(Lane-Poole, _The History of the
Moghul Emperors of Hindustan illustrated by their Coins_, p. xviii. )
The wonder is, not that the empire of Delhi fell, but that it lasted
so long.
6. When the author wrote the above remarks, Englishmen knew the
gallant Gurkhas as enemies only; they now know them as worthy and
equal brethren in arms. The recruitment of Gurkhas for the British
service began in 1838. The spelling 'Gorkha' is more accurate.
7. The 'kos' varies much in value, but in most parts of the United
Provinces it is reckoned as equal to two miles. According to the
_N.W.P. Gazetteer_ (p. 568), the nearest approximate value for the
Agra kos is 1 3/4 mile. Three kos would, therefore, be equal to about
5 1/4 miles. Muin-ud-din died in A.D. 1236. Sleeman, on I know not
what authority, represents Akbar as resorting to Salim Chishti,
Shaikh of Fathpur-Sikri, on the advice given by a vision accorded at
Ajmer. The _Tabaqat-i-Akbari_ simply records that Akbar had visited
the Shaikh, the 'very holy old man' of Sleeman, several times, and
had obtained the promise of a son. That promise was fulfilled by the
birth of the princes Salim and Murad, who both saw the light at
Fathpur-Sikri.
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