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Muzaffar Khan, xii, 109, 137, 153, 198–99, 205, 223, 250, 265, 323n44, 328n9; in Bengal, 199–202, 205–7
Muzaffar Shah. See Nannu
Nagarchain, 106, 114–15
Nagarkot, 155, 253, 331n10
Nannu, xiii, 138–39, 153, 342n3
Naqshbandi order, viii, 212
Narnaul, 59, 204
Nauroz, 228, 232–33, 236, 240, 247, 258, 277, 279
Niru’un, xix, 19, 28, 96, 123, 192, 255, 293
Nizamuddin Ahmad, xi, 7, 14, 34, 46, 62–63, 68, 71–72, 82, 88, 96, 99, 109–10, 117, 135, 142, 151, 159–60, 189, 198–99, 206, 231, 266, 308n37, 310n19, 314n11, 315n43, 318n4, 320n1, 322n36, 324n69, 330n45, 333n28, 343n10, 348n25, 349n38; information war in Agra, 121–22; intrigue for Babur’s throne, 7
Nuram Khan, 271–72
opium, 45, 121, 150, 208, 272, 289
Orchha, xii, 178, 254, 263, 280
oriental despot, stereotype, 201
Panipat, 60, 141; First Battle of, 2, 56, 315n40; Second Battle of, xiii, 54–58, 61, 64, 73, 91, 108, 111, 261, 315n39, 315n43
parcheesi, 137, 232
Paronkh. See battle of Paronkh
Patan, 77, 138
Patna, 5, 165–66, 177–78, 197, 199–201; siege of, 160–62, 333n28
Patr Das, 206–7
Pereira, Francis Julian, 214, 340n5
Persia, 1, 9, 25, 27, 30, 33, 54–56, 58, 65, 91, 116, 129, 133, 155–56, 185, 191–92, 208, 211, 213, 217, 221, 225, 228, 236, 245, 256, 258, 278, 284–85, 296, 305n1, 307n20, 316n59, 317n98, 320n49, 329n25, 332n19, 336n13, 338n10, 339n28, 348n19, 354n14. See also Iran
Peshrau Khan, 178
pilgrim tax, abolishment of. See taxes
Pir Muhammad, xi, 53–55, 59, 61, 66, 68–70, 74, 76, 79, 96, 98, 104, 320n1; and conquest of Malwa, 82–83, 96, 154
Portuguese, 1, 138, 194, 263, 269, 276, 286–87, 343n10, 352n20
Prasad, Pushpa, 234, 344n34, 353n34
Prasad, Rana, xiii, 15–16, 22, 308n47
Pratap, Rana, xiii, 145, 147, 179–80, 182, 201, 204, 244, 298, 335n32; battle of Haldighati, 179, 181–82
Prayag, 239, 244
prices of essential commodities, 233, 236
Punjab, x, xii, 5, 41, 45, 49, 50, 53, 74, 77–78, 112, 140, 145, 155, 179, 183, 198, 204, 208–9, 212, 222, 228, 241, 246–47, 269, 278, 284, 300, 312n60, 321n18, 339n2, 347n8; Akbar hunting in, 47, 49, 112, 140, 187; ataka khail in, 78, 95, 114–15, 204, 219, 318n111, 339n22
Qandahar, 9, 11, 23, 25–27, 30–32, 37, 44, 50, 55, 58, 219, 229, 308n50, 310n20, 314n11, 343n14; Humayun’s conquest of, 23, 29, 30, 312n50
Qaqshal, Baba Khan, xi, 205–6, 208; dispute with Shahbaz Khan, 204–5
Qaqshal, Majnun Khan, 59, 204
Qasim Khan, 127, 233, 253, 345n44
Quran, 44, 158, 166, 195, 249, 273, 275, 329n25
Qutlug Fulad, 100
Qutubuddin Muhammad Khan, 114–15, 241
Raja Ali Khan, Sultan, xiv, 274
Rajputs, xiii, 55, 59–60, 87–90, 123–29, 131–33, 135, 142–45, 148, 151, 170, 178–82, 208, 221–22, 225, 234–35, 247–48, 256–57, 259–60, 305n4, 321n22, 325n12, 330n46, 335n32, 350n51; Kachhwaha Rajputs, viii, ix, 59–60, 87, 89, 140, 144, 147, 149, 204
