Earthquakes, iv. 465; v. 99; vii. 183,
496
Egypt, Sultán of, sends fleet to India,
viii. 387
Elephants, i. 25; ii. 25, 40, 142, 251,
454; iii. 89, 91, 103, 150, 203, 204,
219, 234, 295, 305, 309, 313, 316,
433, 437, 439, 441, 444, 498, 499, 502,
576, 618; iv. 105, 109, 178, 252, 397,
424, 551; v. 28, 86, 87, 252, 288, 289,
291, 294, 306, 379, 394, 403, 466;
vi. 53, 59, 121; 232, 330, 463; viii. 60
Ellora, Caves of, vii. 189
English, first use of the word Angrez,
vi. 340; defeat Portuguese, 340. See
British
Europeans, gunners, iv. 268; sack and
burn Thatta, i. 276; at Surat, v. 347;
grant passes for ships to Mecca, 402,
520; at court of Akbar, vi. 42, 57, 59, 85;
capture ships, 337; European carriage,
347; destruction of at Húglí, vii. 31,
42, 211; in Malabar, viii. 385; settle-
ments of various nations of, 127

Faizí, Shaikh, v. 155, 537, 544, 570,
vi. 239, 240; embassy to the Dakhin;
v. 460, 467, vi. 88, 147; death, 131, 203
Faizu-llah Khán Rohilla, viii. 302, 312
Fakhru-d dín, Sultán of Sunár-gánw,
iii. 303
Fanjab, the, i. 86
Famines, i. 280, 281; iii. 146, 238, 244,
245, 246, 612, 619; v. 490; vi. 21, 94,
187, 193; vii. 24, 263, 328, 566; viii.
36, 228, 230
Farhat Khán, vi. 46, 48
Faríd Khán. See Sher Sháh
Faríd Bukhárí, Shaikh, afterwards Mur-
tazá Khán, v. 429, 452; vi. 66, 69,
97, 116, 125, 135, 160, 182, 193, 265,
267, 270, 295, 301
Farídún, uncle of Mirza Hakím, v.
421-3-5, 448, 450
Farmulis, iv. 352, 444, 459, 547
Farrukh Siyar, deputy of his father in
Bengal, vii. 438; claims the crown,
434, 439, 560; army sent against, 434;
victory, 435; defeats Jahándár, 437,
561; appoints his ministers, 442;
character, 442, 471; his murders and
other punishments, 443; epoch of his
reign, 446; his rival princes blinded,
448; difficulties with the Saiyids, 450;
deposed, 477; murdered, 480
Farrukh-zád, Sultán, ii. 275, 483; iv.
203, 204
Fárs, army of, invades Sind, i. 139, 140
Fárúkís, vi. 137
Fath Jang. See Nizámu-l Mulk
Fath Khán, Jám, i. 229
Fath Khán, son of Fíroz, death, iv. 12,
vi. 228
Fath Khán, son of Malik 'Ambar,
murders Nizám Sháh, vii. 27; 36, 39, 43
Fath Malika, iv. 352, et seq.
Fathpúr Síkrí, foundation of, v. 332, 334
Fathu-llah Khán, vii. 368, 370, 371, 392
Fathu-llah Shírází, v. 441, 469; vi. 84.
See 'Azdu-d daula
Fázil Kokaltásh, Mír, i. 309, 311
Fidáí Khán, vi. 418, 420, 425, 427
Firdaus-árámgáh, title of Muhammad
Sháh, viii. 112
Firdaus-makání, title of Sháh Jahán,
vii. 213
Firdúsí, iv. 189
Fire-temples, v. 530
Fire-worship, ii. 163, v. 530; in Upper
India, 559
Firingis. See Europeans
Fíroz, Jám, i. 234, 276, 309, 310, 312,
313; v. 193
Fíroz Jang. See Gházíu-d dín
Fíroz Sháh, Sultán, birth, iii. 271,
273, 266; education, 274; offices, 274;
accession, i. 226, iii. 266, 275, vi.
221; rivals, iii. 276, 278; fights
Mughals, 278, vi. 223; march to
Dehlí, iii. 281, 287; plot to kill, 290,
iv. 9; his khutba, iii. 292; edicts,
293; expedition to Lakhnautí, 293,
vi. 225, 376; returns to Dehlí, iii.
