INDEX
487
242, 257-258 ; garden and square of,
243 ; Bazar held in square, ib. ;
arcades and merchants' houses in,
245 ; thatched cottages in, 246; fires
frequent in, ib.
Delhi, dwellings of Omrahs in, 246,247;
construction of houses in, 247, 248 ;
shops of, 248, 249 ; fruit market of,
249 ; confectioners' shops in, 250 ;
bakers in, ib. ; flesh meat sold in, ib.,
251 ; fowls and fish in, 251, 252.
------price of wine in, 253 ; Seraglio
and royal apartment in, 256 and n ;
statues of Rajas Jaimal and Patta
of Chittor in 256, 257 and n ; streets
in, 245, 246, 257, 258; canal in,
257, 258.
-------place of audience in, 259,261, 263.
------ sacked by Nadir Shah, 269 n ;
Throne of Great Mogol at, 268, 269;
Mosque, the Jama Masjid, 278 seq.;
Serai of, 280, 281 ; population of,
281, 282.
------country around, extremely fertile
283 ; compared with Agra, 284, 285.
------bazar bread of, 354 and n, 387;
water of, 355 ; distance from Lahore,
358.
------province of, revenue of, 456.
Delate (Ddldl), Gentile Broker, 188,
189 n.
Delil-kan [Diler Khdn), 35 n; plun¬
ders Sulaiman Shikoh's baggage,
60.
Deora, Battle between Aurangzeb and
Dara at, 87, 88.
Deiita (Deotah), an incarnate deity,
causes eclipses, 303.
Deiitas, sun, moon and stars called,
339, 340 ; nature of the, 344, 348.
Dgen (Arab.y^TOz), evil spirit, 217.
Dgugues (Yugas) of Hindoos, 343 and
n.
Diamond, Great, of Great Mogol iden¬
tical with the Koh-i-mir, 469 471.
Dianet-Kan appointed governor of
Kashmir, 186.
Didar-Kan, principal eunuch of the
Seraglio, amours of, 131 ; murdered,
131-
Doctors of Goa, 338 n.
Douazdeh Hazary, lord of twelve thou¬
sand horse, 212.
Dou Hazary, lord of two thousand
horse, 212.
Dryden's Tragedy of Atireng-Zebe, 465-
469.
Diib grass (Cynodon Dactylon), 382
and n.
Dutch, teach Murad Bakhsh military
mining, 31.
------lay embargo on Golkonda mer¬
chant vessels, 195, 196.
------factories of, in Agra and Lucknow,
292 and n ; trade of, 293.
------Silk factory of, in Bengal, 440.
Earthquakes in Kashmir, 395 n.
Ebeche or Ethiopia, embassy from King
of, to Aurangzeb, 133 ; personnel of
embassy, 134 ; plundered, 137 ; re¬
ceived by Aurangzeb, 138, 139.
Eclipses witnessed by Bernier, 300;
caused by an incarnate deity, 303.
Egypt an enslaved country, 227, 228.
Eiedeha (Azhdaha), dragon insignia,
266.
Elabas (Ilahbas), Allahabad, victory of
Sulaiman Shilioh near, 36 and n.
------Mir-baba appointed governor of,
186.
------revenue of, 457.
El Bahrein, Persian Gulf, pearl fishery
at, 204, n.
Elephants, combats between, 276, 277,
278 and n.
Emasculation of eunuchs, 131, 132.
Embargo laid on Golkonda merchant
vessels by Dutch, 195, 196.
Embary (Amdri), Murad Bakhsh con¬
fined in an, 69 ; Sultan Muham¬
mad confined in an, 83.
Emir-Jemla (Mir jumla, Mir Muham¬
mad ^aid Ardastani), 16, et seq., 16
n ; betrays King of Golkonda to
Aurangzeb, 19, 20.
-------presents the Koh-i-Niir diamond
to Shah-Jahan, 22 and n ; pretended
imprisonment of, 29, 30.
------ joins Aurangzeb at battle of
Khajua, 75 ; war cry of, 76; sent
against Sultan Sujah, 79 ; goes into
winter quarters at Rajmahal, 81.
------defeats Sultan Sujah, 169; created
principal Amir, 171; confirmed in
Government of Bengal, ib. ; offered
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