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The Fall of the Mogul Empire

1912

ALBEMARLE MEM' W. z9r2PREFACE Tins book is not a regularestory of the period over.wilichleit extends 11911 the substance of a courseof lectures inteadedrto trace tlhe operation PI of the causes whiell in the colitse of a century reduced the mighty and fal-famed Empire of the Great Mel to a pRlitical &ado:v. [...] Insteg d of carrying out the harsher precepts of the Koran ; maintaining an invidiqus distinction between the followers of the Prophet and the unbelievers and narrowing the moral *basis of his authority by excluding the latter from officeon Jhe ground of religious disqualification; the Great MogulTHE EMPIRE BASED ON TOLERLNCE 8 winked at and condoned the misbelief of the bulk of hiss subjects; [...] The personal devotion of the Highland clan to the patriarchal Chief had a counterpart in the passionate fidelity of the Rajput tribe to its Prince. [...] Ram Sing and his fiery Rajputs had tibt last forced their 'say close up to the Prince's elephant ; and some of them had dismounted and leaped on the beast and were in theact of cutting the"DARA'S ARMY SUDDENLY DISP1R!ES 27 girthg of the howda when11grad drew a bow and shot their bold jeader ik ; who fell to the ground and was trarepled to dtath by the enraged animal. [...] But the darkness of the night the continuance of the —feast and the idispet'sion of Moracrs officers prevented this and in the morning Aurungzib's agents saluted him as Emperor and Morad's officers were.
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Pages
288
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142257
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-xii Sidney Owen view
The Mogul Empire at its Zenith
1-16 unknown view
II. Aurungzib Makes Himself Emperor
17-43 unknown view
III. Results of Aurungzib’s Usurpation
44-47 unknown view
IV. Aurungzib’s New Policy
48-54 unknown view
V. Sivaji’s Career
55-73 unknown view
VI. The Reimposition of the Jizya and the Rajput Revolt
74-85 unknown view
VII. Aurungzib’s Conquests in the Dekkan
86-101 unknown view
VIII. The Mahratta War of Independence
102-111 unknown view
IX. Aurungzib Undertakes to Master the Mahratta Base The Mahrattas Retaliate by Settling in the Dekkan Imperial Provinces
112-126 unknown view
X. The Emperor Bahadur Shah
127-132 unknown view
XI. The Interregnum
133-134 unknown view
XII. The Emperor Farokhsir
135-154 unknown view
XIII. The Emperor Mohammad Shah Progress of the Anti-Mogul Reaction
155-160 unknown view
XIV. Mogul Counter-Revolution
161-182 unknown view
XV. Nizam-Ul-Mulk’s Policy
183-190 unknown view
XVI. Growth of the Mahratta Confederacy and of the Peishwa’s Ascendancy in it
191-193 unknown view
XVII. Peace between the Nizam and the Peishwa and Consequent Mahratta Progress in Hindostan
194-199 unknown view
XVIII. Nadir Shah’s Invasion
200-207 unknown view
XIX. Culminating Period of Mahratta Ascendancy in Native India
208-223 unknown view
XX. Aliverdi Khan
224-233 unknown view
XXI. Epilogue
234-235 unknown view
XXII. The Paniput Campaign
236-266 unknown view
Index
267-271 unknown view
Backmatter
i-v unknown view

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