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INDEX
 

Assam, war with Raja of, 171-173.

Astrologers of Dehli, jugglery of, 243,
245.

Astrology in India, implicit belief in,
161-163.

Astronomy, ideas of Hindoo on, 339.

Augans (Afghans), mountaineers on
Persian frontier, 205, 206, 219.

Aureng-abad, revenue of, 457-

Aureng-zebe (Aurangzeb), son of Great
Mogol, 5 n, 7, 10; appointed gover¬
nor of the Deccan, 15; invades
kingdom of Golkonda, 20, 21 ; as¬
pires to throne of Shah Jahan, 26.

-------   gains   over   Sulaiman   Shikoh's

troops to his cause, 58 ; arrives at
Agra, 60 ; appoints Etbarkan gover¬
nor of Agra lorlress, 64 ; defends his
conduct in a letter to Shah Jahan, 64.

------- persuades Murad  Bakhsh to join

him, 27 ; wins over Mir Jumla, 29,
30 ; advances on Agra, 33 ; crosses
river near Burhanpur, 36; gains battle
near Narbada river, 38, 39.

-—- treachery of, to Murad Bakhsh, 66-
68; bribes officers and army against
do., 69.

------receives troops of Murad Bakhsh

into his service, 7°! bribes Raja
Jesseingue, 72, 73 ; gains battle of
Khajda, 75 78.

------ imprisons his son Muhammad in

Gwalior, 83 ; warns his second son
Sultan Mu'azzam, 84 ; imprisons
Murad Bakhsh in Gwalior, 85 ; ad¬
vances against Dara at Ajmere, 86.

—— consents to Dara's death, loi ;
sends Dara's head to Shah Jahan,
103 n.

------ embassy from Usbec Tartars to,

Il5 seq.; presents ambassadors with
rich serapahs, etc., I18, 120; seized
with illness, 123; wives of, 126 n;
receives embassy from the Dutch, 127
seq.

-------incessant occupations of, 129, 130;

receives embassies from different coun¬
tries, 133 ; gives presents to Ethi¬
opian embissy, 139; aids rebuilding
of m"Sque in Abyssinia, 140.

-------selects preceptor for Sultan Akbar,

144; receives embassy from Persia,
146;  presents to, from Persia, 147,
 

148; letters from King of Persia lo,
149.

Aureng-zebe, demeans himself lo Persian
embassy, 151; orders ambassador lo be
intercepted at frontier, ib. ; reception
of his teacher Mullah Sale by, 154;
discourse on classical (Arabic) educa¬
tion of youth by, 155-161.

-------pardoned   I)y Shah  Jahan,   166;

correspondence between, 166 n, 167,
168 ; on the duties of kings, 168 ; at
war with Assam, 171-173; orders
Sultan Mu'azzam lo kill a lion, 182,
183; rewards Mahabat Khan, 183.

------appoints governors of provinces,

186 ; cashiers Nejabatkan, ib. ; ap¬
points Sivaji a Raja, 190; forgives
Begum Saheb, 198.

------journey of, to Lahore, 350 et seq.;

body-guard of, 352 ; travelling car¬
riages of, 370.

------entry into Kashmir, 391, 392.

------embassy to, from Great Tibet, 422.

------Dryden's Tragedy of, 465-469.

Ava, attempted capture of, by Chinese,
235 and n.

Azam Khan shoebeaten by Shah Jahan,

53 «■
Azam, Prince Muhammad's son, steals

Murad Bakhsh's weapons, 68 n.
Azo, fortress of, captured by Mir Jumla,

172, 173-
 

Bab - EL - MANDEL (Bab - el - Mandeb),

Straits of, 2, 3, 448.
Baganala, revenue of, 458.
Bagnaguer (Bhagnagar), City of, 19 n.
Bajazet (Sultan Baiazid I. of Turkey),

167 and n.
Balasor, Port of, in Orissa, 441 and n.
Balass (Balakh-^hai) rubies, 472 and n.
Ball (Dr. Valeniine), History of Koh-i-

niir diamond by, 470, 471.
Balouches,   mountaineers   on   Persian

frontiers, 205, 206, 219.
Banyane,    name    applied    to    foreign

tradtrs, 164.
------ Gentile merchants, hou?es of, in

Agra, 285.
Banyan-trees in India, 309 n.
Baramoulay (Baramula), mosque and

sacred stone at, 414, 415.