INDEX
 

Abbs {Abah), presented to Abyssinian
Embassy, 139 and n.

Abdullah Kutb-Shah, Sultan of Gol¬
konda, 18 n, 19; betrayed by Mir
Jumla, 19, 20.

Achar (Achara), Hindoo name of 'God,'
325 and n.

------ (The Immovable), 347.

Achem (Acheen), in Sumatra, 203 n.
Achiavel (Achibal), Royal Gardens, etc.,

of, 413 and n.

Adalet-Kanay, Justice Chamber, 263.

Adrican (Dirk Van Adrichem), director
of Dutch factory at Surat, 127 n;
received by Aurangzeb, 127, 128.

Agra, account of city of, 284; differences
between Dehli and, 284, 285; houses
of Gentile merchants in, 285 ; Jesuit
Church in, 286 ; Dutch factory at,
292, 293 ; Tomb of Akbar at, 293 ;
Tomb of Taj Mahal at, 293 seq.

------ Chah-hest-kan, appointed Gover¬
nor of, 66,

•------■ Christian   Church  at,   destroyed

by Shah Jahan, 177, 287.

------ fortress of, seized by Sultan Mah¬
moud, 61, 62.

------ Province, revenue of, 456.

Aguacy-die (A/;dsdiah), 'sky-lamp,' 369

and n.
Akbar (Ekbar) the Great, departments
of State organised by, 216 7i.

------- believes in truth of Christianity,

287 n.

-------captures Chittor,  257    n;    fond

of sport, 262 n.

------ encourages    shawl    industry    in

Kashmir, 403 n.

------ tomb of, near Agra, 293 and n.

Alachas or striped silken stuffs, 139.

------ silk stuffs interwoven with gold

and silver, 120 n.
 

Alberuni, Moslem historian, quoted, 431

n.
Alexander the Great, 383.
Ali  Naki  a  Sayed,  put  to  death  by

Murad Bakhsh, 108 and n.
AUah-Couly, bribed by Aurangzeb, 68.
Allah-verdi-kan     (Aliwardi    Kltdn),

governor of Patna, 77 7t.
Aly Merdankan (AH Mardan Khan),

governor of Kandahar, 184 and n, 185.
Ambas (Skt. amra). North Indian name

for mangoe, 249 n.
Ambrose, Capuchin missionary, house

of, at Surat, spared by Sivaji, 188.
Amed-Abad (Ahmadabad), city of, 73,

74, n.
Am-Kas (Am-Khas), place of audience^

259,   261,   263,   266,   268;   dancing

girls salute the Mogol in the, 274.

------ tent of justice, 360, 362, 365, 370.

Ananas fruit (pine apples) preserved in

Bengal, 438.
Anaporam, brother of King of Aracan,

178 K.
Anatomy, Hindoos ignorant of, 339.
Anil (Arab, al-nil), indigo, 283 and «,
Antelopes hunted wdth leopards, 376,

377-
Arac,   spirit   distilled  from  unrefined
sugar, 253, 441.

------ used in Bengal, 441 and n.

Aracan (Rakan), punitive expedition by

Shaista Khan against King of, 174,

179, 182 and n.
Armenians,   compete   with   Dutch  in

trade, 292.
ArtUlery of Aurangzeb, 352, 363.

------- of the Mogol's army, 217, 218.

Arts in  India, condition of, 228, 254

255. 256.
Ashwameda  (Horse   sacrifice),   shield
with story of the, 255 n.
 

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