A Lonely Summer in KashmirDuckworth, 1904 - 280 pages |
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Page 48 - One of those enormous sums,' observes tha translator, ' which startle belief!' this is written, I may say that the whole concern of my household, whether gold or jewels, is under her sole and entire management. Of my unreserved confidence, indeed, this princess is in entire possession ; and I may allege, without a fallacy, that the whole fortune of my empire has been consigned to the disposal of this highly endowed family ; the father being my diwan, the son my lieutenant-general, with unlimited...
Page 56 - Everywhere, however, the people are in the most abject condition ; exorbitantly taxed by the Sikh government, and subjected to every kind of extortion and oppression by its officers.
Page 242 - Twas one of the charmed days When the genius of God doth flow; The wind may alter twenty ways, A tempest cannot blow; It may blow north, it still is warm; Or south, it still is clear; Or east, it smells like a clover-farm; Or west, no thunder fear.
Page 53 - This extreme rigour has sensibly affected the department and manners of the Kashmirians who shrink with dread from the Afghan oppression and are fearful of making any display of opulence During my stay in Kashmir, I often...
Page 53 - This extreme rigour has sensibly affected the deportment of the Kashmirians, who shrink with dread from the Afghan oppression and are fearful of making any display of opulence During my stay in Kashmir I often witnessed the harsh treatment which the common people received at the hands of their masters who rarely issued an order without a blow of the side of their hatchet, a common weapon of the Afghans and used by them in war as a battle-axe."— A Hindu named Dila Ram Kuli won favour of Haji Karimdad...
Page 57 - Sikh government, and subjected to every kind of extortion and oppression by its officers. The consequences of this system are, the gradual depopulation of the country : not more than about one-sixteenth of the cultivable surface is in cultivation, and the inhabitants, starving at home, are driven in great numbers to the Plains of Hindustan. In like manner the people of the city are rapidly thinning, though less from emigration, than poverty and disease : the prevalence of the latter in its most aggravated...
Page 57 - ... the people are in the most abject condition : exorbitantly taxed by the Sikh Government, and subjected to every kind of extortion and oppression by its officers. The consequences of...
Page 53 - Kashmire amounted to three and a half lacks of rupees; but, at this time, not less than twenty lacks are extracted by the Afghan governor, who, if his tribute be regularly remitted to court, is allowed to execute with impunity every act of violence. This extreme rigour has sensibly affected the deportment and manners of the Kashmirians, who shrink with dread from the Afghan oppressions, and are fearful of making any display of opulence.
Page 43 - ... hands of a class called Chaks, who were formerly but common soldiers. Three rulers of this tribe constructed three buildings on the remaining three faces of the foundation which was laid by Zainu-1 'A'bidin in the lake of Ulur, but none of them is so substantial as the first one built by that King. Kashmir is a delightful country in the seasons of autumn and spring. I visited it in the former season, and found it even more charming than I had anticipated. I never was there in spring, but I hope...
Page 39 - ... spirituality of its people ("That country may be conquered by the force of spiritual merits, but not by forces of soldiers"), on the security and comfort of the bathing-places in its rivers, on the mildness of its climate even during summer, and lastly on its abundance of "learning, lofty houses, saffron, icy water and grapes, things that even in heaven are difficult to find.