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The Mogul Emperors of Hindustan. A.D. 1398 - A.D. 1707

1895

Accordingly I devoted the spare hours of a long and harassing witer to reading the original memoirs of the native historians of India and the accounts of early ambassadors and travellers to the court of the Great Moguls. [...] What I demand is the immediate surrender of all that is concealed." The trembling chiefs reveal the sites of the hidden treasures ; the soldiers loot and plunder ; the wretched populace is herded in the fields ; in a few days the number of prisoners becomes troublesome ; the artisans and the men of learning are segregated from"24 The Mogul Emperors the rest and are despatched to people some one o [...] " Men learned in medicine and skilled in the art of healing and astrologers and gemetricians who are essential to the dignity of empire I drew around me ; and by the aid of physicians and surgeons I gave health to the sick ; and with the assistance of astrologers I ascertained the benign or malevolent aspect of the stars their motions and the revolution of the heavens ; and with the aid o [...] I ordained that the revenue and taxes should be collected in such a manner as might not be productive of ruin to the subject or of depopulation to the country." * * One-third of the gross produce of the cultivated land was the share of the government and so remained under his descenants in India."38 The Mogul Emperors And I ordained that if the rich and the powerful should oppress the poorer [...] He was on the shores of the Persian Gulf in May 1442 and thus describes the intense beat : Soon as the sun shone forth from the height of heaven The heart of stone grew hot beneath its orb; The horizon was so muck scorched-up by its rays That the heart of stone became soft like wax; The bodies of the fishes at the bottoms of the fishponds Burned like the silk which is exposed to the fire; Bo
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Pages
390
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.146157
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Frontmatter
i-xvii Edward Holden view
Chapter I Tamerlane the Great (Born A.D. 1336 Died 1405)
1-55 Edward Holden view
Chapter II Zehir-Ed-Din Muhammad Babar the Con-Queror Emperor of Hindustan (Born A.D. 1482 Died 1530)
56-ii Edward Holden view
Chapter III Humayun Emperor of Hindustan (A.D. 1530-1556)—the Adventures of Four Brothers
97-127 Edward Holden view
Chapter IV Shah Akbar the Great Emperor of Hindustan (A.D. 1556-1605)
128-206 Edward Holden view
Chapter V Jahangir Emperor of Hindustan (A.D. 1605-1627)
207-235 Edward Holden view
Chapter VI Nur-Mahal (the Light of the Palace) Empress of Hindustan (A.D. 1611-1627)
236-269 Edward Holden view
Chapter VII Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb Emperors of Hindustan (A.D. 1628-1658 and A.D. 1658-1707)
270-iv Edward Holden view
Chapter VIII the Ruin of Aurangzeb; or the History of a Reaction
309-356 William Hunter view
The Conquests of India—Appendix
357-363 Edward Holden view
A Genealogical Table of the House of Timur
364-364 Edward Holden view

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