The History of India as Told by Its Own Historians: The Local Muhammadan Dynasties : Gujarát, Teil 43W.H. Allen and Company, 1886 - 519 Seiten |
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Seite 161 - He added glory and lustre to the kingdom of Gujarat, and was the best of all the Gujarat kings, including all who preceded, and all who succeeded him ; and whether for abounding justice and generosity, for success in religious war and for the diffusion of the laws of Islam and of Mussalmans ; for soundness of judgment, alike in boyhood, in manhood, and in old age ; for power, for valour, and victory— he was a pattern of excellence.
Seite 180 - And what a country is Sorath! As if the hand of heaven had selected the cream and essence of Malwa, Khandesh, and Gujarat, and had made a compendium of all the good people of the world, and had picked out the noblest and most vigorous of men from the three countries named, and collected them together unto one standard, as a touchstone of the countries of the...
Seite 162 - Notwithstanding his high dignity and royalty, he had an enormous appetite. The full daily allowance of food for the Sultan was one man of Gujarat weight. In eating this he put aside five sirs of boiled rice, and before going to sleep he used to make it up into a pasty and place one half of it on the right-hand side of his couch and the other half on the left, so that on whichever side he awoke he might find something to eat, and might then go to sleep again. In the morning after saying his prayers,...
Seite 277 - The early history of the ruling family is not known with certainty ; they paid tribute to the Mughal Empire and did military service, and on the fall of the Empire became tributary to the Mahrattas. IG The name...
Seite 127 - The Rajpoot rose, quick as thought, and seized his sword ; his wife cast her arms round him, but he dashed her from him down to the mvMmH and, drawing the weapon, plunged it into his belly, and fell a iee's sons, Bhdnjee and Bhojjee, carefully performed his > The
Seite 97 - I'dar, another Rajput prince, was in possession of the western part of the hills : and though he was often obliged to pay contributions, and sometimes regular tribute, yet those advantages were seldom gained without a struggle; and he was a constant source of disturbance to the king of Guzerat, by joining his enemies and harbouring fugitives from his country. The rest of the hilly and forest tract was held by the mountain tribes of BhiU and Ciilis, among whom some Kajpiit princes, mostly connected...
Seite 366 - It is said that the expenditure in Silhadi's household on women's dresses and perfumes exceeded that in any king's palace. He had four akharas, that is to say, 'bands' of dancing-girls, who were each unrivalled in their special art. Forty women held the torches while the dancing-girls performed. Every dancing-girl, moreover, had two attendants, one of whom held her pan-box, and the other poured sweet-scented oil on the torches, for they never burnt any bad scenting oil, nor any that was not odorous,...
Seite 333 - The Sultan now opened the hand of bounty, and like a cloud rained down gold and jewels and allowances and favours all around. He was so generous to his people that the nobles and soldiers were unwilling to go to their homes, and remained near him in the hope of sharing in his bounty.
Seite 91 - Travellers', the local historian avers, 'are agreed that they have found no city in the whole earth so beautiful, charming, and splendid.
Seite 328 - The entire country of Gujarat which had been left in darkness by the setting of the sun of Government, began again to flourish on the rising of this sun of the kingdom, Bahadurshah."2* He sent Quaisar khan against his brother Latifkhan who was in occupation of Sultanpur.