A Journey From Bengal To England: Through The Northern Part Of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, And Persia And Into Russia By The Caspian-See. In Two Volumes, Volume 1 |
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Page 257
... Nanock lived , it cannot be fuppofed that his converts were numerous or powerful . Nanock , according to the Sicque records , died in the month of August , A. D. 1539 , aged seventy years , at Dayrah , a village on the banks of the ...
... Nanock lived , it cannot be fuppofed that his converts were numerous or powerful . Nanock , according to the Sicque records , died in the month of August , A. D. 1539 , aged seventy years , at Dayrah , a village on the banks of the ...
Page 265
... Nanock had permitted the growth of the hair of the head and beard . An edict was therefore iffued , compelling the Hindoos of every tribe to cut off their hair . JEHANDAR SHAH , + who fucceeded to the empire , made a feeble effort to ...
... Nanock had permitted the growth of the hair of the head and beard . An edict was therefore iffued , compelling the Hindoos of every tribe to cut off their hair . JEHANDAR SHAH , + who fucceeded to the empire , made a feeble effort to ...
Page 266
... Nanock and his fucceffors . The perfon defirous of becoming a member of the Sicque doctrine , is conducted into the prefence of five or more of their people , of any class or profeffion , affembled for the occafion , when one of them ...
... Nanock and his fucceffors . The perfon defirous of becoming a member of the Sicque doctrine , is conducted into the prefence of five or more of their people , of any class or profeffion , affembled for the occafion , when one of them ...
Page 267
... Nanock , and is defigned to deftroy that fabric of ceremony and form , which the Hindoos are now taught to confider as the effential principle of their reli- gion but the purpofe of the Sicque priests in elevating the new religion on ...
... Nanock , and is defigned to deftroy that fabric of ceremony and form , which the Hindoos are now taught to confider as the effential principle of their reli- gion but the purpofe of the Sicque priests in elevating the new religion on ...
Page 268
... Nanock , widows are expreffly forbidden to deftroy themselves at the death of their husbands , and are permitted to renew the ceremonies of marriage . But fo ftrong is yet the adherence of the Sicques who have been converted from the ...
... Nanock , widows are expreffly forbidden to deftroy themselves at the death of their husbands , and are permitted to renew the ceremonies of marriage . But fo ftrong is yet the adherence of the Sicques who have been converted from the ...
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affiftance Afghan againſt Ahmed Shah alfo Allahabad alſo amongſt army battle of Buxar Bellafpour Benares Bengal caufe cauſe chief cloſe coffes compofed courſe defire Dehli difpofition diſtricts dominion Engliſh eſtabliſhed extenfive faid fame fect feem feen fervant fervice fide firſt fituation flain fmall foldier fome foon ftate ftrength fubject fuccefs fuch fupplied fupported Ganges Hafiz Rhamut himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory horfe horſe houſe India Jumbo Kaſhmire Kaſhmirian lacks of rupees Lahore laſt Lucknow Mahomet Mahometan Mahrattas meaſure moſt mountains muſt myſelf Nadir Shah Najeb Najeb-ud-Dowlah Nanock obferved occafion officer Oude Patan Patna perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent prince profeffion province Punjab purpoſe raiſed refidence river Rohilcund Rohilla rupees Saadut Khan ſeem ſeen ſhould Shujah-ud-Dowlah Sicques Sirhend ſmall ſome ſpace ſpirit ſtate ſtation ſtrong Sufdar Jung Sultan Shujah ſuppoſed territory theſe thoſe tion town troops uſe village Vizier whofe whoſe worſhip