Shipman, Sir Abraham, encamps on the
island of Anjedéva, 390

Shitab Rái, Rajah, character of his ad-
ministration, 481. Brought to trial,
but acquitted, 483

Sholapoor, fort of, invested by Kumál
Khan, 200. Surrendered to him, 200.
Given as dowry to the Princess Mur-
yam, 202. And as the dowry of Chand
Beebee, 298. Given to the King of
Becjapoor, 329. Taken by the Moghuls
under Prince Azim, 349
Sholinghur, defeat of Hyder Ally at the
pass of, 502

Shoojah, Shah, his authority not firmly
established, 647

Shops and shopkeepers in India, 22
Shorapoor, or Soorpoor, 356. The records

of, 356 note. Affairs of, 666. The con-
duct of the administration of, assumed
by Captain Meadows Taylor, 666. The
rajah attains his majority and takes
possession of his dominions, 697. Con-
ferred on the Nizam, 771
Shórapoor, Rajah of, his treason, 761. At-
tacks a British force, and defeated, 761.
Flies to Hyderabad, 761. Sentenced
to death, which is commuted to impri-
sonment in Vellore, 761. Shoots himself,
761. The principality attacked, and
placed under Colonel Meadows Taylor's
authority, 761

Shore, Mr. (afterwards Sir John), opposes
a permanent land settlement, 527. Be-
comes governor-general, 528. Refuses
the Nizam's request, 530. Review of
his policy in the affairs of the Nizam,
532. His weakness respecting the mu-
tiny of Bengal officers, 534. Deter-
mination to supersede him, 534. His
courage in dealing with the affairs of
Ondh, 534. Becomes Lord Teignmouth,
and returns to England, 535

Showers, Brigadier, clears the country of
the rebel Sepoys, 743
Shujah, Prince, son of the Emperor Shah
Jehan, viceroy of Bengal, his character,
335. Assumes a royal title, 335. De-
feated by his brother Dára, 335. De-
fented and disappears in Arracan, 3.58.
His court at Ráj Mahál, visited by Mr.
Gabriel Boughton, 389
Shujah-ood-deen, nominated viceroy of
Bengal, 398. His government, 398.
His death, 398

Shujah-ood-Dowlah, succeeds to the vice-
royalty of Oudh, 421. Resists an
attack of the Afghans under Ahmed
Shah Abdally, 421. Joins the Prince

SIK

Royal in his invasion of Bengal, 438.
Seizes the fortress of Allahabad, 439.
Appointed vizier to the emperor, 449.
His independence and wealth, 451.
Joins the Emperor Shah Allum, 456.
Completely defeated at Patna, 456.
His dominions restored to him, 463.
Threatened by the Mahrattas, 476. His
death, 485

Shukur Khéra, battle of, 374
Shuldham, Colonel, forced to return,

606

Shumsh-ood-deen, King of Kashmere. See
Shah Meer
Shumsh-ood-deen Altmish, deposes Aram,

King of India, whom he succeeds, 95,
96. Defeats Táj-ood-deen Eldooz, King
of Gauzny, 96. Fails to defeat Nasir-
ood-deen of Sinde, 96. But subse-
quently annexes it, 96. Aɛ well as
Malwah and Bengal, 96. His death,
96

SIK

regard to them, 645. Mutiny at Kan-
dahar, 651. Revolution in the Punjab,
664. Their suspected understanding
with Gwalior, 664. Supremacy of the
army, 664. Determine to invade the
British territories, 669. Cross the Sut-
lej, 670. Defeated at Moodkee, 670. And
at Feroze Sheher, 671, 672. Their new
advance under Sirdar Runjoor Singh,
673. Defeated at Aliwál, 673. And at
Soobráon, 674, 675. Sir Henry Har-
dinge's treaty with them, 676. Proces-
sion of their captured guns to Calcutta,
676. Second war with them, 683.
Their murder of the wounded, 685.
Their army broken and disorganised,
686. Their readiness to check the Se-
poy mutineers, 723, 729. Kept down
by Sir John Lawrence, 729. Mutiny
of, at Secrole, 735. Captain Brasyer's
force join the English before Lukhnow,
752

Sikkim ceded to the British, 580
Sikry, the Hindoos defeated by the Em-
peror Babur near, 232

