286 INDEX E EMI India Company, date of the found- ing of the, 66 Hawkins commands a ship for, 67 Agents of, 67, 68, 72 Egypt, ports of, 64 Elephants, names of royal, 4, 12 Execution by, 13 In battle, 90 Fight between, 137 Elliot, Sir H. M., historian, 63 Elphinstone, historian, 8, 84 English, factory ( trading-post) of the, at Surat, 93, 128, 166 Factory of the, at the Hugli, 144 Beginning of the rule of the, in India, 188 European doctors in India, 162 TraTellers, in India, 139 Factories ( = trading-posts under a fac- tor, or agent) of the Dutch and the English in India, 93, 94, 144, 166 Fairs, religious, 121 Faizi, Persian mystic poet at Akbar's court, 33, 36, 44, 46, 66 Verses of, 42 Death of, in 1696, 49 Faizi, Illahbad, author of a chronicle of Akbar's reign, 193 Fakirs, 122 See also Ascetics Farid Bokbari, Shaikh, an official under Akbar, 197, 199, 201, 206-212 Farrukhabad, a district and town in the Northwest Provinces, 229, 230 Farrukhsiyar, a Moghul ruler, 178 Faruki, name of a Hindu tribe, 199 Fathpur, Fathpur-Sikri, the royal city of Akbar, founded in 1674, 34, 49 Centre for land-survey, 31 Description of, 36-39 Visited by Akbar, 42 Fergusson, writes of the " Turkish Sul- tana's House, 1 ' 36 Festival, celebrated at Thanesar, 11, 12 Festivals, religious, 121 Food, animal, 44, 122 Fort, of Asir, 49, 193-214 Foster, Mr. W., editor of Roe's Journal, 68-69 French army in India, 184 Fryer, agent of the East India Company, 66 G Gaikwar, 179 Galgala, a camp of Aurangzib, 167 Gama, Vasco da, lands at Calicut in 1498, 64 Ganges, a river, valley of, 2, 6 Trade upon the, 148 Plains of the, 161 United with the Jumna, 222, 233 Battle near the, 236, 236 Gardens, at New Delhi, 181 Gardi, Ibrahim Khan, an expert can- noneer, 241, 246, 261, 263, 270 Gharkol, a place, 198 Ghats, 161, 162, 163, 164, 167 Ghazi-ad-din, vizir of Alamgir II, 188, 184, 229 Goa, occupied by the Portuguese, 66, 148 Visited by Pietro della Valle, 79 Western limit of the Marathas, 126 Godavari, a river, battle at the, 262 Goganda, a Rajput stronghold, 24 Gohad, a town in Gwalior in Central India, 266 Golkonda, kings of, 106, 109-110, 168, 168 Siege and fall of, 169-163 Govind, Guru (Pandit), head of the Sikhs, 177, 284, 236 Great Moghul, a term applied to Jahangir and his successors, 61-87, 128, 129, 142, 166, 163, 164, 173, 174 Gujarat, a province, conquered by Ak- bar, 8, 7, 23, 26, 48 Corruption of the local authorities of, 67 Unsafe place for travel, 96 Governed by Murad Bakhsh, 111 Pays tribute to the Marathas, 179 " Gulalbar," designation of Aurangzib's quarters at Galgala, 167 Gunpowder, use of, in warfare, 21, 204- 205, 209, 211 Guns, see Matchlocks Gunsmiths, 132 Guru Govind, head of the Sikhs, 177 Gwalior, a city, fall of, 2 Fortress of, 6, 196 In the Maratha wars, 242-276 H Haidarabad, 174, 179 Hakim, brother of Akbar, 3, 12, 48 Hall of Audience, 136, 138 See also Divan-i-Khas "Hall of Worship" (Ibadat-Khanah or Divan-i-Khas), scene of religious de- bates under Akbar, 84, 89, 146 Hanafi, Mohammedan law, 39 Hawa, name of an elephant, 4 Hawking, indulged in by Akbar, 10 Hawkins, William, English sea-captain, received at Jahangir's court, C6, 61-64
