An Account of the Kingdom of Canbul, and Its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India: Comprising a View of the Afghaun Nation and a History of the Dooraunee Monarchy, Volumen1R. Bentley, 1842 |
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Afghaun country Afghaun tribe Afghaunistaun Ahmed Akram Khaun appearance Arabs Attock Bajour bank Beloches Bikaneer Bokhaura branches Bulkh called camels Candahar Cashmeer Caspian Sea Caubul chief climate cloth common coun course court crossed cultivated Damaun desart Dooraunee dress east Eusofzyes formed garden ghauns Ghiljies Ghore Ghuznee Girishk Gomul head Helmund Heraut hills Hindoo Coosh Hindoostaun honour horses hundred Hydaspes Hyphasis India Indus inhabitants Jeerga Khail Khorassaun King King's kingdom Kyse Ladauk land lower Macartney Mahommedan manners matchlocks mentioned miles mission Moollahs Mooz Moultaun mountains Mussulmauns nation Oolooss Oxus Paropamisan party passed Persian person Peshawer Pisheen plain Punjaub Pushtoo rain Raja range of Solimaun received remarkable round runs Salt Range scarcely Seestaun Shauh shawl Siks snow sometimes Soonnees Speen stream Taugh Taujiks taun tent tion Toorkistaun town travellers trees Uzbek valley village whole wild
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Página 9 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass ? 6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. 7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Página 278 - PRAISE be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray...
Página 75 - Hazaurehs, not more remarkable for their conical caps of skin, with the wool, appearing like a fringe round the edge, and for their broad faces, and little eyes, than for their want of the beard, which is the ornament of every other face in the city.
Página 37 - They believed we carried great guns, packed up in trunks ; and that we had certain small boxes, so contrived as to explode, and kill half a dozen men each, without hurting us. Some thought we could raise the dead ; and there was a story current, that we had made and animated a wooden ram at...
Página 172 - Coromandel coast, covered by the mountainous countries on its west, is entirely exempt from it. Further north, the monsoon begins early in June, and loses a good deal of its violence, except in the places influenced by the neighbourhood of the mountains or the sea, where the fall of water is very considerable. About Delhi, it does not begin till the end of June, and the fall of rain is greatly inferior to what is felt at Calcutta or Bombay. In the north of the Punjaub, near the hills, it exceeds...
Página 168 - ... heart with awe. At length the thunder ceases, and nothing is heard but the continued pouring; of the rain, and the rushing of the rising streams. The next day presents a gloomy spectacle : the rain still descends in torrents, and scarcely allows a view of the blackened fields: the rivers are swoln and discoloured, and sweep down along with them the hedges, the huts, and the remains of the cultivation which was carried on, during the dry season, in their beds.
Página 74 - We had many opportunities of observing this assemblage in returning from our morning rides ; and its effect was heightened by the stillness and solitude of the streets, at the early hour at which we used to set out. A little before sunrise, people began to assemble at the mosques to their morning devotions. After the hour of prayer, some few appeared sweeping the streets before their doors, and some great men were to be seen going to their early attendance at Court. They were always on horseback,...
Página 57 - Moultaun, and of Sind, (each imagining that the embassy could have no other object but to procure the cession of his particular province), did what they could to thwart its success; and, at the same time, the Dooraunee...
Página 330 - Afghauns in a few words ; their vices are revenge, envy, avarice, rapacity, and obstinacy ; on the other hand they are fond of liberty, faithful to their friends, kind to their dependants, hospitable, brave, hardy, frugal, laborious, and prudent ; and they are less disposed than the nations in their neighbourhood to falsehood, intrigue, and deceit.
Página 21 - ... spot, which were reflected as in water, and this appearance continued at the ends, when viewed from the middle. I shall not attempt to account for this appearance, but shall merely remark, that it seems only to be found in level, smooth, and dry places.