The Court and Camp of Runjeet SingH. Colburn, 1840 - 236 pages |
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able Adeena Adeenanuggur Affghan Ahmed Shah Ajeet Sing Akalees appearance arms arrived Aurengzebe black partridges Cabool Cachemire camp Captain Wade cavalry course court of Lahore DANCING GIRLS Day & Haghe Delhi diamond Dost Mahommed Dost Mahommed Khan dressed drink Durbar escort European Faqueer favour friendship garden gold Gooroo Governor guns handsome Henry Colburn Hindoos Hindostan honour hundred India Indus infantry jealousy jeet jewels Koh-i-noor Kurruck Sing LENOX Loodhiana Lord Auckland Lord William Bentinck MAHARAJAH RUNJEET SING Mahrattas matchlock Meer Munoo ment miles military morning Nadir Nadir Shah Nanac native palace parade pearls plunder possession present Published by Henry Punjab R.J. Hamerton Rajah Dheean Sing regiments replied round rupees seated sent Shah Shooja Shalimar Gardens shawl Sher Sing shew Sihk army Sihk chiefs Sikhs Simla Sing's Sipahis Sirdars sunrise Sutlege tents thousand throne tion took troops twelve usual wild hog young Heera Sing
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Page 133 - ... proceeding I could not feel the pulsation of the wrist, though the temperature of the body was much above the natural standard of health.
Page 59 - Then mounting his horse, covered with plumes and jewels, he gracefully raised his hand to his forehead and galloped off with his escort, curvetting and caracoling round him in circles till he was out of sight.
Page 131 - For this purpose the fakir was shut up in a wooden box, which was placed in a small apartment below the middle of the ground ; there was a folding door to his box, which was secured by a lock and key. Surrounding this apartment, there was the garden-house, the door of which was likewise locked, and outside the whole a high wall, having its doorway built up with bricks and mud. In order to prevent any one from approaching the place, a line of sentries was placed and relieved at regular intervals....
Page 73 - Cross-legged in a golden chair, dressed in simple white, wearing no ornaments but a single string of enormous pearls round the waist, and the celebrated Koh-i-noor, or mountain of light, on his arm...
Page 94 - ... a despotic monarch over a turbulent and powerful nation. By sheer force of mind, personal energy, and courage, (though at the commencement of his career he was feared and detested rather than loved,) he has established his throne on a firmer foundation than that of any other eastern sovereign, and but for the watchful jealousy of the British government, would long ere this have added Scinde, if not Affghanistan, to his present kingdom.
Page 63 - His dress was magnificent: — a helmet, or skull cap, of bright polished steel, inlaid with gold, and a deep fringe of chain mail, of the same material, reaching to his shoulders; three plumes of black heron's feathers waving on his crest, and three shawls of lilac, white, and scarlet, twisted very round and tight, interlaced with one another and gathered round the edge of the helmet; on his forehead he wore a chelenk of rubies and diamonds.
Page 94 - He rules with a rod of iron, it is true ; but in justice to him it must be stated, that except in actual open warfare he has never been known to take life, though his own has been attempted more than once...
Page 202 - it certainly is a most magnificent diamond, about an inch and a half in length, and upwards of an inch in width, and stands out from the setting, about half an inch : it is in the shape of an egg, and is set in a bracelet between two very handsome diamonds of about half its 1 Court and Camp of Runjeet Sing, pp.
Page 143 - ... worthless race of people under the sun. They move about constantly armed to the teeth, insulting everybody they meet, particularly Europeans, and it is not an uncommon thing to see them riding about with a drawn sword in each hand, two more in their belt, a matchlock at their back, and three or four quoits fastened round their turbans. The quoit is an arm peculiar to this race of people : it is a steel ring, varying from six to nine inches in diameter, and about an inch in breadth, very thin,...