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- 23:24, 2 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/401 (Not proofread: Created page with " his army was swollen to 30,000 picked troopers, besides Mir Jumla's excellent train of cannon served by English and French gunners.* Aurangzib was even stronger in officers than in men and material. During his rule Deccan he had gathered round himself a band of very able servants, all attached to him by gratitude and some by personal affection. They did him signal service during the contest for the throne, often giving up their lives in stemm...) Tag: Not proofread
- 19:55, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/400 (Not proofread: Created page with "370 HISTORY OF AURANGZIB. [CHAP. XIV. him as the coming man, and hastened to secure their future by doing him friendly turns or at least by sending him secret assurances of their support. As Dara reported to Shah Jahan, "Aurangzib is winning over the nobles and the pillars of the State. He is doing his work by means of secret epistles."*=* The enlisting of new soldiers had been going on apace. A bounty of one {{EB1911 Shoulder HeadingSmall| H...) Tag: Not proofread
- 19:54, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/399 (Not proofread: Created page with "CHAP. XIV.] AURANGZIB's FRIENDS AT COURT. 369 park of artillery, served by European gunners, were of inestimable use to Aurangzib, who had attached them early in January. These "supplied the much-needed means of Aurangzib's progress towards his object, at this critical time," as the historian Aqil Khan Razi points out. All this time Aurangzib was intriguing actively but in secret with the {{EB1911 Shoulder HeadingSmall|Aurangzib intrigues with...) Tag: Not proofread
- 19:51, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/398 (Not proofread: Created page with "3^8 HISTORY OF AURANGZIB. [cHAP. XIV. occasion for it arise. Do you send me at least 10,000 cavalry. I shall grant you the territory up to the bank of the Banganga. I promise not to accept the offer of Shahji or of the sons of Bahlol and other officers of yours to enter my service. So long as you remain faithful, no officer of this Court will molest your dominion. Should any one come from Hindustan to invade your country, I shall defend it."*"...) Tag: Not proofread
- 19:50, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/397 (Not proofread: Created page with "CHAP. XIV.] BIJAPUR FRIENDSHIP SOUGHT. 367 State in the recent treaty.-'-' This policy, held in reserve at that time, was now put in practice. Adil Shah was informed by the Prince, "At Mir Jumla's wicked advice I had attacked your kingdom as well as Golkonda. Guard your people well. Let there be peace and happiness. Remain loyal and keep your promises....! agree that (i) the fort of Parenda and {{EB1911 Shoulder HeadingSmall| Large concessions...) Tag: Not proofread
- 19:48, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/396 (Not proofread: Created page with "366 HISTORY OF AURANG2IB. [CHAP. XIV. instructions to behave gently to him. When his Vanguard was being sent to Burhanpur, Aurangzib urged Qutb Shah thus ; "Now is the time for you to show your friendship and exert yourself that nothing unfriendly may be done." A little later, when Aurangzib himself marched northwards to contest the throne, he sent a most conciliatory letter to Qutb Shah, urging him to guard the frontiers of Mughal Karnatak fro...) Tag: Not proofread
- 19:46, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/395 (Not proofread: Created page with "CHAP. XIV.] POLICY TOWARDS QUTB SHAH. 365 have kept 32,000 horsemen inspite of your (pretended) poverty. Send me 5,000 of them quickly, as you promised. Do not delay in providing the arrears of tribute. Recall your men from Mir Jumla's estates in the Karnatak." A harsh and rude officer, Mir Ahmad Said, was sent as Mughal envoy to Golkonda to hustle the defaulting king and exact the arrears of tribute. "When Aurangzib retreated from Bidar, he thus...) Tag: Not proofread
- 19:43, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/394 (Not proofread: Created page with "364 HISTORY OF AURANGZIB. [CHAP. XIV. ing him to pay up the balance of his indemnity. Since his return from Haidara- {{EB1911 Shoulder HeadingSmall| History of his dealings with Golkonda.}} bad Aurangzib's tone towards the Golkonda king had been harsh and chiding. He was particularly displeased at Abdullah having intrigued with Dara and poisoned the Emperor's ears against him. He frequently duns him for the arrears of tribute and the balance...) Tag: Not proofread
- 19:40, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/393 (Not proofread: Created page with "CHAP. XIV.] PRETENCE OF LOYALTY. 365 Peer (Khan-i-khanan) and Faithful Friend (Yar-i-wafadar), as soon as Aurangzib made himself Emperor."'-'' Even at this stage Aurangzib was not prepared to break openly with the Imperial Court by taking an irrevocable step. He urged Murad to abate his ardour and practise subterfuge. For himself he announced that his loving heart had been distracted by hearing sad rumours about Shah Jahan, and that like a du...) Tag: Not proofread