297; builds Fírozábád, 302, vi. 225;
second expedition to Lakhnautí, iii.
305, iv. 9; caught tippling iii. 306;
founds Jaunpúr, 307; makes peace
with Bengal, 309; marches to Jájna-
gar, 312, iv. 10; elephant hunting,
iii. 314; lost, 315; his buildings,
317, 354, 382, iv. 7; takes Nagarkot,
iii. 317, vi. 226; expedition to Thatta,
iii. 319, iv. 12; retreats to Gujarát,
iii. 323, iv. 12; in the Ran of Kach,
iii. 324; returns to Thatta, 329; which
surrenders, 334; encourages slavery,
340; invested by Khalífa of Egypt,
342, 387, vi. 225; his court, iii. 343;
his happy reign, 317, 344; taste for
gardens, 345; moves stone columns,
350; palaces of, 354; provides employ-
ment, 355; establishments, 356; coins,
357; hospitals, etc., 361, 385; his
tonsure, 362; abolishes cesses, 363;
burns a Brahman, 365; his “Victories,”
374; abolishes torture, 375; treat-
ment of heretics and infidels, 377;
prohibits use of gold and ornaments,
363, 382; panegyric of, 536; his
khutba read at Ghazní, 566; age and
infirmity, iv. 14; power in the hands
of Khán Jahán, 15; death of his son,
12, vi. 228; abdicates iv. 16; resumes
government, 17; death, 18; character,
18; his public works, 18; his canal,
iii. 300, 433, iv. 8, 11, vi. 225, vii.
86; his láth, iii. 350, viii. 11
Fíroz Sháh, son of Islám Sháh, succeeds
Islám Sháh, v. 43, vi. 180; killed by
'Adalí, v. 45
Flood at Ghazní, ii. 114
“Foreign amírs,” iii. 252-3-7-9, 260
Fortune-telling, i. 331
French, viii. 383, 391, 392, 437
Fruits, vi. 348, 371
Fúfí, son of Dáhir, i. 166, 178, 192-5
Fúlád Ghorí Shansabí, ii. 282
Fúr, King of Hind, ii. 157; vi. 475, 557;
viii. 420

Gabrs, iii. 71, 76, 78, 83, 427, 431, 446,
450, 456, 462, 466, 471, 491, 494, 506,
507, 549, 551; v. 562
Gajpati, Rájá, v. 377, 399, 418, 419;
vi. 41, 55
Gakkars, Gakkhurs,
ii. 233, 297, 322, 347, 444,
447, 563; iii. 70; iv. 234,
389, 390, 415, 419, 493, 496, 551;
v. 37, 114, 147, 163-166, 278, 489;
vi. 219, 307, 309, 310, 370, 555, 568
Gakkhar country described, v. 278;
conquered, 279
Gardens of Fíroz Sháh, iii. 345
Gárdís, viii. 155, 221, 400
Gargaj, iii. 82, 146, 165, 174
Garha-katanka, conquest of, v. 169, 288,
309; vi. 30, 118
Garhí, v. 200, 381; vi. 67
Garshásp, Prince, vi. 438
Gaur, taken by Sher Sháh, iv. 360
Ghakars. See Gakkars.
Ghaní Khán, son of Mun'im Khán,
v. 280
Ghasítí Begam, viii. 428-9
Gházán Khán, iii. 1, 5; sends embassy
to China, 45
Ghází Khán, iv. 240, 241, 244, 245;
his library, 246
Ghází Malik (Tughlik Sháh), his origin,
iii. 271; barrier to the Mughals, i. 341,
iii. 199; at Deobálpúr, 224; marches
against Khusrú and kills him, 226;
becomes King as Ghiyásu-d dín, 228,
Gházíu-d din Khán, Fíroz Jang, vii. 190,
322, 323, 327, 331, 335, 337, 343, 359,
379, 421, 507; death, 426; character,
553
Gházíu-d dín Khán, Nizámu-l Mulk, vii.
