Guzerat, her adventures, 56, 57; mar- riage, 57; subject of a poem, 57, note; married to Mubárak, 66.
Dewan, office of, 524.
Dhúr-samundar, city, 63, 561.
Diler Khan, commands in the Dekhan, 358, 359.
Durbar, the, 177; cruel scene, 222; in Delhi, 275.
Dutch, the, in India, 424; mostly married men, 425; their wives, ib. Dynasties, Hindu, histories of, 411; mythical accounts, ib.
Education of Moghul princes, 329. Ellenborough, Lord, memory of, 381,
Elephants, stone, in Delhi, 276. Empires, the three Hindu, in the Dek- han, 439.
English, seek a settlement at Surat,
197; prophecy respecting, 199; ag- gressions, 204, 205; frighten the Moghuls, 233; in great favour, 234; at Surat, 267; rights acknowledged in Madras, 389; at Delhi, 403; their tactics, 409; riotous conduct of the lower orders, 419, note; grudge at Portuguese, 424; danger at Masuli- patam, 487.
Epics, the Sanscrit, 551.
Eunuchs, their influence, 484, 485, note. European, respected in India, 199, note; and Hindu, 233, note; settle- ments outside the Moghul empire, 348, 349; privileged traders and pirates, 349; pirates on the high seas, ib.; in a transition state, 369; tra- vellers in India, 416, 417; in Bom- bay, 519.
"Faith, the Divine," 172. Fakhr-u-Nisá, daughter of Aurangzeb,
informs against her aunt's lovers, 343; her influence and ambition, 344; pleads with her father for the life of Shah Jehan, 346.
Fakirs, the Muhammadan, a pest, 497; vagabond lives, 498.
Fancy fairs at the Moghul court, 262. Farrukh Siyar, proclaimed emperor, 396; fights and enters Delhi, 397; chafes under the control of the two Sayyids, ib. despatches one against Jodhpur, ib.; marries a Marwar princess, 399; deposed, 405.
Fathers, Christian, at the court of Ak- ber, 162, note. Fathpúr abandoned, 165.
Feathers, heron's, among Turks and Moghuls, 224, note. Female rule in India, 262.
Firdusi, 39; contracts to write his poem, 551; refuses his reward in silver money, 552; character of his poem, ib. Fírúz Shah, peaceful reign, 74; forces the Brahmans to pay jezya, 74, 75,
note; burns a Bráhman at the stake, 75, note; death, 76.
Fírúz Shah, Sultan of the Dekhan, lover of wit and pleasure, 97; evening assem- blies, ib.; war against Vijayanagar, 98; succeeds by assassination, ib. ; conquers Narsing Rai, 99; propitiates Tímúr, ib.; marriage, 100; secret enmity with Deva Rai, 101; story of the damsel of Mudkul, 101, note; troubles with the Hindus, 101; dies in sorrow and de- spair, ib.
Foot-posts, institution of, 470. Foreigners and Dekhanís, 87, 105, 182. Fort St. George, 489; description of, 491; mixed population, 492.
Fortresses, frontier, 92, note.
Foujdar, the, at Surat, 478; duties of, ib.
French, capture St. Thomé and war with Sultan of Golkonda, 482; repulse the Dutch, 488.
Friars, Indian, 450, 454. Fryer, Dr. John, his travels, 480-511; lands with English fleet at Masulipa- tam, 481; at Madras, 491; at Bom- bay, 495; at Surat, 496; at Joonere, 501; visit to Goa, 505; leaves India, 511.
Galal, Della Valle's servant, 431, 456. Gakkars, the, assassinate Muhammad Ghuri, 43.
Gardens, Oriental, 520.
Garsopa, the Queen of Pepper, 443. Garuda, the bird, 571, note. Gauri worship, 450.
Ghats, journey over, 444. Ghazní founded, 21.
Ghiás-ud-din Tughlak, the saviour of Delhi, 68-70; blinded and dethroned, 97.
Ghusal-khana, the, 177; evening assem- blies in, 198.
