History of the Great Moghuls, (Vols. I and II Bound in One)

Contents: Vol. I: Part. I: 1. Hinduism. 2. Central Asia. 3. The Mongols. 4. The Mongols after Chenghiz’s death. 5. The Mongols in the west. 6. The Mongols of the East in the fourteenth century. 7. Mongols of the centre -- fourteenth and fifteenth century. 8: i. Taimur. ii. Christianity, Muhammedanism and the Mongols. Part II: 1. From the sack of Delhi by Taimur to the battle of Paniput. Part III: 1. Baber. 2. Baber’s Reign at Delhi 1526-1530. 3. Humayun. 4. Sher Shah and his successors. 5. Akbar. 6. Deccan.

Vol. II: 1. Jahangir. 2. Shah Jahan (A.D. 1627-1685). 3. Aurngzeb. 4. Bahadur Shah. Epilogue. Index.

The death of Chenghis Khan, Mongols in the west and Mongols of the East and the Centre in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

The darkest period of the Muhammedan Rule in Delhi was from 1393 to 1526 A.D. after the sack of Delhi by Taimu who has no intention of staying in India. His mission was to lead an expedition against the infidels and to purify the land itself from fifth of infidelity and to overthrow temples and idols and to become a Ghazi and Mozahid before God. His nobles said that if they established themselves here permanently, their children would become like natives of these regions and, in a few generations, their strength and vaour would diminish. How true was this saying when we find that as the Moghul emperors established their dynasty in India they shaped the very root of Moghul dominion. Within a hundred years of Akbar’s death, his empire, was hastening to decay.

We have a graphic account of the various battles fought, won and lost by the Moghuls till Bahadur Shah lost not only the throne of Delhi but also his freedom. The plunder of Delhi by nadir Shah shows that the accumulated wealth of three hundred and forty eight years changed hand in a moment-not only the wealth of the imperial court but also the very resources of the people.