Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . he subject; which merely produced the remark fromthe emperor, Let him keep his jewels ; nay, let him command those of Aureng-zebe. This so affected Jehan, that he immediately sent a number of the gemshe had before refused, accompanied with this message : Take these, which Iam destined to wear no more; wear them with dignity, and by yo
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . he subject; which merely produced the remark fromthe emperor, Let him keep his jewels ; nay, let him command those of Aureng-zebe. This so affected Jehan, that he immediately sent a number of the gemshe had before refused, accompanied with this message : Take these, which Iam destined to wear no more; wear them with dignity, and by your own re-nown make some amends to your family for their misfortunes. When this wasrepeated to the emperor he burst into tears. Shah Jehan survived the loss ofempire seven or eight years, and then died in the unnatural captivity to whichhe had been doomed. The principal events of Aurengzebes reign may be thus shortly noticed : Theinterminable war in the Deccan was continued at first with success, but moredoubtfully after the appearance of Sevajee, the founder of the Mahratta king-dom, upon the scene. The emir Jumla marched into the country of Assam,with the intention of penetrating into the very heart of China, but the army was 204 THE EMPEROR Portrait of Anrengzebe.—From a Miniature painted in India. THE EMPEROR AURENGZEBE. 205 attacked by disease, and the emir himself fell a prey to it. A ludicrous thoughfar from unimportant event, was the appearance of an old woman in arms againstthe emperor, at the head of some twenty thousand fakirs, or religious mendi-cants. Many of these had been first drawn around her by her liberality, and,thus congregated, committed various outrages on the neighboring inhabitants,who at last rose against them, but were defeated with great slaughter. Risingfrom one success to another, the idea of enchantment, which had been instilledby the female chief, and enthusiastically acted upon by her followers, Avas atlast believed by the people,
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