Goa, Moghul mission to, 384; conduct of the Portuguese viceroy, 385; Mahratta scheme against, ib.; attacked, and saved by the Christian monks and missionaries, 386; a Moghul squadron repulsed, ib.; voyage to, 424; settle- ment described, 431, 432; inhabitants, 433; procession at, 434; courier from Madrid, 435; celebration of canonisa- tion, 435-437; feast of St. John the Baptist, 436; Passion feast, 437; pro- cessions and priests, 437, 438; its weak- ness, 438 Christianity at, ib.; Dr. Fryer at, 505; Inquisition at, ib.; and the Portuguese, ib.; the clergy, 506; the Kanarese, ib.; ladies, ib.; man- chet, wax, arrack, and punch, 509; old city, 507; more priests than soldiers, 508.
Gokurn, Fryer's pilgrimage to, 508; annals and library, 509; Brahmans at, ib.
Golkonda, ambassador and Shah Jehan,
258, note; designs of Amir Jumla and Aurangzeb, 283, 284; flight of the Sultan, 284; double game of Shah Alam, 387; taken by Aurangzeb through deception, 388, 389; wars of the French against, 482; the Sultan of, 484; his expenses, 485; toleration of Sultans, 488; policy of the Sultan to- wards Europeans, 494.
Gour, the kingdom of, its extent, 45, 46. Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs, 393.
Gratiates, the, 475, note; their Raja, 476.
Guru Govind, his death, 401.
Guzerat, cannibalism at, 474; its in- habitants, 513; its ports protected by Rajputs, 513.
Haji Ahmad, chief minister of Shuja Khan, 529; ambition, 531; imprisoned and released, 534; fate, 548. Hamilton, Captain Alexander, travels, 511-521; defeats the brigands of Sinde and is rewarded, 512; skirmish with pirates, 513; his views on Moghul rule, 521.
Hanuman, the monkey-god, his temple,
offerings, and pilgrimages, 444, 445. Harems, Moghul, description of, 260. Harún al Rashid, history, 18, note. Hasan Gangu, founder of the Bahmani empire in the Dekhan, origin and char- acter, 84, note; a Shíah, 87; ingrati- tude, 88, note. Hawkins, Capt., xii; comes out in the
'Hector," 198; goes to the Moghul court, ib.; failure of his embassy, 199; his account of Jehangir, 199, 201, note. Hayasala Belál Rai, Raja of the Karnata country, 561; supports Brahmans and Jains, 561.
Herbert, Sir Thomas, xii.
Hindu, sovereigns, 91; fanatics headed by a woman, 366; destruction of idols and pagodas by Aurangzeb, 373; dynasties, 411, note; last empire, 415; purity, 442; worship, 453-494; women, arithmetic, local art, 486. Hindus, the, and Islamism, 2, 4; their characteristics, 28, 29; conciliate their conquerors, 40; their fitful character, 34, note; revolt in Delhi, 69; in- fluences on their Mussulman rulers, 79; power of abuse, 90, note; relations with the English, 515. Hindustan, conquered by the Mussul- mans, 49.
Horses in India, 461. Hospitals for animals, 429.
Humayun, son of Báber, his character
and proclivities, 131; flattered and gulled, 132; defeat and exile, 132, 133; recovery of kingdom and accidental death, 135.
Humayun, the cruel, 105, 106.
Husain Ali Khan, the Sayyid, supports
Ibrahim Lodi, the Afghan Sultan, meets Báber, and is slain, 129, 130. Ibrahim, the Sunní, 111, 112; at Vija- yanagar, 114.
Ikkeri, the capital of Kanara, 448-455. Imáms, the twelve, 152, note; Akber declared the twelfth, 161.
India, Mussulman, its history, ix, x, 4; four epochs, 24-27; dynasties, 25, note; a blank in the history, 40; two kingdoms, 45; the government of, 76, 77; temptations to rebellion, 77, 78; dismemberment, 141.
India, its conquerors fair-complexioned, 147, note; religion in 16th century, 153, 154; under Shah Jehan, 256, note; in Moghul times, 514. Inheritance, law of, in Malabar, 450, 451. Inquisition at Goa, 505.
