History of the Deccan by J D B Gribble

Author:J D B Gribble [Gribble, J D B]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Rupa Publications India
Published: 2001-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

*Taylor's Manuscripts, Vol. II. p. 205.

*Grant Duff, Vol. I. p. 306.

*It is alleged that documents exist which show that Aurungzebe's secret intention was ultimately to found a great Empire in Central Asia.

*Eradat Khan, translated by Scott (also Elliot and Dowson). These letters are not to my knowledge reproduced in any of the histories. Mr. Stanley Lane Poole gives an extract from one in his monograph. Aurangzib.

*It is questioned whether this is not a mistake for Jodhporee, as a princess of Jodhpore was sent to Aurungzebe's zenana. The house of Odeypore claims to have never contributed a Princess to the Mahomedan Emperors.

*Scott's Translation.

†Stanley Lane Poole, Aurangzib, p. 205.

*Eradat Khan, Memoirs of the Mogul Empire. Scott, Vol. II.

*The word Hindustan is always understood to refer to the upper Ganges valley, and is not used as we use it to apply to the whole Peninsula.

*Eradat Khan, Scott's Translation.

*It is not quite certain whether this step had not already been resolved upon or even taken by Azim Shah before he marched to encounter Bahadur at Agra. Looking at the dates, however, I am inclined to think the text is correct.

*Eradat Khan thus relates the incident which is of interest, as throwing some light upon the rules of oriental etiquette, any breach of which is calculated to cause bitter offence: "The Ameer-ul-Amra now desired me to send my grandson to Azimu-sh-Shah to ask him how he could serve him on the present occasion. I sent him but he returned with a reply, laconic and slight, as if from a nobleman of high rank to the commander of a hundred. 'As the Imperial servants can know no place of support but this court, and most have already repaired to it, the Ameer-ul-Amra may also pay his duty, with assurance of a gracious reception in the Presence.' When the Ameer-ul-Amra read this, he shed tears, and said to me with some emotion: 'You see the manners of the Prince and his advisers! Whatever is the will of God must taken place. Alas! the errors of a favourite, unacquainted with government often endanger the very existence of his master. When fortune frowns on any one, he is sure to do that which he should not.' After saying this he left and went to Prince Moiz-ud-Din (Jehander Shah)."

*This is Eradat Khan's story, and, as he was an eyewitness of the battle, it is probably true. Khafi Khan, on the other hand, says that Azimu-sh-Shah 'disappeared', and was supposed either to have been drowned or assassinated.

"linked to a thousand crimes."

*Eradat Khan, Memoirs of the Mogul Empire, Scott's Translation.

*Ibid.

*There can be no doubt that the Deccan plains, with their vast stretches of waste land, are eminently suited for horse-breeding purpose. Of late years considerable attention has been bestowed on the revival of horse-breeding in the Nizam's Dominions, and annually from 1,200 to 1,500 young colts by thoroughbred Arabs out of country mares are brought to the great horse fair at Mallagaom in the Bieder district. In course of time the new Deccanee breed bids fair to rival if not surpass the historical Deccan cavalry of the last century.

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