Sikunder, King of Bengal, 151
Sikunder Adil Shah, succeeds to the
throne of Beejapoor, 344. Submits to
the Emperor Aurungzebe, 350. His
imprisonment and death, 350
Sikunder Boot-Shikun, King of Kash-
mere. See Sugga, Prince
Sikunder Jah, Nizam, succeeds his father,
Nizam Ally, 559. A portion of Berar
bestowed by the governor-general on
him, 559. His intrigues, 565. His
territories plundered by the Pindhårees,
with terrible cruelties, 584, 586. Con-
dition of his state after the Mahratta
war, 601. Supervision of his provinces
by British officers, 601. His minister
Chundoo Lall's loan from Messrs.
William Palmer & Co., 601. Offence
of the Nizam at the suppression of the
house of Palmer & Co., 693. His
dominions administered by English
officers, 616. His death, 616
Sikunder, Jám, succeeds to the throne of
Sinde, 157

Sikunder Lody ascends the throne, 126.
Events of his reign, 126. His death,
126. His character, 126
Sikunder Poorby, succeeds to the throne
of Bengal, 150. His death, 151
Sikunder Shah, succeeds to the throne of
Guzerat, 139, 291. Assassinated, 291
Sikunder Shah Soor, King of Dehly. See

Ahmed Khan Soor

Silhárás, dynasty of the, 71.

Account of
them, 71. Their dominions, 71. Their
appellation of Tagára-poor, 72
Silviera, Antonio di, his heroic defence of
Diu, 282. His triumphal entry into
Goa, 282

Silviera, Hector di, 224. His successes
against the King of Guzerat, 281
Simlah manifesto, Lord Auckland's, 640.
Its character, 641

SIN

Simóga, battle of, 524
Simonich, Count, Russian ambassador at
Tehran, sends an envoy to Dost Mabe-
med, 638. Present at the siege of
Herát, 639

Sinde invaded by Altmish, who is re-
pulsed, 96. Northern Sinde annexe
by him, 96. The Jám of, defeated by
Shahab-ood-deen of Kashmere, 15),
Mahomedan conquest of, 76, 156. The
Mahomedans expelled by the Rajpoots,
76, 156. Mahomedan kings of, 14
Under the rule of the Soomera Raj
poots, 156. The dynasties of, 157, 158.
Invaded by King Feroze Toghluk, 15.
Invaded by the Toorkomans of Ka
dahar, 158. Annexed to Mooltan, 15%
Submits to the Emperor Akbar, 261
Ahmed Shah Abdoolly's attempts i
451. An embassy sent by Lord William
Bentinck, under Major Pottinger, te
632. Preparations of the Sikhs for
war with, 637. But the quarti
arranged by Colonel Pottinger, 631.
Intrigues of the Ameers of, with Persi
642. They are compelled to execute a
subsidiary treaty, 642. Major Outram's
report respecting Sinde, 660. Sir C.
Napier appointed to the supreme
charge of, 660. Proceedings of Sir C.
Napier in, in 1845, 676. Works re-
specting the Sinde question, 677
Sindia, Mahadajee, his family receives

a grant of chonth of Guzerat, 376.
Marches towards Dehly to assist in
putting down a rebellion of the Bo-
hillas, 420. His possessions, 45%.
Marches into Malwah, 475. Accom-
panies the Emperor Shah Allum to the
Mahratta camp, 476. Seizes and de-
poses Moraba, 491. Rughoba surrenders
to him, 491. Crosses the Nerbudda, ani
releases the English hostages, 493. His
terms rejected by General Goddari.
493. Defeated by Colonel Carnac, 45
Makes overtures for peace, 495. Con-
cludes a treaty with Colonel Mnir, 493,
And signs the treaty of Salbye, 496.
Baroch bestowed upon him, 496. His
proceedings and designs against Dehly.
508. Meets the emperor and Afrasiab
Khan at Agra, 509. Becomes minister
and commander-in-chief of the in-
perial army, 509. Demands tribute
from the Rajpoots, who rebel, 500.
Defeated by them, and retires to
Gwalior, 509. Advances to raise the
siege of Agra, but defeated, 509. Joined
by Ismail Beg, and drives out Gholam
Khadir from Dehly, 510. Whom he
executes, 510. Consolidates his power.
510. His demands not complied with
by Lord Cornwallis, 529. Defeats
Ismail Beg, 529. Holkar set up as a
rival, 529. Proceeds to the Deca
with the insignia of the Peshwan's
office, 529. Reaches Poona, and invests
the young Peshwah with great pomp,