Islam, and Brahmanism, 1-3, 17; its specialties, 8; decay of, in India, 140, 141, 152; millennium, 151, 153. Ismail Adil Shah, 109; intrigues at his court, ib.; assassination of his mini- ster, 110; his mother, ib.
Jagat Seit, the banker, 530; affront to his bride, 536.
Jaghír lands, 178, 316. Jaghírdars, tyranny, 316.
Jai Chand, Raja of Kanouj, his defeat and death, 41, 42, note.
Jai Singh, Raja of Jaipur, at Delhi, 339; his caution, 339, 340; negotiates with Sivaji, 354; death, 374. Jains, their moral system, 412, 413; Buddhism at bottom, 412; early con- flicts with the Bráhmans, 554; in the Dekhan, 558; prevalence of, 562; fidelity to their religion, ib. ; persecu- tion, 563, note.
Jaipál, Raja of Jaipur, treachery and defeat, 22, 23; defeat by Mahmud, 32: perishes in the flames, ib. Jamál-ud-dín, viceroy of Bihár, his civilities to Sir Thomas Roe, 215, 216, note.
Jangamas, Lingayat friars, 450; ordina- tion of one, 453; procession and danc- ing, 454; kissing their feet, ib. Jaswant Singh, Raja of Jodhpur, his de- feat on the Ujain river, 291, 292; his movement to release Shah Jehan, 308; plunders Agra, 309; suspected, 335, 336; his apology, 337; related to Shahi Jehan, 342, note; his widow, 378; plots with Akbar, 378.
Jehander Shah, his vices, 395; odium in which he was held, 396; his cowardice, ib.; taken and executed, 397. Jehangir, son of Akber, a contrast to his father, 191; character, 192; revolt against his father, 192, note; outward life, 193; his coarseness and that of his court, 193, note; revolt of his eldest son, Khuzru, its suppression, 194, 195; cruelty, 194, note; countenances Chris- tianity, 195; his hypocrisy and de- pravity, ib.; workings of the English element, 197; took a fancy to Haw- kins, 198; Hawkins dismissed and English trade forbidden, 199; Haw- kins' account of him, 199, note, 200; expensiveness, 200; at Ajmir, 200, 201; Hawkins' description of him, 201, note; marries Núr Mahal, 202; her influence, 203; his sons, ib.; audience to Sir Thomas Roe, 208, 209, note; his childish conduct, 210; holds the feast of the New Year, 211; de- clines a treaty with the English, 213; love of gossip, 214; execution of thieves, 215; birthday weighing cere- mony, 217; elephant show, ib.; car- ouse and largess at the Ghusal-khana, 217, 218; viceroy disgraced, 218; in- trigues, 219; weakness and treachery, 220; receives presents from Persia, 221; avenges the execution of an order when he was drunk, 222; at the Jhar- okha window, ib. ; in the Durbar, 223; state departure, ib. ; royal dress, 224; procession to camp, ib.; Khuzru rides by his side, 226; imperial pavilions and camp, 226, 227; camp life, 228; camp movements, 229; meanness, 230; the English presents, 230, 231; his confessions, 235; reign ends in tragedy, 237, 239; sickness and recovery, 239 plot discovered and indignation, 241; the plotter forgiven, 242; Rajpút re- volt, 243-246; death, 247. Jelál-ud-dín, Sultan, at Delhi, 51; assassinated, 55.
Jesuits in Goa, 434; celebration of the canonisation of their patron saints, 436, 437.
Jews and Christians pay jezya, 10. Jezya, revived, 373, 374; Hindu ap- peal against it in vain, 374; refused by Rana of Udaipur, 375. Jharokha, the, 177.
Joonere, the fortress of, 370; Nawab, 501. Justice, civil and criminal, 477. Kábul, Moghul invasion, 362; outbreak in, 366.
Kai Kubád, reign of, 48. Kaiumárs, 552.
Kajwa, battle of, its significance, 308. Kálidása, his fame and fate, 560. Kallans, the, or Kalars, 575, note. Kámrúp, the bridge at, its ruins, 47, note; the Raja of, 47.
