , showed himself one of the greatest that India can boast . Nahur led the van in all Jesswint's battles , and THE RAJPOOT CHIEFS . 265 acquired the epithet of " 264 PECULIAR HINDOO TRIBES .
Page 266
... Aurengzebe . Soortan was accordingly in- structed in regard to those prostrations required of all who were ushered into the presence of the great ruler of India . But he said " his life was in the king's hands , his honour in his own ...
... Aurengzebe . Soortan was accordingly in- structed in regard to those prostrations required of all who were ushered into the presence of the great ruler of India . But he said " his life was in the king's hands , his honour in his own ...
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