Nadir Shah’s Persian Invasion of the Mughal Empire
The fragment recounts Nadir Shah defeating the Turks and pressing toward Delhi after sacking Cabul in June 1738. It details the Mogul court’s wealth and luxury, the Deccan and Dehli power struggles, and the Persian army’s marches from Cabul to Attock across the Indus, ultimately threatening Delhi and its omras and treasury.
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Acion
Aving
Persia
Nadir Shah
India
Baber
Aurangzebe
Nadir
Mohammed Shah
Delhi
Shah Jehan
Jumna
Omras
Catdatla
Cabul
Sherzih Khan
Eshawar
Devran Khan
izam-ool-Mdolk
Mohammed, Shah
Argon
Karnaul
Indus
Lahore
Kurhail
Khan
Omra
Saaditi
Nadir Shah's Delhi Sack Ends Mogul Rule
Nadir Shah defeats the Great Mogul at Delhi after a brutal siege. The Persian conqueror parades through the capital, enforces mass plunder, and orders the massacre of many, with estimates of spoils ranging from 30 to 87 million pounds. Tahmasp Khan oversees treasure extraction, and the crown is placed on the Mogul’s head before a grim departure.
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Deli
Haat
Khorrassan
Nadir Kooli
Nadir
Amasa
Nadia
Khbrassan
Persia
Caspian Sea
Shah
Tahmasp
Mblagd
Chiolbone
Oman
Devran Khan
Nizam-oo-Moolk
India
Mohammed Shah
Tahmasp Khan
Saadit Khan
Delhi
Nadir Shah
Treat Mogul
Isthia
Candahar
Nev
Cme
Oraone
Shalimar
Doth
Fading Empires and Odd News From Far Afield
Narrative blends observations on Nadir Shah and Delhi loot with distant anecdotes and a string of miscellaneous items. It recounts Nadir Shah’s murder plot near Meshed, his burial, and Teheran desecration, then shifts to curiosities like an Irish tale, locomotive counts in the US, a sailor’s fall, and courtroom quips.
The Art Preservative The Types and the Printer
A reflective piece on the art and craft of typography and printing. It celebrates the printer’s case of metal letters as the guardians of written language, describes setting type, and extols the newspaper as a log-book of the world while pondering the editor’s influence and the enduring value of printed sentiment.
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Tayton
Chicago Jounal
Pansti O
Department of Enterprise
Aesuahomad
Asi
Gray
Eley
Old Grimes
Ourself
Robberies at Belfast Dock Reveal Bold Tea Fraud
A Belfast customs fraud shows Moore, a merchant, using false keys to swap tea chests with brick and turf filled containers. He stored tea in a bonded warehouse and, over years, defrauded the Customs of about £10,000 while roping others into the scheme and evading arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
Belfast
Moore
Custom House
Yankee Criticism of Florence Encounter with a Yankee
A narrator recalls traveling to Florence with a learned companion who loves art antiquity and discovery. They meet a Yankee fresh from Florence who dismisses the Venus di Medici, saying he does not care much about those stone gals. The exchange ends with the friend's quiet collapse.
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Florence
Chen
Medias Res
Blackwood
Pious Gamblers and a Madrid Rouge Table
In a Madrid club gamblers display external piety at midnight when a rouge ch noir table sits. As readings of prayers interrupt play to honor dying believers, the table silences, priests pass, and the game resumes with renewed greed for gold and notes.
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Madrid
Blackwood
Wisconsin Fair Pride From Stock County Riders Women and Crops
The Milwaukee Sentinel lauds Old Rock at the State Fair with farmers presenting unbeatable crops. Firemen win silver trumpets while fair daughters excel in horsemanship with Miss Comstock, a farmer’s daughter, driving a four-horse team during harvest as work nears peak. Stock County is praised as Wisconsin’s pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Milwaukee Sentinel
Old Rock
Comstock
Stock County
Wisconsin
Fragmentary Moral Reflections on Wealth and Death
A fragmented prose passage contemplates dying rich versus penniless, contrasting lost titles and bonds with a life of memories and beauty. It muses on generational shift and the vanity of wealth, noting pumpkins and a derailed house as cultural symbols. The tone echoes a Victorian meditation on time, value, and mortality.
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Chavity
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Business Directory
Charles H Collins
Ptorney
Ciormant
Ountier
Ofice
We Dennison
Dennison
Batavia
Joffe
Jas
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Yimumack
Clermont
Bulliog
Main St. Batavia
W. A. Townsley
Clermont County
Amelia
Ohio
Ston
W. Gread Freie ‘Johnston & Gregg
Atclaw
C. Witay
Jans
T. Q. Ashburn
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B. George
We Pesale Coe Baal Grocer
Congress and
Broadway
Cincinnati
Gett & Phillips
Rgetown
Gxo. V. Poitenoy
Pomproy
Pearl Street
Vine
Race
nait _sLAY & BROTHER
Baums
Pilex
Main
Sycamore
Ndeinnati
Tishaa
Jwa
Lermont
George M. Davis
Sable
M. C. Jennings
Dole
William
Anderson
Oe ‘Ust Co. Bank
Cincinnat
Ud Jung
Tab
Brunaugh
Wim
Adam Getss
Mattress and Redding Fuaturer
Vine Street
Bosteen
Etroot
Innatl
Chinufactures
SEO Tit Oo
Ne Powweds Foundry & Machine Shop
David A. Powell
Wuda M Mngtn
Potuer
Betw Bronk
One Congress
Sv Gort
Ataloo Yoga
Roxinos Nod Bollery
Batavia Hotel
Wubsdriber Nani Rend Wind Stradty
Hillsborough Female College
Ono
Wesbingr
Saliizersogh
Prewidant
APOE
Clermont Popriar
Hope
Elvie
Bivio
Guy de Beverly
Ildo
Joy
Abd
Peshawar
Kurnaul
Timour
Mohammed
Shah Rokh
Kelat
Khorassan
Sultan Meydan
Meshed
Seleh
Teheran
Philanthropos
Pat
Nick
United States
Erie
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Treland
Walt
Pied Poort
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