SIN

529. His policy opposed by the minister,
Nana Furnawees, 530. Routs Holkar's
forces, 530. His death, 530
Sindia, Dowlut Ráo succeeds as, 535.
Imprisons Nana Furnawees, 536. And
marries the daughter of Ghátgay, 537.
Proposal to assassinate him, 537. At-
tacks Amrut Rao's camp, 537. Releases
Nana, 538. Refuses to march against
Zeman Shah, 540. Returns to his
dominions, 544. His schemes against
the English, 545. Congratulates the
governor-general on the victory over
Tippoo Sooltan, 545. Endeavours to
seize the estates of Puréshrám Bhow,
546. His indecisive policy, 546. De-
feated by Holkar, 546. Whom he de-
feats near Indoor, 547. Joins the
Peshwah's forces and defeated by
Holkar, 547. Refuses a subsidiary
treaty with the English, 553. His
motives, 553. Negotiates a league
against the English, 553. His defiant
answer to the governor-general, 554.
Loses Ahmednugger, 555. Defeated at
Assaye by General Wellesley, 555. Es-
capes from the field, 555. Colonel
Stevenson sent in pursuit, 556. His
cavalry defeated at Argaom, 557. Con-
cludes a treaty with the English, 558.
His attitude and proceedings, 562.
Checked by General Martindell, 562.
Joined by Holkar, 562. Advance of
Lord Lake against them, 562. Con-
cludes a treaty with the English, 563.
Joins a league of native states against
the British, 579. Advances to the
frontier, 579. Co-operates with the
British against the Pindhárees, 586.
His previous treachery detected and
exposed, 586. Instance of his trea-
chery, 596. His fort of Aseergurh
held by the British, 596. His death,
612. Prediction respecting the reign-
ing Sindias 612

Sindia, Junkojee Ráo, his death childless,
662

Sindia (the 5th), sends his own body-
guard to protect Mr. Colvin, 725. Re-
strains the rebels at Dhólpoor, 743. A
conspiracy against him formed by
Tantia Topee, 757. Attacks the rebels,
but is deserted by his troops, 757.
Restored, 758. Decorated with the
star of India, 771
Singapoor purchased, 600
Singurh, fort of, captured by Sivajce,

341

Siqueira, Diego Lopez de, Viceroy of
India, 224. Defeated by the Guzerat
admiral, 224

Sirhind, contributions laid upon, by
Runjeet Singh, 568. Declared under
the protection of the British govern-
ment, 568
Sirinugger, capital of Kashmere, sur-
renders to the forces of the Emperor
Akbur, 268

SIV

Sirjee Anjengoam, treaty of, concluded,
558. Its provisions, 558

Sirsa, defeat of the rebels at, 753
Sittána, rising of the Afghans of, 773
Sivajce, his parentage and birth, 331.
Under the care of Dadajee Konedeo,
332. His education, 332. Obtains the
hill-fort of Torna, and fortifies Raj-
gurh, 332. Influence and character of
his mother, 332. Intercepts a royal
remittance, and causes his father's im-
prisonment, 333. Applies to the Em-
peror Shah Jehán, who obtains his
father's release, 333. Becomes heir
to the family property, and admitted
into the imperial service, 333. Forti-
fies Pertábgurh, 333. His intercourse
with Prince Aurungzebe, 337. His ex-
ploits, 337. His aggressions on Beeja-
poor, 337. His plot, 337. Murders
Afzool Khan, and destroys the Beeja-
poor army, 338. Final results of his
plans, 338. His fame established among
the Mahrattas, 339. Plunders Surat
and the English and Dutch factories,
339. Death of his father Shahjee. 339.
Assumes the title of Rajah, 339. Takes
Tanjore, 339. His predatory incursions,
339. Joins Jey Singh in his campaign,
340. Goes with his son to court, but
slighted there, 340. Escapes to the
Deccan in disguise, 340. Reaches Raj-
gurh, 340. Obtains tribute from Becja-
poor and Golcondah, 341. His arrest
ordered by the emperor, 341. Takes
the fort of Singurh, 341. But loses his
friend Tannajee Maloosray, 341. Again
plunders Surat, 341, 391. Defeats the
emperor's forces in the Deccan, 341.
Attacks Beejapoor, 344. His general,
Pertáb Rao, killed, 344. Enthroned a
second time, and declares his indepen-
dence, 344. Establishes the Mahratta
kingdom, 344, 345. Gives permission
to the Englis to trade, 345.
An army
sent against him by the emperor, 345.
His operations, 345. Reasons for his
confidence, 345. Makes an expedition
southwards, 345. Halts at Golcondah,
and obtains money and artillery, 345.
Reduces Vellore, 345. His proceedings
in the Carnatic, 345. Returns to the
Deccan, 346. Takes Bellary, 346.
Annexes the southern districts of
Beejapoor, 346. Plunders up to An-
rungabad, 346. Makes a treaty with
Beejapoor, and returns to Rajgurh, 347.
His death, 347. And character, 347.
Causes of his success, 355

Sivajee, son of Rajah Rám, 354. His

mother Tara Bye undertakes the re-
gency during his minority, 354
Sivajee, son of Sumbhajee, succeeds his
father as Rajah at Rajgurh, 352. Taken
prisoner with his mother to the em-
peror, 352. The emperor's negotiations
for his release, 356. Receives the ap-
pellation of Shao from the emperor, 359.