Karwar, Mahratta oppression at, 504. Kashmir, Purchas' description of, 184, note.
Kasim, the Arab, his conquest in Scinde,
16, 17; falsely accused and slain, 17. Kasim Khan corresponds with Aurang- zeb, 291; treachery, 292; governor of Kábul, massacres the Afghans, 368; reception at Delhi, 369.
Kázís, their business, 422; the chief, 315, note.
Khaibar Pass, massacre of Moghul army at, 363.
Khalifs, the four, of Medina, 9, note, 10; conquest of Syria and Persia, 10; treatment of Jews and Christians, ib., 11; causes of ascendancy, 12; of Da- mascus, conquest of Central Asia, 13; conquest of Bokhara and Kábul, 14, 15; conquest of Scinde, 16; persecu- tion and toleration, 16, 17; of Bag- dad, the first century of their domina- tion, 18; collapse, 19.
Khalil Khan, wronged by Shah Jehan, 293; perfidy, 295, 296; recommended by Aurangzeb, 297. Khálisa lands, 178, 316. Khálsa, the, 394.
Khan Jehan, intrigues, 253; treachery and rebellion, 254; slain, 255. Khan Khanán, the, and the dress, 219; treachery, 238, 242, 244.
Khilji Sultans, the, their history, 50-69. Khurram, afterwards Shah Jehan, his character, connections, and exploits, 203; hustles away Roe's interpreter at the court, 213; set against an English treaty, 214; receives a com- mand in the Dekhan, ib.; sobriety, 218; Núr Mahal and Asof Khan plot in his behalf, 219; panic in the harem, 220; dispositions, hatred of Christians, 221; takes leave of his father, 222; Roe's interview with, 228; intercepts the English presents, 230; his triumphs in the Dekhan, 231; welcomed by Jehangir and receives the title of Shah, ib. (See Shah Jehan.) Khutba, the, 43, note, 55. Khuzru, son of Jehangir, his revolt, 194; hopes, 203; intrigues against, 219, 220; appearance, 225; mystery and romance, 232, 237; murder, 239. Khuzru Khan, the Hindu Vizier, 67, note; doings and death, 68, note; strange character of his revolt, 68. Koh-i-nor, its history, 351, note. Kolies (or Coolies), wandering, 474, note. Konkan, its history, 333, 335; extension of the kingdom of Sivaji, 369. Konkana, the Rajas of, 105. Kótwals, the, their duties as police, 271, 422, 477, 478.
Krishna Deva Rai, of Vijayanagar, a type of Hindu sovereignty, 91; revenges
an affront. 92; has to yield, 94; great- ness, 95, 96; forefathers, 96; his char- acter and reign, 567, 568.
Kulbarga, 89; Sultan of, 96. Kumára Krishnappa Naik, fabulous and real account of, 574, 575, notes. Kutb-ud-din, his rise, 42; founds the Delhi dynasty of Slave Kings, 43; death, 47.
Lahore, Hindu Rajas of, 184. Land-tenure among Moghuls, 178. Langhorn, Sir William, his troubles in
Madras, 490; his jurisdiction and state attendance, 492.
Language, the primitive, Akber's ex- periment, 174, note.
Legends, Hindu, a reflex of religious antagonisms, 414.
Lingavants, the, 442, note.
Loyola, Ignatius, canonisation of, cele- brated at Goa, 436.
Lucia, Donna, 424; her matrimonial adventures, 425.
Madras, its site, 488; originally a fishing village, 489; its fishermen, ib.; English factory, ib. ; its divisions, ib.; rent and revenue, ib., 450; dur- ing the civil war of Charles I., 490; its governor and his dilemma, ib.; the surf, 491; White-town, 492; Black-town, 493; native population, ib.; country round, ib.
Madura, 63; early history, disturbances
in, 569, note; army and finances, 578.
Mahá Bhárata, its heroes, 556, note. Mahabat Khan, the Rajpút, 238, note; defeats Shah Jehan, 243; appeal, in- sult, revenge, 245; deluded, 246; joins Shah Jehan, 247.
Mahábat Khan, the Moghul, removed from his post, 328; his letter, 328, note; at Peshawar, 363; sent back and dies, 367.
