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... hundred and fifty miles to the west of Samarkand was Bukhara , and about two hundred miles to the east was Babur's green and pleasant valley of Ferghana , ' abounding in grain and fruits ' , as he himself wrote , and where ' the ...
... hundred and fifty miles to the west of Samarkand was Bukhara , and about two hundred miles to the east was Babur's green and pleasant valley of Ferghana , ' abounding in grain and fruits ' , as he himself wrote , and where ' the ...
Page 104
... hundred yards in daylight and twice as much at night , it was technically possible for the message to travel a hundred and fifty miles in twenty - four hours ; 2 by comparison Akbar's imperial post was officially ex- pected to fulfil a ...
... hundred yards in daylight and twice as much at night , it was technically possible for the message to travel a hundred and fifty miles in twenty - four hours ; 2 by comparison Akbar's imperial post was officially ex- pected to fulfil a ...
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... hundred elephants , five hundred camels , four hundred carts and a hundred bearers , and Roe described the camp as ' one of the wonders of my little experience'.9 There were various conveyances in which the emperor or his nobles , when ...
... hundred elephants , five hundred camels , four hundred carts and a hundred bearers , and Roe described the camp as ' one of the wonders of my little experience'.9 There were various conveyances in which the emperor or his nobles , when ...
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Abul Fazl Agra Ajmer Akbar architecture arrived Asaf Khan Aurangzeb Babur Badauni Bahadur Bairam Bakhsh battle Bengal Bijapur brother brought building camp captured century Chitor court Dara Shukoh Dara's death Deccan Delhi died diwan-i-khas dynasty elephants emperor eunuch Fatehpur Sikri father favourite Fazl's followers garden Golconda Gwalior harem Hindal Hindu Hindustan Humayun hundred imperial India Islam Itimad-ud-daulah Jahangir jewels Jumla Kabul Kamran Kandahar Kashmir Khurram Khusrau killed Koran ladies Lahore later magnificent Mahabat Khan Mandu marched Mewar miles Mir Jumla Moghul army Moghul empire Mohammed Mongol months mosque Mumtaz Mahal Murad Muslim nobles Nur Jahan occasion official orthodox paintings palace Persian Portuguese present prince province Punjab Raja Rajasthan Rajput Rana rebellion reign religious royal ruler Salim Samarkand seemed sent Shah Jahan Shah Shuja Shah's Shahriyar Shaibani Shaikh Sher Shah Shia Shivaji Singh succession Sultan thousand throne Timur Timurid tomb victory wall