BURHANPUR  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India in the See also:

• NIMAR

Nimar See also:

• DISTRICT

district of the Central Provinces, situated on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• TAPTI

Tapti, 310 m . N.E. of Bombay, and 2 M. from the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula railway station of Lalbagh . It was founded in A.D . 1400 by a See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of the Farukhi See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty of See also:

• KHANDESH, EAST

Khandesh, whose successors held it for 200 years, when the Farukhi See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom was annexed to the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire of See also:

• AKBAR, AKHBAR

Akbar . It formed the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief seat of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the See also:

• DECCAN (Sans. Dakshina, " the South ")

Deccan provinces of the See also:

• MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

Mogul empire till Shah Jahan removed the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital to See also:

• AURANGABAD, or AURUNGABAD

Aurangabad in 1635 . Burhanpur was plundered in 1685 by the See also:

• MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas, and repeated battles were fought in its neighbourhood in the struggle between that See also:

• RACE

race and the Mussulmans for the supremacy of India . In 1739 the Mahomm.edans finally yielded to the demand of the Mahrattas for a See also:

• FOURTH

fourth of the See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue, and in 176o the See also:

• NIZAM

Nizam of the Deccan ceded Burhanpur to the See also:

• PESHWA (Persian for " leader," " guide ")

peshwa, who in 1778 transferred it to Sindhia . In the Mahratta See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army under See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• WELLESLEY
• WELLESLEY, RICHARD COLLEY WESLEY (or WELLESLEY)

Wellesley, afterwards the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington, took Burhanpur (1803), but the treaty of the same See also:

• YEAR

year restored it to Sindhia . It remained a portion of Sindhia's dominions till 186o-1861, when, in consequence of certain territorial arrangements, the town and surrounding estates were ceded to the British government . Under the Moguls the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city covered an See also:

• AREA

area of about 5 sq. m., and was about rot- m. in circumference . In the See also:

• AIN

Ain-i-Akbari it is described as a " large city, with many gardens, inhabited by all nations, and abounding with handicraftsmen." See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• ROE (or Row), SIR THOMAS (c. 1581—1644)
• ROE, EDWARD PAYSON (1838-1888)

Roe, who visited it in 1614, found that the houses in the town were " only mud cottages, except the prince's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, the chan's and some few others." In 1865–1866 the city contained 8000 houses, with a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of 34,137, which had decreased to 33,343 in 1901 . Burhanpur is celebrated for its muslins, flowered silks, and brocades, which, according to See also:

• TAVERNIER, JEAN BAPTISTE (1605-1689)

Tavernier, who visited it in 1668, were exported in great quantities to See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey, See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia and See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland .

The See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold and See also:

• SILVER

silver wires used in the manufacture of these fabrics are See also:

• DRAWN

drawn with considerable care and skill; and in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to secure the purity of the metals employed for their See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition, the See also:

• WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire-See also:

• DRAWING

drawing under the native See also:

• RULE

rule was done under government inspection . The town of Burhanpur and its manufactures were See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long on the decline, but during See also:

• RECENT

recent times have made a slight recovery . The buildings of See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the town are a See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, built by Akbar, called the Lal Kila or the Red Fort, and the Jama Masjid or Great See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

Mosque, built by See also:

• ALI

Ali See also:

• KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan, one of the Farukhi dynasty, in 1388 .. A consider-able number of See also:

• BORAS

Boras, a class of commercial Mahommedans, reside here .