The Moghul Empire From the Death of Aurungzeb to the Overthrow of the Mahratta
The Moghul Empire From the Death of Aurungzeb to the Overthrow of the Mahratta
Henry George Keene
The book The Moghul Empire From the Death of Aurungzeb to the Overthrow of the Mahratta was written by author Henry George Keene Here you can read free online of The Moghul Empire From the Death of Aurungzeb to the Overthrow of the Mahratta book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Moghul Empire From the Death of Aurungzeb to the Overthrow of the Mahratta a good or bad book?
What reading level is The Moghul Empire From the Death of Aurungzeb to the Overthrow of the Mahratta book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But Shoojaa's son and successor was a weak vo- luptuary, who never left his own provinces ; and although the Meerza, his deputy, received for his lifetime the reward of his virtue, yet he was unable of himself to give a permanent consolidation to the tottering fabric. It has been seen that he was meditating a cam- paign against the Jats, whom Zabita's recent fall had again thrown into discontent, when summoned to Rohilkund, in 1774. In fact, he had already wrested from them the fort of Agra, an...d occupied it with a garrison of his own, under a Moghul officer, Moohummud Beg, of Hamadan. Not daunted by this reverse, Runjeet Singh, the present ruler of that bold tribe whose namesake was afterwards to raise their Piinjab brethren to such a pitch of great- 110 SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ness, advanced upon the capital, and occupied Sikundrabad with 10, 000 horse. The forces left in Dehli consisted of but 5, 000 horse and two battalions of sepoys ; but they sufficed to expel the intruder. He shortly afterwards, however, returned, reinforced by the regulars and guns under Sumroo ; but by this time the Meerza was returned from Rohilkund, and, after the rains of 1664, marched against them, aided by a chief from Hureeana, named after himself Nujuf Koolee Khan, who brought into the field some 10, 000 troops.
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: