Autobiography of Lutfullah, a Mohamedan Gentleman and His Transactions with His Fellow-Creatures: Interspersed with Remarks on the Habits, Customs, and Character of the People with Whom He Had to Deal
Autobiography of Lutfullah, a Mohamedan Gentleman and His Transactions with His Fellow-Creatures: Interspersed with Remarks on the Habits, Customs, and Character of the People with Whom He Had to Deal
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ...heaps of golden coins, strings of pearls, and caskets of precious ornaments were exposed for sale, are now all deserted." The amount of the population of the city at this time is said to have been reduced from half a million to about one hundred and twelve thousand persons, on account of the banishment of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ...heaps of golden coins, strings of pearls, and caskets of precious ornaments were exposed for sale, are now all deserted." The amount of the population of the city at this time is said to have been reduced from half a million to about one hundred and twelve thousand persons, on account of the banishment of the Peshwd and the consequent dispersion of his armies and emigration of the people. It having occurred to me to ascend the Parbati Hill to have a full view of the city at once, I employed a guide for the purpose and soon reached the summit. It commands a view of the whole city, with its environs and a beautiful landscape of the town, the English camp, and the suburbs, ornamented with nine lakhs of mango trees planted by the Peshwd, called "nau lakha bdgh." The next day I left Puna for Satard, the place of my destination, which, being about fifty-six miles distant, I reached in three days by easy marches on the 30th of March, 1823. Satard, originally belonging to the province of Bijapur, is situated in a mountainous country, environed by lofty hills on three sides; or, I may observe, the town is lying under and within the south-western angle of hills running in the form of a syphon, the southern leg of which is the short one, and SATARA. 171 is walled and towered, partly scarped and partly built into a.bill fort, the eminence being about two hundred and seventy-five yards high. The fortress is commanded from many places, particularly from the west. The sight of the fortress reminded me of the anecdote of Aurangzeb's able secretary, named Niamat Khan, who, on the morning of the day when this fortress was stormed, was the first person to bring intelligence of its capture. On reaching the royal pavilion, he found His Majesty sitting at the door of...
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Edition:
1st edition (BMC 10605.b.31; Wolff 1873, citing the 2nd edition of
Publisher:
Smith & Elder
Published:
1857
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17741825617
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Some minor edgewear to binding. Bookplate. A VG+ copy. xii, 435, [1] pp. Last page blank. 8vo. A work with much information pertaining to the British occupation of India. Quite scarce in the first edition.