Mahal, the harem of the Moghuls,its occu-
pants, 260; guard of Tartar women, ib.; the ladies, 260, 261; dancing and slave girls, 261; ruling powers, their influence, ib.; Shah Jehan in, 266, note.
Mahdi, the Lord of the period, expected at the millennium, 152, 153. Mahmud, the last of the Bahmani Sultans, 106, 107, note. Mahmud of Ghazní, his position and plans, 30, note, 31; advances on Pesha- war and defeats Jaipál, 31, 32; An- andpál submits and rebels, 32; hated for his religious zeal, 33; victory at Peshawar, ib.; destroys the temple of Thanesar and annexes the Punjab, 34; his invasions of Hindustan, ib.; stra- tegy, 34, note; sacks Ajmir, 36; before Somnath, ib.; defeats the Rajputs and seizes the temple and its treasures,
37; returns to Guzerat, 38, note; Raj- pút revenge, ib.; character and poli- tical ideas, 39; meanness to Firdusi, 38; death, 40.
Mahmud, son of Aurangzeb, refuses the crown, 300; disgraced, 310; defection, ib.; imprisoned at Gwalior, ib. Mahrattas, their country, 52; rise of, 332; described, 371; irrepressible, 383; plots, 384; night at Delhi, 404; the pests of India, 406; at first a loose con- federation, 407; new outbreak, 409; at Surat, 499; movements towards Burdwan, 544; can only be bought off, 544, 545; invest Murshedabad, 545; devastations, ib.; treacherous mas- sacre of, 546; Parthian retreat, 547; twofold invasion of Bengal, ib. Malabar coast, its population, 463; pirates, 495; expedition against, 584. Malik Amber, the famous Abyssinian minister of Ahmadnagar, 204, 231. Malik Káfúr, origin, 56; defeats the Rajas, 62; doings in the Dekhan, 63; ambition, crimes, and death, 65, 66. Malik Salih, the tutor of Aurangzeb, his pension withdrawn, 329.
Mallu, the monster, 111. Malwa, situation, 53, note; plundered, 139.
Manaris, the, 471; the four tribes of oxen-drivers, 471, 472; religion, 472. Mandelslo, John Albert de, xii; his tra- vels, 267; his character, 267, note; at Surat, 267; journey to Ahmada- bad, 268; visits Areb Khan, 269; at Agra, ib.; describes the administra- tion, 271; leaves India, 273; after travels, 273, note.
Mangamal, a typical Hindu queen, 583, note; amour and death, 584. Manouchi, his memoirs, xii, xiii; ac- count of Tímúr, 127, note; on the peasant wars, 236; warns the Portu- guese viceroy against Aurangzeb, 385; rewarded, 386.
Mán Singh, the Rajpút, his administra- tion in Kábul and Bengal, 166, 167. Marriage of Rajpút with Mussulman, 143, 144; Akber's state alliances, 144, note; religious difficulties in India, 196, 197; of a Bráhman's daughter with a goldsmith's son, 566. Marsden's "Numismata Orientalia," 49, note.
Masulipatam, factory at, 481; native boatmen, ib.; English-speaking na- tives, 482; the Sultan, ib.; descrip- tion, 483; inhabitants, ib.; Muham- madan ascendancy, 484; Persians, 485; festival occasions, 485, 486; Muham- madans and Hindus, 486; calico- painting, ib.; terror at the English, 487; toleration, 488. Mathura, encampment at, 301; temple at, 373.
Mecca and the Kaaba, 6. Metempsychosis, an Oriental doctrine common to Bráhmans and Buddhists, 413.
Middleton, Sir H., 205.
Millennarians in Islam, 152, 153. Mínákshi Ammál, queen of the last Naik of Madura, 585. Ministers, Asiatic, 176.
