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INDEX. xlvii in tlie greatest disorder ; the Governor Da- nishmend Khan, 423. MADURA, Polygars, m, 420, 421, 422. MaHMOOD, MOUAMED, THE KHOWRASMIAN, (ith of the dynasty, does not seem to have fixed in India, is driven out of the dominions of ftazna by Gingischan, 1218, dies in 1220,/;, 10 and 11. m, 13. M A HMOO D, The Gazxavide, son of Sebegtechin, carries the sword and Alcoran into Iudostan, in 1000 and 1002, coquers i converts as far as Viziapore with great zeal and cruelty, gets immense wealth, which gives # rise to the story of a golden tree is esteemed tie 1st of theGhaznavide Dynasty, 9. Mahmood, Nephew and successor of Schea- beddin, is the 5th and the last of the Gacri- des, seems to have had little influence either in Gazna or in India, is assassinated in 1212, p, 10. MAHMOOD SCHAH, likewise called Sultan Mahmood, reigns at Delhi in 1398, is grand- son of the emperor Firouz Schah, is con- quered and expelled by Tamerlane, 13 and 14. MAHMOOD SCHAH NASSAREDDIN, in 1246, deposes his brother Massood Schah Alaeddin from the throne of Delhi, and makes great conquest in India, p, 12. MAHOMEDALLY, the present NABOB of ARCOT, second son of Anwarodean Khan : in the course of our narrative often mentioned by his title, the Nabob ; and whenever so mentioned tabled under this head. 1746. December, sent by his father with a body of troops to the assistance of Fort St. David, 79. is joined by the other division com- manded by his brother Maphuze Khan, 80. their sudden appearance strike the Fr. army with a panic, 82. 1749. July 23d, escapes out of the battle of Amboor, on the death of his father, 128. to Tritchinopoly, where his mother, with his father's treasures, had been sent for safety, 132. asserts his title to the Nabobship against Chundasaheb, by a patent of reversion from Nizamalrnuluck, 132. the English are in uncertainty about his title, 132. but ought immediately to have supported him, 132 send only 120 "Europeans to join him at Tritchinopoly, 133. solicits Nazir- jing to march into the Cavnatic, 135, ■ 1750. March, joins Nazirjing at Waldore with 6000 horse, and the detachment from Tritchinopoly, 138. is confirmed by him in the government of the Carnatic, 144. grants a territory near Madrass to English E. I. Company," 145. July, takes the field (from Arcot) with his own troops and some of Na- zirjing's, and is joined by the English troops ■ ingee, 147, 148. they march against Trivadi, his troops backward and shy, 148. they suffer in a cannonade, and are dispirited, 149. offended because Captain Cope will not march with him into the more inland parts of the country, 149. and does not pay the English troops, which are therefore immediately re- called by Major Lawrence, 149, 150. Au- gust 21st, the Fr. intirely rout his army, 150, 151. he escapes to Arcot with two or three attendants, 151. December 4th, flies from the field on the death of Nazirjing, and arrives with a few attendants at Tritchinopoly, 157. employs Rajah Jonagee to treat with Dupleix, offering to relinquish the Carnatic, 162. m, 167. 1751, asks assistance of the English, they send 2S0 Europeans and 300 Sepoys to him at Tritchinopoly, 1C8. the Southern countries lukewarm in his interests, 169. he sends his brother Abdullrahim with a consi- derable force and 30 Europeans to Tinivel- ly, and soon after Cope with his brother Ab- dullwahab to attack Madura, who fail, 169, 170. his troops desert to Allum Khan, 171. asks assistants of the English, and offers a con- siderable territory near Madrass, 171. April, their forces take the field, are joined six weeks after by some of his at Verdachelum ; and then by the main body at Volcondah, 171, 172. who stand their ground in the fight there, 174. one of his guns lost, crossing the Caveri, 179. his troops not to be depended on : encamp on the s. side of Tritchinopoly, 180. July, possesses no longer a single dis- trict in the Carnatic ; nor any fort except Verdachelum, 181. his army incapable of retrieving his affairs, exh^ist his treasures, 183. October, Morarirow with" 6000 Morat- toes, hired by the King of Mysore to assist him, 192. November, the Governor of Ami takes the oath of fealty to him, 199. pro- cures the assistance of the Mysoreans on ex- orbitant terms, 202, 203. ii>, 203. his ca- a airy dispirited, 204. presses the Regent of Mysore to march, and sends a detachment of Europeans to remove the enemy in the way, 206. 1752. January, February, the junction of the Mysoreans, Morattoes, Tan- jore, and Tondiman, render his force greater than Chundasaheb's, 208. his revenues in the Arcot province impaired by the ravages of Rajahsaheb, 209. extent and value of the country in the Carnatic recovered for him by the successes of Clive, 213, March the 29th, his troops join Lawrence and Clive, coming with the reinforcement, 215. Major LawTence confers with him on the future operations of the war, 217 presented with an 18 pounder taken at Elimiserum, 219. the enemy impressed with the same terrors as they had formerly raised in his Q q q 2 army,