The mosques were destroyed and the mullds killed ; but the rage of the Sikhs was not restrained by any considerations of religion, or by any mercy for age or sex. Whole towns were massacred with wanton barbarity, and even the bodies of the dead were dug... From New York to Delhi - Page 419by Robert Bowne Minturn - 1858 - 488 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mountstuart Elphinstone - 1841 - 750 pages
...steps. The mosques, of course, were destroyed, and the mullahs butchered ; but the rage of the Siks was not restrained by any considerations of religion,...bodies of the dead were dug up and thrown out to the birds and beasts of prey. The principal scene of these atrocities was Sirhind, which the Siks occupied... | |
| David Oliver Allen - 1856 - 646 pages
...rage of the Sikhs was not restrained by any considerations of religion, or by any mercy for age and sex. Whole towns were massacred with wanton barbarity,...bodies of the dead were dug up and thrown out to the birds and beasts of prey." — The same horrors marked their route through the country eastward of... | |
| DAVID O.. ALLEN, D. D. - 1856 - 636 pages
...directed their steps. The mosques were destroyed and the moolahs were butchered. The rage of the Sikhs was not restrained by any considerations of religion, or by any mercy for age and sex. Whole towns were massacred with wanton barbarity, and even the bodies of the dead were dug... | |
| David Oliver Allen - 1856 - 642 pages
...directed their steps. The mosques were destroyed and the moolahs were butchered. The rage of the Sikhs was not restrained by any considerations of religion, or by any mercy for age and sex. Whole towns were massacred with wanton barbarity, and even the bodies of the dead were dug... | |
| Robert Bowne Minturn - 1858 - 526 pages
...system, and were expanded into the proportions of a nation, under a leader known as Gooroo Goviud. Among them all distinctions of caste were abolished,...invasion from without came to draw away men's attention from their internal difficulties, and to complete the destruction of the Mogul power. Nadur Shah, one... | |
| Robert Bowne Minturn - 1858 - 508 pages
...animal. The incursions of the Seekhs were marked by greater barbarity than even those of the Haharattas. The only object of the latter was booty. They tortured...the bodies of the dead were dug up and thrown out to tho beasts and birds of prey." While the Empire was in this distracted condition, a new and more terrible... | |
| Mountstuart Elphinstone - 1866 - 1152 pages
...steps. The mosques, of course, were destroyed, and the mullahs butchered ; but the rage of the Sikhs was not restrained by any considerations of religion, or by any mercy for age or sex : whole towns wermassacred with wanton barbarity, and even the bodies of the dead were dug up and thrown out to the... | |
| 1875 - 664 pages
...ravaged the Upper Duáb. Though the Musalmáns were the first objects of their attack, the Sikhs were not restrained by any considerations of religion, or by any mercy for age or sex. Whole communities were massacred with wanton barbarity ; and it is said that even the bodies of the dead... | |
| Edwin Thomas Atkinson - 1875 - 668 pages
...ravaged the Upper Duab. Though the Musalmans were the first objects of their attack, the Sikhs were not restrained by any considerations of religion, or by any mercy for age or sex. Whole communities were massacred with wanton barbarity ; and it is said that even the bodies of the dead... | |
| National cyclopaedia - 1884 - 670 pages
...directed their steps. The mosques wore destroyed and the mullai killed ; but the rage of the Sikhs was not restrained by any considerations of religion,...bodies of the dead were dug up and thrown out to the birds and beasts of prey. The principal scene of these atrocities •was Sirhind, which the Silths... | |
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