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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1854

1855

H. 893 ) his uncle Futteh Shah the brother of the late king was tempted to aspire to the throne; and on the pretext of invading Hindustan he managed to get the king's army under the commander-in chief Mullick Saifdar out of the country and during the temporary.absence of the youthful king who accompanied the army on the expedition was appointed viceroy and was on the point of throwing otr h [...] From this period until the sujugation of the country by the Emperors of Delhi the history of Cashmere is little else than ft record of the wars of the tribes of Chukk Reigns and Magrey in which the former two were chiefly at variance the Chukks generally having the upper band and eventually a decided preponderance of power. [...] At this time a great earthquake occurred which lasted seven days and destroyed many of the principal builings and considerably altered the channel of the river Jheluin ; in fact it was during this earthquake that the course of the river Jhelum being turned produced that change in the relative positions of the two cities of Hussanpoora and Hussaitipoora which the superstition of the Mahomed [...] Whilst however thus carrying out the severe policy suggested by his minister as regards the inhabitants it must not be supposed that the beneficent Akbar neglected the improvement of his fairest province; on the contrary in addition to his acts for the amelioration of the condition of the ryots he appears to have done much towards the embellishment of the country which he adorned with palaces [...] ale compares the sharpness of the passes to the " swords of the Feringees " and their tortuous ascents to the " curls of a blackamoor's hair !" r w. c-5"Ni3 itt tAi 31 at) Of all the emperors of Delhi Shah Jehau appears most to have affected the strains of poets and musicians and as they and the courtiers increased in the land the Rishees and devotees for which Cashmere had been so celebr
history
Pages
112
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
A Sketch of the Mahomedan History of Cashmere.—By Lieut. D.J.F. Newall of the Bengal Artillery
409-460 The Secretaries view
Notes on the Topography of Murree by Dr. A. Gordon H.M. 10th Foot
461-469 The Secretaries view
Note on the Present State of the Excavations at Sárnáth.—By E. Thomas Esq. C.S.
469-477 The Secretaries view
Examination and Analyses of Dr. Campbell’s Specimens of Copper Ores Obtained in the Neighbourhood of Darjeeling.—By Henry Piddington Curator Museum of Economic Geology
477-479 The Secretaries view
A Monograph of the Indian Species of Phylloscopus and its Immediate Affines.—By Edward Blyth
479-494 The Secretaries view
A Passage in the Life of Válmíki.—By Fitz-Edward Hall Esq. M.A.
494-498 The Secretaries view
Literary Intelligence
498-501 The Secretaries view
Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for August 1854
502-504 The Secretaries view
Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations Taken at the Surveyor General’s Office Calcutta in the Month of April 1854
49-53 The Secretaries view
Meteorological Register Kept at the Office of the Secretary to Government N.W.P. Agra for the Month of June 1854
54-59 The Secretaries view

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