Ram Chand, Raja, 101, 132
Ram Das, Guru, 234
Ramzan, 31, 42, 49, 114, 131, 289, 297
Ranthambore, xiii, 44, 70, 219, 325n12; siege of, xiii, 131–32, 145
revenue, xii, 82, 107, 109, 123, 153, 158–59, 162, 166, 201, 218, 223, 230, 233, 235–37, 247, 254
Richards, J.F., 186, 242, 247, 344n26, 348n11
Rupmati, xiii, 82–83, 327n57
Sadiq Khan, 178, 183
Saif Khan, 149, 150, 153, 163, 247, 329n33
Sakat Singh, 123
Salim, ix, xi, xii, 143, 170–71, 220, 233, 256–57, 260–61, 268, 272, 274–75, 278, 283, 285, 288, 292, 300, 316n45, 335n33, 349n47, 352n28, 354n28; and Abul Fazl, 272–73, 279–82; birth of, 133, 135–36, 271, 278; illness, 178; rebellion against Akbar, 271, 277–78, 281, 285–88; rivalry for Akbar’s throne, 264, 272, 279, 283–84, 289–91, 290
Salima Begum, ix, 64, 77, 229, 285
Samarqand, 2, 8, 30, 33, 36, 244, 247, 266, 268, 278
Sarangpur, 82–85, 97, 319n14
Sarnal. See battle of Sarnal
sati, 256–57, 259, 349n44, 350n51
sayyids, 50, 52, 75, 98–99, 113, 123, 138, 144, 166, 170, 192, 200, 314n10, 324n64, 327n45; Sayyids of Barha, 144, 291
Second Battle of Panipat. See Panipat
Shah Abbas, xiii, 256, 278, 354n14
Shah Abul Ma’ali, x, 44, 50–51, 55, 62, 69, 73, 115, 314nn10–11; in battle of Sirhind, 45, 51; murder of Mahchuchak, 113–14, 324n64; rebellions against Akbar, 51–52, 98–100, 113, 321n18
Shahbaz Khan, xii, 182, 208, 218, 236, 241, 254, 266; Baba Khan Qaqshal’s dispute with, 204–5, 236
Shahim Beg, x, 64–67, 105, 170
Shah Ismail, 185, 309n17
Shahjahan, 89, 108, 240–41, 292 , 352n28
Shah Mansur, xii, 201, 208, 222–23, 225
Shahrukh, Mirza, viii, 198, 244–45, 267, 269, 273, 338n5, 338n10
Shaibani Khan, 30, 97, 259
Shamsuddin Muhammad Khan (Ataka), ix, 4, 19, 24, 28–29, 44, 49, 51, 61, 63, 76, 78, 85–87, 86 , 91, 95, 98, 104, 112, 115, 146, 202, 261, 289, 316n57, 318n111, 320n4; and ataka khail, 78, 93, 100, 339n22; and Bairam Khan, 63–64, 76, 78; murder of, 92–93, 94 , 95, 98, 100, 261, 266
Sharafuddin Husain, Mirza, viii, xiii, 69, 71, 78, 82, 87–89, 95–96, 100, 125, 143, 145, 207–8; rebellions against Akbar, 98–100, 113, 207–8
Sher Khan Fuladi, xiv, 138–39, 142, 146–48, 150
Sher Mandal, 46
Shihabuddin Ahmad Khan, x, 69, 71, 73, 78, 91, 266
Siddhi Chandra, 238 , 239
siege of Bayana. See Hemu
siege of Chittorgarh. See Chittorgarh
siege of Patna. See Patna
siege of Ranthambore. See Ranthambore
siege of Surat. See Surat
Sikander Khan, x, 106–8
Sikhism, 169, 234
Sindh, 5, 9, 11–12, 16, 22–23, 29, 33, 43, 153, 178, 214, 228, 276, 299, 308n44, 311n39
Sinha, P.P., 155, 249
Sirhind, 47, 54–55, 299. See also battle of Sirhind
Smith, Vincent A., 58, 130, 255, 312n58, 327n49, 340n13
