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... possessed prudence , activity , and en- terprise in the highest degree ; was a patron of learned men ; had the qualities of a great warrior and conqueror , and though habitually economical , displayed at times considerable liberality ...
... possessed prudence , activity , and en- terprise in the highest degree ; was a patron of learned men ; had the qualities of a great warrior and conqueror , and though habitually economical , displayed at times considerable liberality ...
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... possessed a regular army of 54,000 horse , and had in his pay a nume- rous body of Hindu cavalry . He founded a univer- sity at Ghuzni , and provided a permanent sum for allowances to professors and students . He also set aside a sum ...
... possessed a regular army of 54,000 horse , and had in his pay a nume- rous body of Hindu cavalry . He founded a univer- sity at Ghuzni , and provided a permanent sum for allowances to professors and students . He also set aside a sum ...
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... the Eastern archipelago . They possessed thirty factories , several of them fortified , and their authority was supreme over 12,000 miles of sea - coast . House of Teimur . HOUSE OF TEIMŪR .— ( I 32 Rise of Portuguese Power .
... the Eastern archipelago . They possessed thirty factories , several of them fortified , and their authority was supreme over 12,000 miles of sea - coast . House of Teimur . HOUSE OF TEIMŪR .— ( I 32 Rise of Portuguese Power .
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... possessed at his death a library of 4,060 books on various subjects , carefully corrected and well bound . Abul Fuzl , a brother of the above , and Prime Minister to Akbar ; he was the compiler of the " Akbarnameh " up to the 47th year ...
... possessed at his death a library of 4,060 books on various subjects , carefully corrected and well bound . Abul Fuzl , a brother of the above , and Prime Minister to Akbar ; he was the compiler of the " Akbarnameh " up to the 47th year ...
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... possessed Sundurgong ( Dakka ) , and Jajnug- gur ( Tipperah ) was tributary . Assam was occasionally plundered . Kuttak and the adjoining parts of Orissa were not acquired till just before the extinction of the kingdom . At the time of ...
... possessed Sundurgong ( Dakka ) , and Jajnug- gur ( Tipperah ) was tributary . Assam was occasionally plundered . Kuttak and the adjoining parts of Orissa were not acquired till just before the extinction of the kingdom . At the time of ...
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