Kaianians ; and at last he directed that the sacred fire should be made over to the charge of Abu-l Fazl, and that after the manner of the Kings of Persia, in whose temples blazed perpetual fires, he should take care it was never extinguished either by... Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ... - Page 1901899Full view - About this book
| Sir Henry Miers Elliot - 1849 - 666 pages
...perpetual fires, he should take care it was never extinguished either by night or day,—for that it is one of the signs of God, and one light from among the many lights of his creation. On the eighth day after the sun's entering Virgo in this year, he came forth to the public... | |
| Sir Henry Miers Elliot - 1873 - 602 pages
...perpetual fires, he should take care it was never extinguished either by night or day, — for that it is one of the signs of God, and one light from among the many lights of his creation. From his earliest youth, in compliment to his wives, the daughters of the Rajas of Hind,... | |
| Sir Henry Miers Elliot - 1873 - 670 pages
...perpetual fires, he should take care it was never extinguished either by night or day, — for that it is one of the signs of God, and one light from among the many lights of his creation. From his earliest youth, in compliment to his wives, the daughters of the Rajas of Hind,... | |
| Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson - 1907 - 432 pages
...take care that it was never extinguished either by night or day— for that it is one of the emblems of God and one light from among the many lights of His creation. From his earliest youth, in compliment to his wives, the daughters of the Rajas of Hind,... | |
| Robert Vane Russell - 1916 - 570 pages
...fires, Abul Fazl should take care that the sacred fire was never allowed to go out either by night or day, for that it was one of the signs of god and one light from among the many lights of his creation. Akbar, according to Portuguese accounts, was invested with the sacred shirt and girdle, and... | |
| James Hope Moulton - 1917 - 304 pages
...whose temples blazed perpetual fires Fazl should take care that the sacred fire was never allowed to go out either by night or by day, for that it was one...God and one light from among the many lights of his creation. . . . According to the Parsi account Akbar was invested with the sacred shirt and girdle... | |
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