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Mullik Mokunder, officer of the King of
Dehly, his daring exploit, 100
Mullik Nusseer Farooky, succeeds to the
throne of Khandesh, 147. Treacher-
ously takes Aseergurh from Prince
Asa, 147. Whom he puts to death,
148. Besieges Talnair, and imprisons
his brother, 148. His wars with the
Deccan, 148. His death, 148
Mullik Rajah Farooky, first Mahomedan
governor of Khandésh, 146. His ori-
gin, 146. Becomes independent of
Dehly, 147. Marries the daughter of
the King of Malwah, 147. Defeated by
Mozuffer Shah of Guzerat, 147. His
death, 147. His government, 147
Mullik Wujoo, governor of Dowlutabad,
declares his independence, 208. Dis-
placed by his younger brother, 208
Mullik-oos-Shurk, declares his independ-
ence at Joonpoor, 121
Mullik-oot-Toojár defeats Nusseer Khan
of Khandesh, 169. Perishes in an am-
buscade, 171
Mulloo Adil Shah, succeeds to the throne
of Beejapoor, 206. His conduct, 206.
Deposed and blinded, 206

Mulloo Khan, of Beejapoor, protected by
Garcia de Noronha. at Goa, 282. Who
refuses to give him up, 282. Obtains
assistance from the Portuguese, who
abandon him, 282, 283
Mundésur, discovery of Thuggee at, 620
Mundissoor, a rebel Sepoy force routed at,
748

Mungul Pándy, his open mutiny and
punishment, 719

Municipal Improvement Act, operation
of the, 787

Munro, Major (afterwards Sir) Hector,

takes command of the English army,
460. Suppresses a mutiny of the native
troops, 460. Defeats the Nawab of
Bengal at Buxar, 460. Demands his
surrender, 461. Invests Chunargarh,
461. Appointed commander-in-chief
of Madras, 497. Lays siege to Pondi-
cherry, 497. Advances to Conjeveram,
500. Sends assistance to Colonel Bail-
lie, 500. His behaviour, 500. Retreats
and loses the Western Carnatic, 500.
Besieges and takes Negapatam, 502
Munro, Colonel (now Sir Thomas), chases
the Péshwah northwards, 590. Raises
a levy of natives, and reduces several
strong forts, 598. Routs the Pésh-
wah's infantry at Sholapoor, 598. His
land settlements in Madras, 612.
Created a K.C.B., and returns to India
as President of Madras, 614.
His
popularity, 614. His death, 615
Murdán, mutiny of the 55th Native In-
fantry at, 723. Who are followed and
punished, 723
Muring Phuring, Burmese commander,
defeated, and beheaded by his master,
607, 608

MYS

Murray, Colonel, his force in Guzerat,
555. Advances upon Indoor, 560
Musaood, son of Sooltan Mahmood, de-
mands the Persian provinces from his
brother, 86. Dethrones his brother,
whom he blinds, 86. At war with the
Seljuk Tartars, 86. Invades India, 88.
Defeated by the Seljuks, 87. Put to
death, 87. His character, 87
Mussood II., succeeds Modood at Ghuzny,
88. Deposed, 88

Musaood III., succeeds Abdool Rasheed
of Ghuzny, 88. His code, 88. Makes
Lahore his capital, 88. Deposed by
Arslan, 88

Musaood Khan, an Abyssinian, becomes
regent of Beejapoor, 346. His treaty
with Sivajee, 347

Muscat taken by the Portuguese, 2??
Musheer-ool-Moolk, minister of Hyder.

abad, his boast, 532. A hostage in
the hands of the Mahrattas, 532. Be-
comes Meer Allum, 539. Agrees to dis-
band the French forces at Hyderabad,

540

Mutilation of criminals, abolished by Fe-
roze Toghluk, 796

Mutiny of European soldiers in 1765, 464.
Checked the native regiments, 464. Of
the officers of the Bengal army, S
Settlement of their claims, 534. AS
Vellore, 566. Of European officers at
Madras, 572. Of three Sepoy regiments
at Barrackpoor, 606. Of Bengal troops
in 1843, 662. Of the Sepoys in 1857,

