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... head from his shoulders . The intruders rushed upon . Shaista Khan . The women saw that his life was in danger , and put out the lights . Friends and foes . mingled in horrible disorder ; random strokes fell on women and eunuchs ...
... head from his shoulders . The intruders rushed upon . Shaista Khan . The women saw that his life was in danger , and put out the lights . Friends and foes . mingled in horrible disorder ; random strokes fell on women and eunuchs ...
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... heads and arms to be chopped off from un- fortunate wretches who were suspected of concealing their hoards.27 Such were the public acts of the illustrious founder of the Mahratta empire . 26 The narrative of the Mahratta attack on ...
... heads and arms to be chopped off from un- fortunate wretches who were suspected of concealing their hoards.27 Such were the public acts of the illustrious founder of the Mahratta empire . 26 The narrative of the Mahratta attack on ...
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... head of his army . Absence at Kashmir was a very different matter . Rebels would know that no news could reach Aurangzeb for weeks , and that more weeks must elapse before he could return to Delhi ; during the interval he might lose the ...
... head of his army . Absence at Kashmir was a very different matter . Rebels would know that no news could reach Aurangzeb for weeks , and that more weeks must elapse before he could return to Delhi ; during the interval he might lose the ...
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James Talboys Wheeler. ears of the Afghans , and was soon at the head of a CHAP . VIL large army . To this day it is a mystery whether the man was Shuja or an impostor . Mahábat Khan , governor of Kábul , believed him to be really Shuja ...
James Talboys Wheeler. ears of the Afghans , and was soon at the head of a CHAP . VIL large army . To this day it is a mystery whether the man was Shuja or an impostor . Mahábat Khan , governor of Kábul , believed him to be really Shuja ...
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... heads , the scales of justice , and other well - known symbols . He was solemnly weighed against heaps of gold and silver , which were afterwards distributed amongst the Brahmans . In 1675 another eye - witness describes the state of ...
... heads , the scales of justice , and other well - known symbols . He was solemnly weighed against heaps of gold and silver , which were afterwards distributed amongst the Brahmans . In 1675 another eye - witness describes the state of ...
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Accordingly Afghans Agra Akbar Ali Vardi Khan army Aurangzeb Behar Belál Rai Bengal Bíjápur Bombay Brahmans carried Catrou CHAP Choka Nátha Naik Christian cloth court Crown 8vo daughter death Dekhan Delhi Demy 8vo Deputy Nawab Deva Rai Emperor English European Farrukh Siyar father Fcap fortress Fryer Golkonda grandees Haji Ahmad Hindu Hindustan Husain Ali Khan idol India Jain Kábul kingdom Krishna lakhs Madura Mahrattas Malabar Mangamál Manouchi married Marwar Masulipatam minister Moghul empire Muhammadan Murshed Kuli Khan Murshedabad Mussulmans Nadir Shah Naik Námeh Nawab Orissa pagodas palace palanquin Patna Persia placed plunder Portuguese Post 8vo prince provinces Raja Rajpút reign religion Royal rupees Sarfaráz Khan Second Edition sent Shah Alam Shah Jehan Shuja Khan Sivaji soldiers story Sultan Sunní Surat Tanjore temple Thevenot throne Tirumala Tirumala Naik told Translated Valle Vardi Khan Venk-tapa Naik Viceroy viii Vijayanagar Visvanáth Naik whilst worship СНАР
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