[2] Under the Peshwas, Baji Rao I and Balaji Rao
(A.D. 1720-61) the incursions
of the Mahrattas extended as far north
as the Panjab.
[3] Barahdari, a room nominally with twelve doors.
[4] Shuja-ud-daula, son of Mansur ’Ali Khan,
Safdar Jang,
Governor of Oudh: born
A.D. 1731; succeeded his father, 1753. He was
present at the battle of Panipat
in 1761: became Wazir of the
Emperor Shah ’Alam:
defeated by the British at the battle of
Buxar, 1764: died at
Faizabad, then his seat of government, 1775.
[5] Shikari.
[6] Bandar [harbour] Kangun, a port on the west side
of the Persian
Gulf, about 100 miles west
of Gombroon.
[7] Firangi Bagh, Franks’ Garden.
[8] Darzi, a tailor.
[9] Shaikh Muhammad.
[10] Baitu’l-faqir, ‘house of a holy man’.
[11] Dinar, Lat. denarius, a coin of
varying value: see Yule,
Hobson-Jobson[2], 317
f.
[12] Karwan, a caravan.
[13] Hazrat.
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