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Asiatic Papers

1927

MiN OF EMPEROR JEHANGIR IN FAVOUR OF TWO PARSEES OF THE DORDI FAMILY OF NAOSARI WITH OTHER COGNATE DOCUMENTS OF THE MOGUL TIMES.... 98 The commencement of the Farman with the words Allah Akbar ".... 116 The King's seal at the head of the Farman.. 116 Peculiarities of the Farma(a) The golden colour of the square on the seal 121 (6) And the red colour of some of its letters.. Th [...] The use of hands in Prayers 177 The winged genii of the Babylonians and the winged Farohars of the Iranians. 178 The various attitudes of the worshipper's hands 178 The attitude of being led by the hand.. 170 Two peculiarities of the Iranian Sculptures in this matter 180 The attitude of the right hand extended and the forearm raised parallel to the face palm inward. [...] A SIMILAR WALL OF KING NOSHIRWAN (CHOSROES I) OF PERSIA.. 195 The Great Wall of China one of the 'wonders of the ancient world 196 China a country of walls 197 My visit 197 The extent of the Wall. 199 A sketch of the history of China and the builder of the Great Wall.... 190 The effect of the Great wall upon the history of the World.. 202-"CONTENTS V PAGE The wall of Noshirw [...] The term climate meant a slope or inclination and was used in the mathematical geography of the Greeks with reference to the inclination of various parts of the earth's surface to the plane of the equator. [...] who was the founder of the Mogul Empire in India was the CEesar of the East and if the mansided Akbar was the epitome of all the great Emperors incluing Augustus Trajan Hadrian Marcus Aurelius Julian and Justinian Jahangir was certainly of the type of the Emperor Claudius and so bore a close resemblance to our James I. All three were weak men and under the influence of their fav
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Cover
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Frontmatter
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Preface
vii-viii Jivanji Modi view
The Mogul Emperors at Kashmir: Jehangirșs Inscriptions at Virnag. An Inscription on the Dal Lake
1-i unknown view
“The Story of the King and the Gardener” Emperor in the Waki’at-i Jehangiri of Jehangir and its Parallels
51-56 unknown view
An Instance of Royal Swayamvara as Described in the Shah-Nameh of Firdousi
57-64 unknown view
Art IV.—Archery in Ancient Persia—A Few Extraordinary Feats
65-76 unknown view
Art V.—An Unpublished Mogul Inscription at the Margalla Pass near Rawalpindi
77-97 unknown view
A Farman of Emperor Jehangir in Favour of Two Parsees of the Dordi Family of Naosari with other Cognate Documents of the Mogul times
98-169 unknown view
Some Prayer-Gestures of the Babylonians and Assyrians. Their Parallels among the Ancient Iranians and modern Parsees
170-194 unknown view
A Visit to the Great Wall of China. A Similar Wall of King Noshirwan (Chosroes I) of Persia
195-214 unknown view
The Afghanistan of the Amir and the Ancient Mazdayacnans
215-224 unknown view
A Parsi Prayer Presenting Passages Parallel to those of Two Greek and Chinese Anecdotes
225-230 unknown view
Wine Among the Ancient Perslans
231-246 unknown view
A Mahomedan View of Comets. The View of the Ancient Iranians (Pishinigans)
247-278 unknown view
Index
279-298 unknown view

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