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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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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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