The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and AustraliaParbury, Allen, and Company, 1836 - Asia |
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... Khan , the heir of Jigur . Having had a quarrel with her paramour , she quitted his zenana , and flying to Delhi , became an object of attraction to all the young and dissipated nobles of that libertine city . Fyz Tulub Khan , unable to ...
... Khan , the heir of Jigur . Having had a quarrel with her paramour , she quitted his zenana , and flying to Delhi , became an object of attraction to all the young and dissipated nobles of that libertine city . Fyz Tulub Khan , unable to ...
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... Khan , naeeb or lieutenant of Peer Mahomed Khan , chief of Peishawur , and the other Shaik Gholaum Mohaoodeen , a respectable man of Sirdar Yar Mahomed Khan's . They were accompanied by four or five horse- men , and brought letters to ...
... Khan , naeeb or lieutenant of Peer Mahomed Khan , chief of Peishawur , and the other Shaik Gholaum Mohaoodeen , a respectable man of Sirdar Yar Mahomed Khan's . They were accompanied by four or five horse- men , and brought letters to ...
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... Khan Khuttuck ( a caste of Patans ) . About five o'clock in the afternoon , the naeeb of this man called upon Mr. Moorcroft , and said his master was absent , and without his permission he could not permit the party to advance ; " if he ...
... Khan Khuttuck ( a caste of Patans ) . About five o'clock in the afternoon , the naeeb of this man called upon Mr. Moorcroft , and said his master was absent , and without his permission he could not permit the party to advance ; " if he ...
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... Khan's address was delivered . The road from Akhora was good , but through an underwood of prickly jungle , and along the banks of the Sandéh river , which continues to the right about two furlongs . Thus far in the Akhora country all ...
... Khan's address was delivered . The road from Akhora was good , but through an underwood of prickly jungle , and along the banks of the Sandéh river , which continues to the right about two furlongs . Thus far in the Akhora country all ...
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... Khan and Sooltan Mahomed Khan , were making these terms , and these two chiefs were very anxious that it should take place ; but some of Yar Mahomed Khan's followers , having stated to him their suspicions that it was the intention of ...
... Khan and Sooltan Mahomed Khan , were making these terms , and these two chiefs were very anxious that it should take place ; but some of Yar Mahomed Khan's followers , having stated to him their suspicions that it was the intention of ...
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Page 146 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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