Identifier: illustratedbiogr00sava (find matches)
Title: Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Savage, Charles C., 1820-1907
Subjects: Biography
Publisher: Buffalo, Phinney & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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the emperor andthe people of that devoted city, aroused themselves to a sense of danger. Mo-hammed Shah then hastily assembled his forces, and met the invader about onehundred miles from Delhi, where he sustained a total defeat, and was obligedto repair in person to the Persian camp, to make submission to the conqueror;A sad humiliation for a successor of the great Akber. The two monarchs rode side by side to the capital, where Nadir, assumingthe right of conquest, distributed his troops in various parts of the city, to theinfinite disgust of the inhabitants, who bore the intrusion and exactions of theenemy with gloomy discontent, until a report was raised that Nadir Shah haddied suddenly, when the suppressed fury of the populace burst forth, and greatnumbers of the Persians were put to the sword. In the midst of the tumult,Nadir rode forth from the palace-gates, expecting that his presence wouldoverawe the people, and put a stop to their violence ; instead of which, their NADIR SHAH.
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Portrait of Nadir Shah,—From a Miniature painted in India. 248 NADIR SHAH. disappointment at seeing him alive, only added to their rage; and the Shatothen gave the fearful command, which devoted to ruin that magnificent citywhich had so long been the pride of the eastern world. When the order had been issued for a general massacre of the unfortunateinhabitants of Delhi, Nadir Shah retired to a little mosque in the grand bazar,where he sat for hours in solitude, while the work of death and destruction wasgoing on around him. Many parts of the city were in flames, and the numberof human beings sacrificed on that dreadful day, is said to have amounted tofifty thousand. At length, the wretched emperor forced his way into the pres-ence of the destroyer, exclaiming, with tears streaming down his cheeks, Spare my people ; and the command that was instantly given to shed nomore blood, was as promptly obeyed as that which had caused it to flow insuch frightful abundance. Having thus so far d

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