Identifier: pictorialhistoci00sear (find matches)
Title: Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants
Year: 1851 (1850s)
Authors: Sears, Robert, 1810-1892
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Publisher: New York, R. Sears
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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rain his adventurous spirit, or detach him from such lawless associates. In the meantime, several revolutions had taken place in the kingdom of Ahmednagar, the king of which had been assassinated ; and, in the confusion that ensued, Shahjee had taken possession of the throne, the true heir,an infant, having been made prisoner by the imperial forces. The usurper was speedily dethroned by Shah Jehan, who once more took the field in person, and put an end to that monarchy, which was thus annexed to the Mogul dominions, in the year 1637, when Shahjee entered the service of the emperor. The kingdoms of Bijapur and Golconda were reduced to subjection shortly afterward, but were not extinguished like that of Ahmednagar, as Shah Jehan contented himself with making their kings tributary to the Mogul empire. Shah Jehan built the new city of Delhi, which far surpassed the old one in point of magnificence. The palace was a noble structure, and was well o O CO f •-3 >- >•o IX! as >*-3 if to-
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REIGN OF SHAH JEHAN. 441 protected by a deep moat and strong walls. It stood on a spacious esplanade, approached by a wide, handsome street, through which flowed the famous canal of Ali Merdan Khan, a grand work, executed by a Persian of that name, in the reign of Shah Jehan. Ali Merdan had been the governor of Candahar, under the shah of Persia, whose tyranny having driven him to revolt, he gave up the city to the Mogul emperor and took refuge at the court of Delhi, where he distinguished himself very highly by his great talents, in constructing useful public works, of which the canal still bear sample testimony. This fine aqueduct conveyed the waters of the Jumna, in a pure state, from the point where the river leaves the mountains to the city of Delhi, a distance of one hundred and twenty miles. The water which it furnished was not only the drink of the inhabitants, but the source of vegetation in the beautiful gardens around the capital. At a later period, during the troubles that attended th

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