CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

Situation and Size of Country. — Original Hindoo Occupation. — Early Mahommedan Conquerors of Hindoosthan. — Their Conquests in the Deccan. — Mahommedan Dynasties of the Deccan. — Proceedings of the Emperor Akbar and of the Emperor Shah Jehan. — Sack of Hyderabad by the Moguls under the latter Emperor . Page 1

CHAP. II.

Mogul Sovereignty of the Deccan by Viceroys. — Independency of Nizam-ool-Moolk and his Policy towards the Mahrattas . 16

CHAP. III.

Origin of the Family of the Nizam, and general Designation by Natives in India. — Azeem Khan, afterwards Killick Khan, arrives at Delhi, and is noticed by Shah Jehan. — Elevated by the Emperor Aurungzebe. — Dies from the Effects of a Wound at Beejapoor. — His Son Ghazee-ood-Deen's Employment under the Mogul Government. Saves the Army before Beejapoor under Command of the Emperor's Son. — Subsequent Services and Death. — His Son Nizam-ool-Moolk's Career and Death . . . . . . 33