Srivastava, A.L., 239, 298, 344n31
sufiana cuisine, 231
Sulaiman Karrani, Sultan, xiv, 106, 110, 138, 159
Sulaiman of Badakhshan, Mirza, viii, 2–3, 8, 29–30, 32–36, 95, 197–99, 212, 245, 267, 278, 311n47, 314n23, 338n5; and feud with grandson Shahrukh, 198–99, 244–45, 338n10; and Kabul, 58, 61, 113–15, 314n23, 324n69
sulh-i kul (peace for all), 167, 284, 299, 355n13
Sultan Khwaja, 146, 188
Surat, 138, 141, 299; siege of, 142–43; stories of valour in, 143–44
Suri, Salim Shah, xii, xiii, 41, 43, 52, 61, 77, 313n69, 332nn12–13
Suri, Sher Shah, vii, xii, 5–7, 13, 21–23, 43–45, 52, 59, 132, 139, 202, 307n22, 308n37, 309n6, 320n4; and battle of Kannauj, 3, 306n15
Suri, Sikandar, 45, 47, 52–54, 61, 63, 66
Surjancharita, 131
Surjan Hada, Rai, xiii, 131–32
Swat, ix, 247, 251, 253
Tahmasp, Shah, xiii, 25–27, 30, 58, 91, 309n17, 310n19, 310n21, 343n14
Talbot, Cynthia, 131
Tansen, xii, 52, 101, 253, 273, 318n4
Tardi Beg, x, 12–15, 18, 24, 44, 50–51, 53–55, 58, 62, 74, 96, 137, 306n11, 308n47, 316n46
Tarikh-i-Alfi, 240
taxes, 158–59, 208, 222, 228–29, 233, 236–37, 333n1; jizya, 129, 234–36, 346n47; pilgrim tax, abolishment of, 234–35; remission of, 233, 236; zakat (Islamic tax), 129, 194
Thackston, Wheeler M., 92, 190, 335n29, 355n12
Thatta, 21–22
Timur, xix, 8, 13, 36, 52, 54, 77, 97, 139, 143, 189, 193, 240, 305n1
Timurid, viii, 36, 41, 50, 69, 77–78, 95, 97, 107, 111, 122, 129, 145, 151, 193, 197, 258, 306n6, 308n54, 311n30, 337n1, 338n10
Tirthankaras, 191
tobacco, xi, 287–89
Tod, James, 123–24, 128, 131–32, 179–80, 325n10, 326n15, 335n32
Todar Mal, xii, 109–10, 127, 137, 153, 162, 177, 188, 200–201, 208, 218, 223, 229, 233, 241, 244, 253–54, 265, 323n50
Treaty of Bassein, 138
Tukaroi. See battle of Tukaroi
Tulsidas, 169
Turan, 1, 33, 36, 225, 226, 244–46, 256, 268–69, 274, 278, 323n44, 323n50, 326n15, 341n20, 347n8, 352n22. See also Abdullah of Turan, Sultan
Udai Singh, 257
Udai Singh, Rana, xiii, 124–25, 128, 131, 145, 181
Ulugh Beg, 189
Umarkot, xiii, 15–16, 18–19
ummi, 285
Uzbeks, x, 23, 30, 44, 53, 55–56, 64, 96–97, 104–5, 107, 122–23, 139, 142, 166, 194, 212, 221, 226, 245, 250, 258, 261, 309n7, 316n59, 322n36; rebellion, x, xi, 105–11, 113–16, 118–19, 121–23, 129, 139, 146, 155, 191, 202, 204, 212, 235, 339n22
Wali Beg, 44, 47, 73, 107, 145
Xavier (Father), xii, 230, 263, 265, 279, 297, 349n38
Yadgar Nasir, viii, 4–5, 9, 29, 32, 41, 306n13
yasa-i-Chengezi, 97
Yusuf Shah Chak, xiv, 247–48
Zafarnama, 143
Zain Khan Koka, ix, 153, 236, 329n33; and expedition to Swat and Bajaur, ix, 247, 251–53
zamindars, 108, 123, 155, 178, 228, 332n20
Ziegler, Norman P., 88, 132, 321n22, 327n58
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