DAULATABAD  , a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill-fortress in See also:

• HYDERABAD, HAIDARABAD
• HYDERABAD, or HAIDARABAD

Hyderabad See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, about to m . N.W. of the See also:

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

city of See also:

• AURANGABAD, or AURUNGABAD

Aurangabad . The former city of Daulatabad (Deogiri) has shrunk into a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• VILLAGE

village, though to its earlier greatness See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness is still See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne by its magnificent fortress, and by remains of public buildings See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble even in their decay . The fortress stands on a conical See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock crowning a hill that rises almost perpendicularly from the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain to a height of some . boo ft . The See also:

• OUTER

outer See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall, 24 M. in circumference, once enclosed the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient city of Deogiri (Devagiri), and between this and the See also:

• BASE

base of the upper fort are three lines of defences . The fort is a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of extraordinary strength . The only means of See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit is afforded by a narrow See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, with passage for not more than two men abreast, and a See also:

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

long See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery, excavated in the rock, which has for the most See also:

• PART

part a very See also:

• GRADUAL (Med. Lat. gradualis, of or belonging to steps or degrees; gradus, step)

gradual upward slope, but about midway is intercepted by a steep See also:

• STAIR (0. Eng. stagger, step, from stigan, to climb, cf. Ger. steigen; the root is also seen in " stile " and " stirrup ")
• STAIR, JAMES DALRYMPLE

stair, the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of which is covered by a grating destined in See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

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

war to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

• HEARTH (a word which appears in various forms in several Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch haard, German Herd, in the sense of " floor ")

hearth of a huge See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire kept burning by the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison above . Besides the fortifications Daulatabad contains several notable monuments, of which the See also:

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

chief are the Chand Minar and the Chini Mahal . The Chand Minar, considered one of the most remarkable specimens of See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture in See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern India, is a See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower 210 ft. high and 70 ft. in circumference at the base, and was originally covered with beautiful See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian glazed tiles . It was erected in 1445 by See also:

• ALA

Ala-ud-din Bahmani to commemorate his See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture 'of the fort . The Chini Mahal, or See also:

• CHINA

China See also:

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

Palace, is the ruin of a See also:

• BUILDING

building once of See also:

• GREAT

great beauty . In it Abul See also:

• HASAN

Hasan, the last of the Kutb Shahi See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• GOLCONDA

Golconda, was imprisoned by See also:

• AURANGZEB (1618-1707)

Aurangzeb in 1687 .

Deogiri is said to have been founded c . A.D . 1187 by Bhillama I. the See also:

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

prince who renounced his See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to the Chalukyas and established the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the Yadava See also:

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

dynasty in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . In 1294 the fort was captured by Ala-ud-din Khilji, and the rajas, so powerful that they were held by the Mussulmans at See also:

• DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi to be the rulers of all the See also:

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

Deccan, were reduced to pay See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute . The tribute falling into arrear, Deogiri was again occupied by the Mahommedans under Malik Kafur, in 1307 and 1310, and in 1318 the last See also:

• RAJA

raja, Harpal, was flayed alive . Deogiri now became an important base for the operations of the Mussulman conquering expeditions southwards, and in 1339 Mahommed See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

ben Tughlak Shah determined to make it his See also:

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

capital, changed its name to Daulatabad (" See also:

• ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

Abode of Prosperity "), and made arrangements for transferring to it the whole See also:

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

population of Delhi . The project was interrupted by troubles which summoned him to the See also:

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

north; during his See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence the Mussulman See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors of the Deccan revolted; and Daulatabad itself See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of Zafar See also:

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

Khan, the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• GULBARGA

Gulbarga . It remained in the hands of the Bahmanis till 1526, when it was taken by the See also:

• NIZAM

Nizam Shahis . It was captured by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• AKBAR, AKHBAR

Akbar, but in 1595 it again surrendered to Ahmad Nizam Shah of See also:

• AHMEDNAGAR, or AHMADNAGAR

Ahmednagar, on the fall of whose dynasty in 1607 it passed into the hands of the usurper, the Nizam Shahi See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister Malik See also:

• AMBER

Amber, originally an Abyssinian slave, who was the founder of Kharki (the See also:

• PRESENT

present Aurangabad . His successors held it until their overthrow by Shah Jahan, the See also:

• MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

Mogul emperor, in 1633; after which it remained in the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the Delhi emperors until, after the See also:

• DEATH

death of Aurangzeb, it fell to the first nizam of Hyderabad . Its See also:

• GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

glory, however, had already decayed owing to the removal of the seat of 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 by the emperors to Aurangabad .