Bøker av Stanley Lane-Poole

The Invasions 712-1206, Introduction-The Arabs in sind, 712, The IDOL-Breakers-Mahmud of Ghazni 997-1030, The Men of the mountain-Ghazni and Ghor 1030-1206, The Kingdom of Deli 1206-1526, The Slave Kings-The Turks in delhi 1206-1290, First Deccan Conquest-Ala-Ad-Din Khalji 1290-1321, A man of ideas-Mohammad Taghlak 1321-1388, Disintegration-Provincial dyansties 1388-1451, The Moghul Empire 1526-1764, The coming of the Moghuls- The Emperor Babar 1451-1530, The EBB of the Tide-Humayun 1530-1556, The United empire-Akbar 1556-1605, Akbar's Reforms-The divine faith, 1566-1605, The Great moghul-and european travellers 1605-1627, Shah-jahan-The magnificent 1628-1658, The puritan emperor-Aurangzib 1659-1680,The Ruin of Aurangzib-The maratha war 1680-1707, The fall of the moghul empire-The Hindu revival 1707-1765

Introduction, Historical outline, The cabinet of moghul coins, Minf cities, Eras, begnal years, and persian months, Inscriptions, titles weights, & C, Images and zodiacal coins, Nisars or presentation money, Copper coinage, Coinage of the east india company, Local coinage, The coinage,

This vintage book contains volume I Stanley Lane-Poole¿s 1894 biography of Sir Henry Parkes, "The Life of Sir Harry Parkes Vol. I. - Consul in China". This fascinating and unparalleled biography is highly recommended for those with an interest in the life and mind of this remarkable man, and it is not to be missed by the discerning collector. Sir Henry Parkes (1815 ¿ 1896) was an Australian businessman and politician who served as a Premier of New South Wales. He was a significant advocate of the Federation of Australia, and is often referred to as the "Father of Federation". Contents include: ¿The First Treaty with Chinä, ¿Presentation of Harry Parkes¿, ¿Birth and Parentage¿, ¿Education: King Edward¿s Grammar School¿, ¿His Sisters Settle in China with the Gutzlaffs¿, ¿Mr William Lockhart¿, ¿Retrospect of British Relations with Chinä, ¿End of East India Company¿s Charter¿, ¿The Opium Trade¿, etcetera. Many antiquarian texts such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.