522, 525, viii. 317
Gházíu-d dín, Imádu-l Mulk, made Nizám
and Amíru-l umará, viii. 121, 135;
318; defends Dehlí against Safdar
Jang, 136, 320; attacks Suraj
Mal Ját, 384; deposes Ahmad Sháh,
140; made wazír, 141, 323, 384; pro-
cures murder of 'Ákibat Khán,
142; blinds Emperor Ahmad, 143,
323; raises 'Álamgír to the throne,
323; mutiny against, 238; Emperor
wishes to make him prisoner, 239;
seizes widow of Mu'ínu-l Mulk, 240;
transactions with Ahmad Abdálí, 241;
with Suraj Mal Ját, 363; marries
daughter of Mu'ínu-l Mulk, 168;
quarrels with Najíbu-d daula, 168,
169, 266; leagues with Mahrattas, 169,
170, 266, 268; orders death of 'Álam-
gír, 170, 242; with Shujá'u-d daula,
221, 278
Ghází Mahdís, iv. 502
Ghazní surrenders to Alptigín, ii. 178,
iv. 159; flood at, ii. 114; taken and
lost again by Ghorians, 280, 291;
burnt, 288; taken by Ogtai, 568, 569;
plundered and destroyed, iv. 211
Ghaznivides, ii. 255, 266; end of, 281,
iii. 37, iv. 212; coins of, ii. 478
Ghiyás Beg, I'timádu-d daula, father of
Núr Jahán, vi. 382, 397, 402, 403, 404
Ghiyásu-d dín Balban, Sultán (Ulugh
Khán), iii. 38, 97, 546, 593; kills his
sovereign, 593
Ghiyásu-d dín Ghorí, ii. 258, 292, 297;
iii. 37; iv. 211
Ghiyásu-d dín, Sultán of Lakhnautí, ii.
317
Ghiyásu-d dín, Sultán of Mándú, iv.
554; vi. 349
Ghiyásu-d dín Tughlik, Sultán, ascends
the throne, i. 341, iii. 228, 606, vi. 185;
marches against Lakhnautí, iii. 234,
609; death, 235, 610
Ghor, conquered by Mas'úd, ii. 195
Ghorí dynasty, ii. 258, 282, iv. 145;
coins of, ii. 478
Ghulám Kádir, confined, viii. 303; his
atrocious conduct to royal family, 244;
death, 253
Ghuzz (Turks), ii. 250, 280, 293; iii. 65
Giridhar, Rája of Alláhábád, vii. 486, 516
Giridhar, Rája of Málwá, viii. 48, 261
Gobind Pandit, viii. 149, 269, 280
Gobind Ráí of Dehlí, ii. 295, 297
Gobri, v. 569
Gold, its absorption, iii. 583
Golkonda, embassy to, v. 460; far-
mán to, vii. 51, 53; territory, 108;
Aurangzeb's campaign against, 109;
sues for peace, 115; princess mar-
ried to Aurangzeb's son, 119; siege
and conquest, 323; history of, 336;
Sivají's connexion with, 286
Gonds, vi. 30, vii. 50
Gopiká Báí, viii. 287
Grain, prices of, iii. 146, 192, 244, 344,
583, 612, 619, iv. 476
Grassias, v. 439, 446-7
Greek fire, vi. 460
Gubree language, v. 568
Gújars, iv. 231, 234, 236, 240, 476,
vi. 303
Gújar Khán, minister of Dáúd, iv. 511,
512; v. 378, 386; vi. 39
Gujarát, Guzerat,
description of, i. 67; revolts
in, iii. 214, 256, 259, 262;
Fíroz Sháh retreats to, 323; how
governed, 326; revenues of, 328, iv.
12; held by Zafar Khán, 37; at
Bábar's invasion, 259; kings of, 305;
Akbar's campaigns in, v. 339, 361,
vi. 37; Jahángír's visit, vi. 353; Kings
of, 236
Gulbadan Begam, v. 391
Gulrukh Begam, v. 348, 404
Guns, iv. 255, 268, 274, 279, 280, 284;
v. 131, 252, 350, 501; vi. 90, 139,
455; vii. 101; viii. 74, 83, 400
Gunpowder, early use in India, vi. 455
Gurpál, Ráí, ii. 168
Gurshásp Sháh, ii. 310
Gursiya, i. 204
Guru Gobind, vii. 566
Gwálior, besieged by Mahmúd, ii. 467;
taken by Muhammad Ghorí, 227; sur-
rendered to Kutbu-d dín, 305; taken
by Altamsh, 327; Bábar's descrip-
tion, iv. 281; surrendered to Sher
Sháh, 385; 391, 466; besieged, v. 20,
167; surrendered by Suhail, 259, 493;
taken by Sultán Ibráhím, v. 486