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" English, on condition that his life should be spared, and that he should not be bound by fetters. "
Vizier Ali Khan; Or, The Massacre of Benares: a Chapter in British Indian ... - Page 84
by John Francis Davis - 1871 - 98 pages
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The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the ..., Volume 2, Issue 1

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1843 - 456 pages
...fortress of Kliucs. There he was besieged by the grand vizir Mahmud, who forced him to surrender it on condition that his life should be spared, and that he should withdraw into a foreign country without being molested by the Turks. Mahmud confirmed the capitulation...
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The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany

1844 - 688 pages
...and, flying into Rajpootana, he took refuge with the Rajah of Jeypore. He was, however, given np upon condition that his life should be spared, and that he should not be confined in fetters. But for this stipulation, Vizier Ali would probably have expiated his deep offences...
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A History of India: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day

Thomas Keightley - 1847 - 206 pages
...sought refuge with the rajah of Jyneghur, who surrendered him for a sum of money, only stipulating that his life should be spared, and that he should not be kept in chains. He was then closely imprisoned at Calcutta. The condition of Oude caused well-grounded...
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, System of universal knowledge, Volume 25

Encyclopaedia - 1853 - 680 pages
...distrustful of all his allies, and justly suspicious of Roman treachery, gave himself up to Eunones, on condition that his life should be spared, and that he should not 1 Germanicua. 2 Caligula. ' Claudius. * Nero. Clatulitu lib. ix. sec. 1. 1 Acti, ch. xi. ver. 28. *...
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History of the Siege of Delhi

William Wotherspoon Ireland, Officer Who Served There - 1861 - 366 pages
...2151 1686 3S37 TEIAL OF THE KING OF DELHI. THE King of Delhi had surrendered himself under the promise that his life should be spared, and that he should not be treated with personal indignity. Some were very much dissatisfied that these promises were kept, —...
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The Struggle Between England and France for Supremacy in India: The "Le Bas ...

Edward James Rapson - 1887 - 134 pages
...despair, decided to trust himself to the clemency of his uncle, Nasir Jang, and surrendered himself on condition that his life should be spared, and that he should be restored to liberty. Chanda Sahe'b, on the contrary, decided to trust still ir^. the French. The...
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Sketches of Some Distinguished Anglo-Indians: Including Lord Macaulay's ...

William Ferguson Beatson Laurie - 1999 - 398 pages
...attacked by the English, and defeated, he fled to Rajpootana, and took refuge with the Rajah of Jeypore. By the Rajah he was given up to the English, on condition...could hardly be called otherwise than an iron cage, where he died.* But to return to Mr. Davis. On descending from the roof of the house, he found the...
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a history of england

rev. george ayliffe poole, m.a. - 1855 - 566 pages
...history, both to Cranmer and to his enemies. The Papists succeeded in inducing him to sign a recantation, on condition that his life should be spared, and that he should be suffered to live, if he would, in retirement. That Cranmer should yield to such a bribe, and to...
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