SLA

The emperor's kindness to him and his
mother, 359. Released by Prince Azim,
359. Joined by several chiefs, but op-
posed by his mother, 359. Whom he
defeats in action, 359. Crowned Rajah,
360. Sends a force to assist the em-
peror, 360. His mother placed in con-
finement, 360. Opposed by his mother's
party, 366. Treachery of the emperor,
366. Sivajee's demands accepted by the
emperor, 366. Defeats Sumbhajee's
forces, and compels him to resign his
pretensions to the Mahratta throne, 375.
Grants the right of chouth in Bengal
to Rughojee, 383

Slave kings of Dehly, 94. End of the
dynasty, 102

Slavery abolished by the Emperor Akbur,
276

Sleeman, Major (afterwards Sir William),

his report on Thuggee, 620. Placed
at the head of a department for sup
pressing the crime, 620. Succeeds,
620

Small-pox, ravages of, in Bengal, 480
Smith, Colonel, discovers the intrigues of

the Nizam and Hyder Ally, 468. Who
attack him, and are defeated, 469. Opens
a campaign against Hyder Ally, 471.
Ordered to return to Madras, 472.
Commands an army at Chittapet, 473
Smith, General Lionel, his division in the
Pindháree war, 586. Arrives at Poona,
589. Pursues the Mahratta army, 589.
Pursues the Péshwah, 590. Defeats
Bappoo Gokla's horsemen at Ashta,

590

Smith, Sir Harry, at the battle of Feroze
Sheher, 671. His combat at Buddewal,
673. Defeats the Sikhs at Aliwal, 673.
At the battle of Soobraon, 674. Created
a baronet, 676

Snake-worship added to Boodhism, 58
Soarez, Lopé, arrives at Calicut with a
Portuguese fleet, 221. Defeats and cap-
tures the Zamorin's fleet, 221. Returns,
221. Supersedes Albuquerque as vice-
roy, 223. Makes an unsuccessful at-
tempt against Aden, 224
Sodré, Vincento, accompanies De Gama
to India, 219. Left as De Gama's
deputy, 220

Sofarides, succeed the Tahirites in Kho-
rassan, 77

Sofy, Shah, King of Persia, opens trade
with the English in India, 388
Soleil Khan, commands the Deccanies

at the battle of Soopa, 271, 315. Carried
off the field wounded, 271
Soliman, son of Prince Shujah Shekoh,
his fate, 339

Soliman Mirza, becomes governor of
Budukshán, 254. Besieges and takes
Kabool, 254. Declared king. 254
Somnath, temple of, its magnificence, 83,
84. Sacked by Sooltan Mahmood, 84
Rebuilt by Bheem Deo, 133. Destroyed
by Mozuifer Khan, 134. The gates of,

STA

brought away from Ghuzny, 658. The
governor-general's proclamation re-
specting them, 659. Their resting
place, 659

Soobhan Kootub Shah, succeeds to the
throne of Golcondah, 213. Deposed
favour of his uncle, 213
Soobráon, position of, 674.
674

Battle of

Soojah, Shah. King of Kabool, embasy
of Mr. Elphinstone to, 568. Signs the
tripartite treaty, 640. Protected and
pensioned by the English governm
640. Plan for restoring him,
Enters Kandahar, and enthroned. 62.
His triumphal entry into Kabool, 644.
Establishes the Doorånee order. 44
Which he confers on English offers,
644. Takes refuge in the Bala Hisar
656. Induced to come out, and st
656. Return of his family to Ida,

658
Sooliman Soor, manages the family

tates, 239. Retires to the court of
Mahomed Khan Soor, 239

Sooltan, Prince, son of the Emper
Aurungzebe, sent against his tre
Shujah, 338. To whom he deserts.
afterwards abandons, 338, 339. Guma
some successes against the Afghans,

342

Stevenson, Colonel, his Hyderabad sub-
sidiary force, 554. Sent in pursuit of
Sindia, 556. Joins General Wellesley
at Argoam, 557

Stewart, Lieutenant, a hostage of the
Wurgaom convention, released by Sin-
dia, 493

