12 books found
by John Ross
1924 · New York : Longmans, Green & Company ; London : E. Arnold & Company
by Homer Doliver House, John Mason Clarke, New York State Museum, Sherman Chauncey Bishop
1924
Describes the cities of Surat and Bombay, the life and trade there, as well as at Madras; includes an account of the struggle of the Maharattas under Sivaji to resist absorption into Aurangzib's empire, an analysis of the political state of the kingdom of Bijapur, and information about natural science. The Persian portion of the book recounts the eighteen-month sojurn the author spent in southern Persia and Isphahan in 1677-78.
by John Bernard Burke, Sir Bernard Burke
1898