The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period, Volume 1Trübner and Company, 1867 |
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Abdu-l Abú Alí Alor Amír ancient appointed Arab Arghún army Arrian arrived Balhará banks Bhakkar Bilád Biládurí Brahmanábád Brahmans called capital Chach Chach-náma chief conquest Dáhir death Debal descendants dín dirhams Dúdá dynasty Elliot Emperor Firishta Fíroz frontier Gildemeister governor Guzerát Hajjáj Hind Hindús Hist honour horses Ibn Haukal idol Idrísí India Indus infidels inhabitants Irák Islám Jaisiya Jám Jání Beg Jats journey Kábul Kanauj Kandahár Kashmir Khalif Khán Khán-i Khurásán king kingdom Kirmán l'Inde Mahmúd Makrán Malik Mansúra Mas'údí Meds mentioned Mihrán miles Minnagara Mír Mírzá mountains Muhammad Kásim Muhammadan Multán Musulmáns Nírún parasangs passage Persian prince province Ráí Ráná reading reign Reinaud river Saimúr Saiyid Samma says sent Shah Sháh Husain Sind Sindán Sindh Sindian Sir H Siwistán slain Strabo Súmra Tárikh-i Tarkhán temple Thatta thence throne town translation tribe Tuhfatu-l Kirám Umar Umarkot
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Page 73 - Thence you arrive at the borders of Tibet, where they eat raw meat and worship images, and have no shame respecting their wives.
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Page 475 - But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching The solid rules of civil government, In their majestic unaffected style, Than all the oratory of Greece and Rome. In them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt, What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so, What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat; These only with our law best form a king.
Page 122 - shall be unto us, like as the churches of the Christians, the synagogues of the Jews, and the fire temples of the Magians.
Page 185 - It appears that the chief inhabitants of Brahmanabad had petitioned to be allowed to repair the temple of Budh and pursue their religion.
Page 88 - The Indians are naturally inclined to justice, and never depart from it in their actions. Their good faith, honesty and fidelity to their engagements are well known, and they are so famous for these qualities that people flock to their country from every side ; hence the country is flourishing and their condition prosperous.
Page 533 - When they saw the army of the Moghals, they dismounted from their horses, took their turbans from off their heads, and binding the corners of their mantles, or outer garments, to one another, they engaged in battle ; for it is the custom of the people of Hind and Sind, whenever they devote themselves to death, to descend from their horses, to make bare their heads and feet, and to bind themselves to each other by their mantles and waistbands.
Page 58 - in the Prithviraj Rayasa mention is made of a Brahman woman, Hamavat/ by name, who had committed a little faux pas with the moon in human shape, and, as a self-imposed punishment for her indiscretion, held a Banda jag, a part of which ceremony consists in sculpturing indecent representations on the walls of temples, and holding up one's foibles to the disgust and ridicule of the world.