716

Muttra, temples of, plundered by Mah-
mood of Ghuzny, 83. Again plundered
and the citizens massacred, 421. Ma-
tiny of the Sepoys at, 725
Mynpooree, mutiny of Sepoys at, 724

Who are defeated at, 747
Mysore, 4. Troops of, join the French,
410, 411. Invaded by the Peshwah,
415. The territory divided, and the
ancient kingdom of, restored to its
rajah, 544. Invaded by the Peshwab,
446. History of, 453.
Its political
condition in 1761, 453. Rise and pro-
gress of Hyder Ally, 454. At war with
the Mahrattas, 467. Attacked by
them, 467. Overrun by the Mahrattas,
who defeat Hyder Ally, and compel him
to surrender territory, 474, 475. Second
war with, 500. Treaty of the Nirst
and the Mahrattas for the partition
of, 519. General Medows' campaign
against, 522. Lord Cornwallis's cam-
paigns, 523, 524. Conclusion of the
war, 525, Preparations for another
war, 540. Management of the affairs
of, assumed by the government of India,
626. Profligacy and extravagance of
the Rajah of, 626. Insurrection of his
people, 627. Pensioned, 627. Sir Mart
Cubbon's benevolent Administration
of, 627. Irrigation works in, 784

NAD

NADIR SHAH, King of Persia, takes

Kandahar and Kabool, 379. Invades
India, 379. Defeats the imperial troops,
and marches with the emperor to Dehly,
380. Orders a massacre and plunder of
the city, 380. Presents the emperor with
his crown, and seats him on his throne,
380. His treatment of Saadut Khan,
381. Leaves Dehly, 381. His death,

385

Nága, or serpent-worshipping dynasty of
Magadha, 49

Nagas, tribe of, 36
Nagávy, city of, 69

Nagore, Hindoo temples of, destroyed,
135

Nagpoor, Rajah of, attacked by Ameer
Khan, 570. Treaty concluded by Lord
Hastings with the, 585
Nagpoor, the idiot Rajah of, strangled,
590. Correspondence of the minister
with the Péshwah, 590. Visited by
Cheetoo, the Pindháree chief, 590.
Attack on the British troops by Appa
Sahib, 591. Who surrenders, 591. His
army defeated on the spot, 591. British
administration of, 591. An adopted
successor proclaimed Rajah of, 597.
The Rajah of, attains his majority,
612. Mr. Jenkins's management of his
affairs during his minority, 612. An-
nexed to the British dominions, 700.
Native discussion on the subject, 701.
Objectionable means used to carry out
the measure, 702. Partial mutiny of
Madras troops at, 750. Industrial ex-
hibition at, 778

Nagrakote, temples of, plundered by the
Mahomedans, 82. Fort of, retaken by
the Hindoos, 87
Nahápána, King of Kashmere, founds
the Sah dynasty, 55, 60. His cave
temple at Karnee, 61

Namdar Khan, Kureem Khan's lieutenant,
surrenders and provided for, 594
Nana Furnawees, Mahratta minister at
Poona, 489. His counsels, 491. Be-
comes prime minister, 491. His pro-
posal to the British, 493. Sends forces
against General Goddard's rear, 494.
Signs the treaty of Salbye. 496. His
negotiations with Hyder Ally, 499.
His jealousy of Sindia, 509, 518. His
demands against Tippoo, 518. Meets
the Nizam at Yatgeer, 519. Applies to
the English for assistance, 519. Con-
cludes an alliance with the Nizam, 519.
And with Lord Cornwallis. 522. Sets
up Holkar as a check to Sindia, 529.
Holkar defeated, 530. Nana calls up
Puréshrám Bhow, 530. Presses his
claims, 531. Suicide of his master
Mahdoo Ráo, 533. Opposes, but sub-
sequently reconciled to, Bajee, 533.
Prevails on the late Péshwah's widow
to adopt Chimnajee Appa, 535. Who
is invested as Péshwah, 535. Retires
into the Konkan in alarm, 535. His

NAS

policy, 535. Seized by Sindia, and im-
prisoned, 536, 537. Released, 538.
Visited by Bajee Ráo, who swears to
be true to him, 544. His death and
character, 546