- 19:37, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/391 (Not proofread: Created page with "CHAP. XIV.] MIR JUMLA ARRESTED. 361 ing him for his entire devotion to his interests, and placing him above all his other followers : — "I know you are faithful to your word. Your intention in going to Hindustan was and is no {{EB1911 Shoulder HeadingSmall|Aurangzifa invites Mir Jumla to his side to help in preparing for war. }} other than to increase my power and grandeur and to make me succeed in my heart's desire. You have often said within...) Tag: Not proofread
- 19:34, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/389 (Not proofread: Created page with "CHAP. XIV.] PLANS OF THE COURT. 359 small, and he was making desperate efforts to collect the sinews of war by securing the payment of at least one portion of the Bijapur indemnity. Possibly also, he waited to let Dara show his hand and divide his strength by attacking one of the brothers first.* But the quick march of events forced Aurangzib's hand. He learnt by 24th November that Dara had decided to send an Imperial army against Shuja who wa...) Tag: Not proofread
- 19:29, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/387 (Not proofread: Created page with "CHAP. XIV.] SEEKS MIR JUMLA's ADVICE. 357 Jahan's name. Other communications from Agra only increased his distraction and uncertainty about Shah Jahan's real condition. His followers were equally distracted. As he wrote to Mir Jumla, "The army of this province, after a year's {{EB1911 Shoulder HeadingSmall| Aurangzib's distraction:}} hard campaigning, has lost heart on hearing of the Emperor's illness, and has been unsettled in various ways. Th...) Tag: Not proofread
- 19:25, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/386 (Not proofread: Created page with "356 HISTORY OF AURANGZIB. [CHAP. XIV. league or concerted action between these two brothers. So, they were content to vow mutual friendship and a common hostility to Dara.*' But what line of action was Aurangzib to adopt now ? His followers were {{EB1911 Shoulder HeadingSmall|Conflicting news from Delhi.}} looking up to him to declare his policy. A prompt decision w^as required from him; but a decision at this stage was most difficult to make...) Tag: Not proofread
- 19:22, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/385 (Not proofread: Created page with "CHAP. XIV.] AURANGZIb's PREPARATIONS. 355 Aurangzib had arrived at Aurangabad on nth November, 1657, and set himself {{EB1911 Shoulder HeadingSmall| Aurangzib at Aurangabad: his preparations for the war of succession:}} to the task of preparing the way for his own succession to the throne. He had one eye turned on Mir Jumla at Bir and another on Shah Jahan at Agra. The idea of his marching to Ahmadnagar to overawe the Bijapuri officers was defin...) Tag: Not proofread
- 19:11, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/382 (Not proofread: Created page with "352 HISTORY OF AURANGZIB. [CHAP. XIV. even in the life-time of Khan Muhammad (who was in our interest). There is no hope that the affair (of peace) will be accomplished.... No good waiting in vain near the fort of Parenda."*' Mir Jumla, however, persisted in his own view. At his request Aurangzib sent {{EB1911 Shoulder HeadingSmall|while Mir Jumla is more hopeful and tries all sorts of means. }} him solemn written promises of high favours addresse...) Tag: Not proofread
- 18:42, 1 July 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/358 (Not proofread: Created page with "328 HISTORY OF AURANGZIB. [CHAP. XIII. of November). Aurangzib continued the system eastwards to his own seat of government, and also proposed to Shuja a similar regular and joint service for the prompt conveyance of letters, — his men supplying the relays of runners from Aurangabad to the frontier of Orissa, and Shuja's servants taking charge of it from there to Raj- mahal. Each prince also sent confidential agents to the Courts of the other t...) Tag: Not proofread
- 01:58, 28 June 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/256 (Not proofread: Created page with "226 HISTORY OF AURANGZIB. [CHAP. X. Qutb Shah bore all this meekly. But at last, one day Muhammad Amin came to Court reeling with drunkenness, fell asleep on the king's own carpet, and soiled it in crop sickness. The long- suffering king could not bear this crowning act of insult. His anger boiled over, and he threw Muhammad Amin and his family into prison and attached their property (21st November, 1655.)* This was the opportunity for which...) Tag: Not proofread
- 01:56, 28 June 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/255 (Not proofread: Created page with "CHAP. X.] M. AMIn's misconduct. 225 of Mir Jumla's understanding with the Emperor leaked out. The two Deccani Sultans, thoroughly angry with the double-dealer, agreed to unite their forces to crush him. It was now Mir Jumla's turn to be as eager as he had been lukewarm before in joining the Mughals. He w^rote to the Prince, "I am Shah Jahan's servant and beg to be saved by him." But Aurangzib now hung back. He w^aited for the attack on Mir Jum...) Tag: Not proofread
- 01:54, 28 June 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/254 (Not proofread: Created page with "224 HISTORY OF AURANGZIB. [CHAP. X. vague, and Mir Jumla was in no haste to accept them. He, however, feigned {{EB1911 Shoulder HeadingSmall|Mir Jumla's duplicity.}} consent, and begged a year's respite in which to collect his property from the ports, and keep his promise to Qutb Shah. So, he urged the Mughal Court to keep this agreement secret till then, for if the Deccani Sultans discovered his successful intrigue with the Emperor, they would,...) Tag: Not proofread
