 | Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah - 1829 - 748 sider
...therefore directed the troops to proceed in their work. The next blow broke open the belly of Somnat, which was hollow, and discovered a quantity of diamonds,...pearls, of much greater value than the amount which the Bramins had offered.^ The author of the Hubeeb-oos-Seer relates, from other authorities, that Somnat... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - 1830 - 422 sider
...therefore directed the troops to proceed in their work. The next blow broke open the belly of Somnat, which was hollow, and discovered a quantity of diamonds,...value than the amount which the Brahmins had offered." The same feeling which prompted him to break to pieces the idol at Sumnaut was the principal occasion... | |
 | Godfrey Thomas Vigne - 1840 - 524 sider
...if he should consent to such a measure, his name would be handed down to posterity, as " Mah12 mini the idol seller," whereas he was desirous of being...doubtful, till two Indian princes, Brahma Dew and Dabisbleem, with other reinforcements, joined their countrymen during the action, and inspired them... | |
 | 1843 - 734 sider
...down to posterity as ' Mahmood the idol-seller,' whereas he was desirous of being known as 'Mahmood the destroyer :' he therefore directed the troops...value than the amount which the Brahmins had offered." Ferishta proceeds to state that one author relates, from other authorities, that the idol's name was... | |
 | 1844 - 322 sider
...proceed in their work, — when SOMNATH, in Guzerat, the next blow broke open the body of the Statue, which was hollow, and discovered a quantity of diamonds,...rubies, and pearls of much greater value than the amount of money offered by the Brahmins, . . XXX, 175. after the destruction of the Temple, the Gates were... | |
 | Leopold von Orlich - 1845 - 342 sider
...therefore directed the troops to proceed in their work. The next blow broke open the body of the statue, which was hollow, and discovered a quantity of diamonds,...and pearls, of much greater value than the amount of money offered by the Brahmins. " After the destruction of the temple, the gates were carried by... | |
 | Leopold von Orlich - 1845 - 306 sider
...therefore directed the troops to proceed in their work. The next blow broke open the body of the statue, which was hollow, and discovered a quantity of diamonds,...and pearls, of much greater value than the amount of money offered by the Brahmins. " After the destruction of the temple, the gates were carried by... | |
 | Leopold von Orlich - 1845 - 342 sider
...therefore directed the troops to proceed in their work. The next blow broke open the body of the statue, which was hollow, and discovered a quantity of diamonds,...and pearls, of much greater value than the amount of money offered by the Brahmins. " After the destruction of the temple, the gates were carried by... | |
 | 1858 - 448 sider
...therefore directed the troops to proceed in their work. The next blow broke open the belly of Somnat, which was hollow; and discovered a quantity of diamonds,...much greater value than the amount which the Brahmins offered." This story may be taken as an illustration of the spirit of the first Mahometan conquerors... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bombay - 1897 - 446 sider
...their work. The next blow broke open the belly of Somnath, which was hollow, and discovered a qnantity of diamonds, rubies and pearls, of much greater value than the amount which the Brnhmius had offered.* The version of L)ow lias been the chief source of misleading later writers.... | |
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... if he should consent to such a measure his name would be handed down to posterity as 