Nána Sahib (Dhondoo Punt), adopted by
the ex-Péshwah, 698. Whose property
he inherits, 698. Refused the continu-
ance of the Péshwah's pension, 698.
The town and territory of Bithoor con-
ferred on him, 698. His plots and
emissaries, 717. His agent in London,
717. His progress from station to
station, 722. His assurances of sym-
pathy and assistance to the Europeans
at Cawnpoor, 726. Follows the muti-
neers, and brings them back, 726. His
purpose, 728. His treachery and mas-
sacre of the Europeans, 728. Joins his
brother, and outflanks General Wind-
ham, 746. Joins the rebel leaders at
Bareilly, 753. Proclaimed Peshwah,
758. Driven into Nipál, 766. Where
be dies in the jungles, 766
Nanda dynasty of Maghada, 49
Nanda, King of Maghada, put to death,

49

Nanda Rai of Kalinga, submits to Sool-
tan Mahmood of Ghuzny, 83
Não Nihal Singh, succeeds his father in
the Punjab, 667. Killed, 668
Napier, Sir Charles, appointed to the
supreme control in Sinde, 660. His
ignorance of the people, 660. Compels
the Ameers to sign a new treaty, 660.
Takes Emámgurh, 661. Defeats the
Belóchees at Meeanee, 661. And again
at Dubba, 662. Conquers the Belochees
and other tribes, 676. Sent to India as
commander-in-chief, 690. His foregone
conclusions, 690, 691. Refused per-
mission to act independently of the
governor-general in Council, 691. Re-
signs and returns to England, 691
Napier, Brigadier Robert, defeats the
rebel Sepoys at Jourah Alipoor, 758
Napoleon, Emperor, sends an embassy to

Persia, 567

Narendráditya, King of Kashmere, builds
part of the temple at Amravuti, 59
Narnalla, fort of, 185. Reduced by
Prince Moorád, 271. Taken by Rugho
jee Bhoslay, 413

Narrain, battles of, 91, 92
Narráin Ráo invested as Péshwah, 487.
Killed in a mutiny, 487

Narráin Singh, Ráo, Rajah of Benares,
maintains order there, 735
Narráin Singh, Rajah Déo, of Benares,
becomes a member of the Council,
772

Narsinha Rajah, of Beejanugger, 191.
His death, 191

Narupati dynasty, dominions of the, 73
Nasir Jung, second son of Nizam-ool-
Moolk, his suspicious conduct, 381.
Attacked by Bajee Rao, but gains no
advantage, 381. Takes up arms against

NIZ

Taken prisoner Nearchus, his voyage, 47
Needlework among Indian girls, 15
Neemuch, mutiny of the Sepoys at, 724.
Attacked by the rebels, 748. Relieved
by Brigadier Stuart, 748
Negapatam, naval action off, 400. Be-
sieged and taken by Sir Hector Munro,

502

NAS

his father, 383, 384.
to his father, 384
Nasir Jung, his contest with Mozuffer
Jung, 405. Takes Arcot, 406. Breaks
up the French alliance, 406. Negotiates
with Dupleix, whose demands are ac-
cepted, 406, 407. Attacked by Dupleix
and shot, 407

See

Nasir Shah Poorby, succeeds to the
throne of Bengal, 151. His death, 151
Nasir-ood-deen, King of Dehly.
Mullik Khoosroo
Nasir-ood-deen Gholam, a slave, usurps
the throne of Bengal, but deposed, 151
Nasir-ood-deen Khiljy, imprisons his
younger brother, and ascends the
throne of Malwah, 144. His expedition
to Chittore, 144. His death, 144
Nasir-ood-deen Kubáchá, becomes inde-
pendent in Sinde, 95, 96. Subdues
the Sooméras of Sinde, and declares
himself king, 156. Defeats the King of
Kharizm, 156. Conquers Sirhind, 156.
Fails to take Lahore, 156. Defeated
by Jelál-ood-deen, son of the King of
Kharizm, 156. Drowned, 157
Nasir-ood-deen Mahmood, becomes King
of Dehly, 98. His habits and character,
99. His beneficent government, 99. Sub-
dues the Rajah of Nurwur, 99. And
the rebel Rajpoots, 99. His death, 99
Nasir-ood-deen Toghluk, ascends the

