History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India till the Year A. D. 1612

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by  Kasim Ferishta, trans. John Briggs

;
HISTORY
OF THE
PHOPMji
JJISE Of TJE POWER
IN
INDIA,
TILL THE YEAR A.D. 1612.
TRANSLATED FROM THE
ORIGINAL PERSIAN OF MAHOMED KASIM FERISHTA,
BY
JOHN BRIGGS, M.R.A.S.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL IN THE MADRAS ARMY.
TO WHICH IS ADDED,
AN ACCOUNT OF THE CONQUEST,
BY THE KINGS OF HYDRABAD,
OF THOSE PARTS OF THE MADRAS PROVINCES DENOMINATED
THE CEDED DISTRICTS AND NORTHERN CIRCARS.
WITH COPIOUS NOTES
In Four Volumes.
VOL.
I.
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