Stewart, Colonel, his settlement of the
quarrel between Baiza Bye and Junko-
jec Sindia, 631

Strabo, his account of embassies from
India, 66

Strachey, Colonel, sent to India
Strachey, Mr., his administration of the
central provinces, 780, 781
Stuart, General, loses his opportunity at
the death of Hyder Ally, 504. Invests
Cuddalore, and defeats M. Bussy, 505.
His army in the Southern Mahratta
provinces, 555

Stuart, Brigadier, his services against
the rebel Sepoys, 743. Routs a rebel
force at Mundissoor, 748
Subooktugeen, a slave, becomes King of
Ghuzny, 77. His descent, 77. His
expeditions into India, 77, 78. Defeats
Jeypal, Rajah of the Punjab, 78. Es-
tablishes the first Mahomedan occupa-
tion of Indian territory, 78. His death,
78

Succaram Bapoo, acting Mahratta agent
at Poona, 489
Sudasheo Ráo Bhow, commands part of
the Mahratta army against the Nizam,
446. Defeats the Nizam and his brother,
447. Takes Rughoba to task, and as-
sumes his command, 448. Leads a
Mahratta army into Hindostan, 448.
Takes and plunders Dehly, 449. Raises
Mirza Juwan Bukht to the imperial
throne, 449. Completely defeated at
Panipat, 449, 450. Supposed to have
been slain, 450
Sudder Dewany court, established, 511.
Lord Wellesley's reform in the, 551
Suddoosain, Moolraj defeated by Lieu-
tenant Edwards at, 681
Sudras, or lowest class, 22
Sufdur Ally, his struggle for the govern-
ment of the Carnatic, 399. Recognised
as Nawab of the Carnatic, 399. Assas-
sinated, 400

Sufdur Jung, viceroy of Ondh, made
vizier to the Emperor Ahmed Shah,
420. Insults the emperor, 420. Super-
seded by Shahab-ood-deen, 420. Retires
to Oudh, 421. His death, 421
Sufdur Khan, son of the Regent of Beeja-
poor, besieges the Queen's palace, 200,
201. Slain, 201
Suffrein, Admiral, lands a French army
at Porto Novo, 503. Fights indecisive
engagements with Admiral Hughes,
503. Driven from the coast, 505

157

Sulah-ood-deen, Jám, opposes King Jám
Feroze, 158. Slain, 158

Sulim Shah Soor, crowned emperor at
Kalinger, 244. See Julal Khan Soor
Sullivan, Mr., attacks Lord Clive, 478
Sumbhajce, son of Shahjee Bhoslay, 331.
His death, 333

Sumbhajee, son of Sivajee, goes with his
father to Dehly, 340. Escapes with him
in disguise, 341. At variance with his
father, and joins the Moghuls, 347.
Death of his father, 347. Plot to im-
prison him, and put his half-brother on
the throne, 348. Deposes his half-
brother and ascends the throne, 348.
His cruel executions, 348. At war with
the Seedees of Jinjeera, 348. Which he
besieges without effect, 348. Threatens
the English, and attacks the Portu-
guese, 348. Failure of the emperor's
campaign against him, 349. Makes a
treaty with Golcondah, and plunders
Guzerat, 349. His inactivity and de-
bauchery, 351, 352. Captured and
taken with his friend Kuloosha to the
emperor, 352. Who orders them both
for execution, 352. His son, 352
Sumbhajee, son of Rajah Ram, regent of
the Mahrattas, 354. Elected to succeed
Sivajce, son of Sumbhajee, 366. His
forces defeated by Sivajce, 375, Resigns
his pretensions to the Mahratta throne,

375

Sumbhajee Angria, his war with his
brother Manajce, 397

Sumbhul, Hindal, son of the Emperor
Babur, appointed governor of, 234.
Administers the government of Guzerat,

236

Sumroo, a Swiss, disciplines Meer Cassim's
army, 459. Murders English prisoners,

459

Sunday labour abolished, 678
Sunga, Rajah of Chittore, increase of his
power, 232. Leads a Hindoo army
against the Mohamedans under Babur,
232. Defeated, 233

Sunjur, elected to the throne of Sinde,
158. His death, 158
Suntajee Gorepuray, his predatory war-
fare in the Deccan, 352, 353
Suntajee Kudum, Mahratta leader, cut off
in Dehly with his men, 367
Suráj-ood-Dowlah, succeeds to the vice-
royalty of Bengal, 422. Opposed by
Shoukut Jung, 422. Against whom he
marches, 422. His demands of the
English respecting Kishen Das, 422.
Marches to Calcutta, which he invests,
423. Takes the factory and seizes the