throne of Dehly, 120. His character, i
120. Compelled to fly, 120. Recalled,
121. Attacked by his rival Aboo Bukr,
121. Who drives him out of Dehly,
121. Again seated on the throne, 121.
Defeats an attempt to plunder the
capital, 121. His death, 121
Nasir-ood-Dowlah, succeeds his father
as Nizam, 616. Demands the recall
of all English officers employed in his
territories, 616. Condition of his do-
minions, 630. Reform of his contingent,
630. Remonstrance of the Court of
Directors with him, 630. Condition of
his dominions, 695. Appoints Suraj-
ool-Moolk as minister, 696. But re-
moves him from office, 696. Appoints
others, 696. Services of his contingent
during the Sepoy mutiny, 743. Partial
mutiny of the Hyderabad contingent,
760. Loyal conduct of him and his
minister, 760. Decorated with the star
of India, 771. Provinces restored to
him, 771

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Nizam, the. See Nizam Ally; Salabat
Jung; Sikunder Jah

Nizam Ally usurps his brother Salabat
Jung's authority, 435. Gives up the
great seal and accepts the government
of Hyderabad, 435. Flies to Boorhan-
poor, 435. His contest with his brother
Salabut Jung, 445. His artillery offer
Ibrahim Khan Gardee, 445. Repuises
Janoojee Bhoslay, 445. Takes Aura-
gabad, and marches to Hyderabad, 445.
Becomes minister, and the contest set-
tled, 446. Marches with his brother
against the Péshwah, 446. Defeated,
447. Makes peace, 447. Joins his bro-
ther Salabut Jung against the Mah-
rattas, 464. Dethrones and puts his
brother to death, 464. Defeated by the
Mahrattas, 467. Whom he joins, and
attacks Berar, 467. Makes a treaty
with the English respecting the Nor
thern Circars, 468. Joins the English,
and captures Bangalore and reduces

NIZ

157

Poligars, 468. His intrigues, 468. Joins
Hyder Ally against the English, 468.
They attack Colonel Smith, 468, 469.
But are defeated, 469. Negotiates with
Smith, 469. Avowedly negotiates with
Madras, 469. Movement of Bengal
troops into his dominions, 469. Forced
to return to Beeder, and cede more
territory to the Mahrattas, 487. His
reputed alliance with Hyder Ally and
with the Mahrattas, 494. Effect of Sir
Thomas Rumbold's treaty with Basálut
Jung on the Nizam, 499. His neutra-
lity secured by Mr. Hastings, 503.
Joins the Mahrattas against Tippoo
Sooltan, 519. Surrenders the Guntoor
Sircar, 521. Sends an embassy to
Tippoo, 521. Joins the English against
Tippoo, 522. His traitorous conduct,
525. Operations of his troops, 523.
Their uselessness, 523. His disputes
with the Mahrattas, 530. Refusal of
his application by Sir John Shore, 530.
Rejects the Mahratta claims, and goes
to war, 531. Defeated at Kurdlah, 531.
Executes a humiliating treaty, 531.
Dismisses the English brigade, 532.
Rebellion of his son, Ally Jáh, 532.
Who poisons himself, 532. Concludes
the treaty of Mhar, 536. Proposal of
the Péshwah to attack him, 537. Con-
cludes a new treaty with the English,
545. Advantages gained by him, 545.
His death, 559

Nizam Khan, elected king. See Sikunder
Lody

Nizam Shah Bahmuny, succeeds to the

throne of the Deccan, 172. Care be-
stowed on him by his mother, 172. His
kingdom invaded by the Hindoos of
Wurungul, 173. And by the Sooltan
of Malwah, 173. Who is compelled to
retreat, 173. Nizam Shah's sudden
death, 174

Nizam Shahy dynasty of Ahmednugger,
207-211, 306-316. End of the, 329
Nizam-ood-deen, vizier of the King of
Dehly, 101. Encourages the King in
debauchery, 101. Poisoned, 101
Nizam-ood-deen, Jám, King of Sinde,