Mir Jafir, Dewan of Bengal, 524; defeats a plot against his life, 525; created Nawab, 526; treatment of Zemindars and despotic rule, ib.; praised for his religious zeal, ib. ; corn laws, 527; respect for royalty, ib.; mausoleum and mosque built by de- molition of Hindu pagodas, ib.; his daughter, 528; his death, ib. Mirza Bakir in Cuttack, 542; marched against and defeated, 543. Moghul period, x; administration, xi; history, xii; Vedic customs, xv; an- tagonism to the Turk, ib.; empire a type of the old Hindu empires, 120; priests and astrologers, 124, note; em- perors, 136, note; empire, 137, 145, 189; the term, 147, note; army, 146, note, 148, 272: government, 175; wars, 236; the Great, Mr. Terry on, 421, 422; rule in India, 521; in Bengal,
Moghuls, the, xiv; in the Punjab, phy- sical appearance, 60; dubious Mussul- mans, 120, 121; three epochs, 121; character of, 122, 123; histories of, 122, note; religion and civilisation of, 123; women among, 123; gravitations towards Islam, Christianity, and Bud- dhism, 124, 125; toleration, 125; Turkish, ib.; nominal Mussulmans, 129; occupation of Delhi, 130; no- bility, 145; military administration, 146, note; aristocracy, 146, 147; in the Dekhan, 332; the princesses, 341; exclude European settlers, 348; rivalry between, and Persia, 352; their em- perors, 360; empire of, in peril, 367; described, 371; in the Dekhan, 372; four armies, 376; magnificence, 381; the last of, 390; massacre the Sikhs, 402; outrage at Surat, 465; fear of the sea, 499; employ European passes, 509, note; generals, 510. Money, coinage of, an assertion of sove- reignty, 43, note; distribution of, an atonement for murder, 55. Moon, new, celebration, 452, 453. Mosque, Mussulman, 3, note; the hea- venly bride, 39.
Moustachios, edict to keep them short, 324.
Mubarak, proclaimed Sultan, 66; marries Dewal Devi, 66; profligate reign, 66; murder by Khuzru Khan, 67, note. Mufti, the, 315, note.
Muhammad, the prophet, birthplace,
Muhammad Riza Beg, the Persian am-
bassador, state arrival at the court of Jehangir, 221, 222; departs in disgust, 230.
Muhammad Shah, Moghul emperor, his
troubled reign, 405-409; death, 410. Muhammad Shah, the Bahmani Sultan, quarrel respecting frontier fortresses, 89, 90; and Vinaik Deva, 90; wreaks his revenge on Telegu people, ib. ; throne of gold, 91, note; insults Kri- shna Rai, 92; massacre of Hindus, 93; exultation, 94, note; protest of the Hindu envoys, ib.; slaughter of highwaymen, ib.; death, 94; succes- sors, 94, 95.
Muhammad Tughlak, Sultan of Delhi, his character, 70; straits, ib. : impolicy, 71; makes Deoghur capital, ib.; re- turns to Delhi, 72: substitutes a copper coinage for a gold, ib.; attempts the conquest of China, Persia, and Tartary, 73; sees his kingdom fall in pieces, loses heart and dies, 73, 74; early expedition in the Dekhan, 82, 83.
Muharram, festival of, 85, note. Mujahid, the Bahmani Sultan, his strength and violence, 95; death, 96. Mukarrab Khan, viceroy of Guzerat,
his opposition to the English, 199. Mumtaz Mahal, the favourite wife of Shah Jehan, 203, note; her hatred against Christians, 252; her tomb in the Taj Mahal, 262.
Murád, son of Akber, at Ahmadnagar, 183; dies of a debauch, 185. Murad, son of Shah Jehan, the lax Sunní, 280, 281; delusion of, 301; pro- mised the crown by Aurangzeb, 301; eve of coronation, 302; drunkenness and sudden arrest, 303; a prisoner for life, 304; accused of murder, found guilty, and sentenced to death, 315. Music abolished by Aurangzeb, 324, 325. Musicians, their appeal, 325, note. Mussulmans, their appearance in India, 1; collision with the Hindu and effect of it, 2; hostile to Brahmanism, 3; specialties of Islam, 3, 8; importance of their history, 4, 5; conquest of India, 5; toleration, 11; conversions, ib.; hold on India, 24; west of the Indus, 30; established in the Punjab,
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