- 01:51, 28 June 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/253 (Not proofread: Created page with "CHAP. X.] AURANGZIB EAGER TO WIN MIR. 223 joined the Mughal service. He also sent an agent, Muhammad Mumin, directly to the prime minister in the Karnatak. But the prudent wazir dallied with the offer and waited to see what turn his affairs would take. So, he sent a secret petition for appointment under the Em- peror, in order to ascertain what terms he might expect from that quarter.* These intrigues with three different Courts could not be...) Tag: Not proofread
- 01:50, 28 June 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/252 (Not proofread: Created page with "222 HISTORY OF AURANGZIB. [CHAP. X. a line drawn east to west some distance north of Jinji became the boundary between Adil Shahi Karnatak and Qutb Shahi Karnatak. In addi- tion to this, Mir Jumla made friends with Ikhlas Khan,* the Abyssinian governor of Bija- puri Karnatak, who probably wished to imitate his disloyal example and make his viceroyalty an independent State. The Golkonda generals and troops posted in the Karnatak were already bo...) Tag: Not proofread
- 01:42, 28 June 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/247 (Not proofread: Created page with "CHAP. X.] MIR JUMLA IN KARNATAK. 217 rose to great wealth by his shrewdness and business capacity. His wonderful talents gained him the favour of Abdullah Qutb Shah, who made him his prime minister. Mir Jumla's industry, rapid despatch of business, administrative capacity, military genius, and inborn power of leadership ensured his success in all that he undertook. Great alike in civil government and in war, he soon became the virtual ruler of Go...) Tag: Not proofread
- 00:58, 28 June 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/221 (Not proofread: Created page with "CHAP. IX.] CONFUSED REVENUE COLLECTION. 19I peasant in the Deccan cultivated as much land as he could with a plough and a pair of oxen, grew whatever crop he liked, and paid to the State a small amount per plough, — the rate of revenue varying in different places and being fixed arbitrarily, without bearing a definite proportion to the actual yield of the field, because it was not the practice there to inspect fields and estimate the quantity a...) Tag: Not proofread
- 00:55, 28 June 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/220 (Not proofread: Created page with "190 HISTORY OF AURANGZIB. [CHAP. IX. Qandahar. He "combined the valour of a soldier with the administrative capacity of a civil servant." As Paymaster of Aurangzib's army in Balkh he had displayed ability, and when Aurangzib came to the Deccan again, Murshid Quli accompanied him as diwan of Balaghat. The Emperor highly commended him to the Prince as his adviser in revenue matters. The Prince, too, valued him as highly, and soon afterwards secu...) Tag: Not proofread
- 00:53, 28 June 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/219 (Not proofread: Created page with "CHAP. IX.] MURSHID QULI KHAN. 189 For the purposes of revenue administration, Mughal Deccan had been divided {{EB1911 Shoulder HeadingSmall|The diwans of the Deccan.}} into two portions, each with its own diwan or revenue minister. The Pahighat or Lowlands comprised the whole of Khandesh and one-half of Berar, while the other 2^ subahs formed the Balaghat or Highlands. The diwan of Painghat was Multafat Khan, a strong civil administrator and a...) Tag: Not proofread
- 00:46, 28 June 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/216 (Not proofread: Created page with "?86 HISTORY OF AURANGZIB. [CHAP. IX. sent to Aurangzib from the revenue of Malwa, and for the remaining five lakhs he was asked to take away some fiefs from the officers in Nandurbar. But the revenue of that district actually brought in Rs. 92,000, and Aurangzib desired some other jagir to make up the balance.* The financial wrangle between father and son dragged on for years. Shah Jahan {{EB1911 Shoulder HeadingSmall|Wrangle between the two ab...) Tag: Not proofread
- 21:12, 27 June 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:History of Aurangzib (based on original sources) Vol 1.djvu/138 (Not proofread: Created page with "108 HISTORY OF AURANGZIB. [CHAP. V. Oxus at Aiwanj on inflated skins, his soldiers following his example wherever they could.'* The historian Abdul Hamid has blamed Auranszib for not immediately giving chase and killing or capturing Abdul Aziz.j But he forgets that the Uzbak war was a national rising and did not depend on any individual leader, even when that leader was a powerful and able prince like Abdul Aziz Khan. The war was now practicall...) Tag: Not proofread
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- 16:41, 17 June 2024 Slowking4 talk contribs created page Page:Adams and Jefferson.djvu/54 (Not proofread: Created page with "{{c|'''TEST QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW. '''}} 1. Who was Daniel Webster? 2. Where and when was he born ? 3. What can yon say of his fatlier and motlier ? 4. Tell something about Webster's boyhood days in the wilds of New Hampshire. 5. What can you tell of his early love for books? 6. Illustrate by what he afterwards told of his committing portions of Pope, Addison and other English classic authors to memory. 7. What have you learned of Webster's...) Tag: Not proofread
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