Nizam-ood-deen Nunda, Jám, succeeds to
the throne of Sinde, 158. Invasions of
the Toorkomans of Kandahar, 158. His
death, 158
Nizam-ool-Moolk, a noble of the Deccan,
puts Khwajah Jehan Toork to death,
174. Attacks and takes Kehrla, 174,
194. Killed, 194
Nizam-ool-Moolk Asof Jáh, Chin-Khilich
Khan rewarded with the title of, 363,
365. Made viceroy of the Deccan, 365.
Favours the Kolapoor party in the
state, 366. Removed to the govern-
ment of Mooradabad, 366. And to that
of Malwah, 369. His vigour in Deccan
affairs, 370. Marches into that pro-
-vince, 370. Takes Asseergurh and

NOR

Boorhanpoor, and defeats the imperial
forces, 370. Joined by other imperial-
ist commanders, 371. The Emperor
and Hoosein Ally march against him,
371. Congratulates the emperor on his
success, 372. Becomes vizier, 372.
Arrives at Dehly, and finds intrigues
against him, 372. Appointed to the
viceroyalty of Guzerat, 373. Marches
there, 372. Overcomes Hyder Kooly
Khan, 373. Returns to Dehly, 373.
Effects of his return, 373. Resigns
office as vizier and proceeds to the
Deccan, as lieutenant of the empire,
373. Plot formed against him at
Dehly, 374. Moobariz Khan sent against
him, 374. Who is killed in action, 374.
Marches southwards and takes Gol-
condah and Hyderabad, 374. Deprived
of his viceroyalty of Guzerat and Mal-
wah, 374. His successful intrigues
against the Mahrattas, 375. Comes to
an agreement with the Péshwah, 376.
Negotiates with the emperor, and takes
command of the army, 378. Meets the
Mahrattas at Bhopál, 378. Retreats,
379. Makes the convention of Serónj,
379. Returns to Dehly, 381. Leaves
his son in charge, and goes to the Dec-

can, 381. Suspicious conduct of his

second son, 381. Supports the Pesh-
wah's claims at court, 383. Rebellion
of his second son, Nasir Jung, in the
Deccan, 383. Which he suppresses,
and arranges the affairs of the Carnatic,
384. Declines the offer of vizier to the

Emperor Ahmed Shah, 386. His great
age, 386. Appoints Anwur Sahib Na-
wab of the Carnatic, 400. His death,
386, 405
Nizam-ool-Moolk Bheiry, chief of the
Deccany party, 176. His plot against
the minister Khwaja Mahmood Gawan,
176. Whose death he procures, 177.
Becomes prime minister, 180. His
origin and career, 180, 181. Meditates
independence,181. Put to death, 181,207
Noor Jehán, her origin, 321. Married to
the Emperor Jehangeer, 321. Honours
paid to her, 321. Her decorous and
magnificent court, 321. Death of her
father, 323. Her intrigues, 323. Her
jealousy of Mohubut Khan, 324. At-
tacks Mohubut Khan's camp, and en-
deavours to rescue the emperor, 324.
Her danger, 325. Fails, and voluntarily
joins him, 325. Her successful plot to
release him, 325. Sends Mohubut
Khan against Prince Shah Jehán, 325.
Retires into privacy, 326. Her subse-
quent life, 326

Noosrut Khan Toghluk attempts to ob-
tain the throne of Dehly, 121. Expelled
from the city, 122, 123
Noronha, Garcia de, Portuguese viceroy
in India, protects the Prince Abdoolla,
or Mulloo Khan, 282. Refuses to give
him up, 282

NOR

North, Lord, his transactions with the
Company, 479

North-west passage to India, early en-
deavours to find a, 284
North-west provinces, land settlement of
the, under the superintendence of Mr.
Robert Mertins Bird, 627, 628. Esta
blished as a fourth presidency, and Sir
Charles Metcalfe appointed first gover-
nor, 629

Norton, Captain, his detachment driven
in by the Burmese, 605

Nott, General, captures Khelát, 646.
Unable to advance on Kabool, 648.
Defeats the insurgents at Kandahar,
651. The Earl of Ellenborough's dis-
patch to him, 656. Leaves Kandahar,
656. His march, 657. Defeats Shumsh-
ood-deen, and blows up the fortifica-
tions of Ghuzny, 658. Brings away
the gates of Somnáth, 658
Nowgong, mutiny of Sepoys at, 725
Nueva, Juan de, his expedition to India,
218. Trades with Cannanore, 216.

