The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period, Volume 7Trübner and Company, 1877 |
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... siege , and the troops drove zigzags1 up to the edge of the ditch in three places , and began to fill it up . He raised a battery exactly opposite the gate of the fortress , at the distance of an arrow - shot from the moat . He then ...
... siege , and the troops drove zigzags1 up to the edge of the ditch in three places , and began to fill it up . He raised a battery exactly opposite the gate of the fortress , at the distance of an arrow - shot from the moat . He then ...
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... siege , and to go to Dhárúr . * The ' Adil - Khánís retreated before ' Azam Khán , and he encamped on the banks of the Wanjira . Next day he captured the town and fort of Bální , which the inhabitants defended in the hope of receiving ...
... siege , and to go to Dhárúr . * The ' Adil - Khánís retreated before ' Azam Khán , and he encamped on the banks of the Wanjira . Next day he captured the town and fort of Bální , which the inhabitants defended in the hope of receiving ...
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... siege to Sitúnda1 by command of the Emperor , and pressed the place very hard . Sídí Jamál , the governor , offered to surrender on terms which were agreed to ; so he and his family came out , and the fort passed into the possession of ...
... siege to Sitúnda1 by command of the Emperor , and pressed the place very hard . Sídí Jamál , the governor , offered to surrender on terms which were agreed to ; so he and his family came out , and the fort passed into the possession of ...
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... siege . Randaula , Mukarrab Khán , and others , with a united force of ' Adil- Khánís and Nizám - Shálís , came up to attack him in his trenches . Undismayed by this fresh enemy , he boldly faced his assailants ; and although he had ...
... siege . Randaula , Mukarrab Khán , and others , with a united force of ' Adil- Khánís and Nizám - Shálís , came up to attack him in his trenches . Undismayed by this fresh enemy , he boldly faced his assailants ; and although he had ...
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... siege had lasted four months and nineteen days , and the place fell on the 15th Shawwál . Death of the Queen ' Aliya Begam . [ Text , vol . i . p . 384. ] On the 17th Zí - 1 ka'da , 1040 , died Nawab ' Aliya Begam , ' in the fortieth ...
... siege had lasted four months and nineteen days , and the place fell on the 15th Shawwál . Death of the Queen ' Aliya Begam . [ Text , vol . i . p . 384. ] On the 17th Zí - 1 ka'da , 1040 , died Nawab ' Aliya Begam , ' in the fortieth ...
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A'zam Shah Abdu-l Abú-1 Hasan Abú-l Adil Khán Afgháns Agra Ahmadábád Ahmadnagar Akbar amirs Amiru-l umará appointed arrived attack Aurangábád Aurangzeb awwal Bahadur Balkh besiegers Bíjápúr brother Bundela Burhánpúr command Court Dakhin dáms Dárá Shukoh daula Daulatábád death Dehlí dín elephant Emperor enemy farmán Farrukh Siyar father faujdárs fell fighting fortress forts garrison Golkonda Gwalior Haidarábád hijja Hindús Hindústán honour Imperial infidels Jahándár Jai Singh Jang jewels jizya Kábul Kám Bakhsh Kandahár Kásim Khán-Jahán Khán-khánán Khán's khutba killed King Kokan krors Kulí Kutbu-l Mulk lacs of rupees Láhore Mahrattas Majesty mansab marched Mír Muharram Murád Bakhsh Musulmáns Nizámu-l Mulk nobles officers ordered plundered Prince Muhammad A'zam Prince's prisoner Rája Rajputs Rám Ráná received reign revenue royal army Sáhú Saiyid Abdu-llah Sambhá sent Sháh Alam Shah Jahán Shaikh Shujá siege Sivají súba Text Thatta thousand horse throne took Ujjain wounded zamindars Zí-l Zú-l fikár Khán
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