Defeats the fleet of the Zamorin of OCHTERLONY, Colonel (afterwards

Calicut, 216. Returns home, 218
Nujeeb-ood-Dowlah, appointed to com-

mand the imperial army, 422. Super-
seded by the vizier, 422. Protects the
Prince Royal of Dehly, 438. Besieged
in Dehly, but escapes, 447. Drives
Govind Punt across the Ganges, 448.
Defeats Duttajee Sindia, 448. His
independence, 451. His territory and
capital city, 451. Induces the Mahrat-
tas to raise the siege of Dehly, 476.
Defeated by the Mahrattas, 477
Nujeeb Khan, Rohilla chief, plundered by
the Mahrattas, 477
Nujm-ood-Dowlah, second son of Meer
Jaffier, becomes Nawab of Bengal, 461.
Hands over the military defence of
Bengal to the Company, 462, 463. His
death, 464

General Sir David), his gallant de-
fence of Dehly, 561. Advances to the
banks of the Sutlej, and declares Sirhind
under the protection of the British
government, 568. His position in the
Goorkha war, 577. Obtains only par-
tial success, 578. Ardour of his troops,
579. Opens the second campaign, 579.
Marches on Khatmandoo, and compels
the Ghoorkas to execute a treaty.
580. Thanked and voted a pension, 580.
Commands the reserve near Dehly, 556.
Obtains the Patán artillery without
bloodshed, 594. His preparations to
attack Bhurtpoor, 609. Ordered by the
governor-general to recall his troops
and proclamation, 609. Resigns, and
dies of a broken heart, 609
O'Hanlon, Captain Pringle, at the battle
of Feroze Sheher, 671
Omar, the Caliph, founds Bussora, 75
Omichund, the banker, conducts the ne-
gotiations for peace between the Nawab
and the English, 426. Becomes prime
adviser to the Nawab, 428.
His part
in a conspiracy against the Nawah,
431. A false treaty made with him.
431. Dies an idiot, 432

Nujuf Khan, resumes office as minister at
Dehly, 508. Expels the garrisons of
the Mahrattas, 508. His successes
against the Játs, 508. His death, 508
Nujufgurh, defeat of the Sepoy mutineers
at, 732

Nuldroog, battle near, 196. The fortifi-
cations of, renewed by King Ally Adil
Shah, 298. Ceded to English manage-
ment, 697. Province of, restored to the
Nizam, 771

Nundidroog, taken by Lord Cornwallis,

524

OOJ

Nursing Déo, Rajah of Bundelkhund, his
insurrection, 326

Nursing Rái, Rajah of Kéhrla, makes an
incursion into Berar, 166. Defeated by
King Feroze Shah of the Deccan, 165,
167

Nundkoomar, his charges against Mr.

Hastings, 485. Found guilty of forgery,
and executed, 486
Nunjeráj, regent of Mysore, assists Ma-
homed Ally, 408. His claims abandoned,
415. His dominions invaded by the
Peshwah, 415. Compromises the de-
mands of the Péshwah, 446
Nurgoond, Rajah of, murders Mr. Man-
son, 761. The fort of, captured and
dismantled, 761

Nursinga, Rajah of, reduced by Sooltan
Mahomed Shah II. of the Deccan, 173
Nursinga, or Nursing, Rai, his country
conquered by the Mahomedans, 211
Nuseeb, son of Alla-ood-deen Poorby,
succeeds to the throne of Bengal, 152
Nusseer Khan, King of Khandesh, makes
war against the Deccan, 169. Defeated,
169
Nusseer Khan, elevated to the throne of
Guzerat, 291. But deposed in favour of
his brother, 291
Nusseerabad, mutiny of the Sepoys at,

724

Nuzzur Mahomed, Balkh transferred by
the emperor to, 330

Oocha, fort of,taken by Mahomed Ghoory,
90

Oodgeer, treaty of, 466

Oodipoor, Rana of, his provinces restored,
593

Oody Singh, Rana, loses Chittore, 263
Oodypoor, successful campaign of the
imperial forces in, 321. Submission of
the Rana, who is created a noble of the
empire, 321. One of the Rajpoot states,
452
Oojeyn, city of, taken by Altmish, and
the Hindoo idols destroyed, 96. The
capital of Malwah under the Hindoo
rajahs, 139. The seat of learning and

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