"The Alcoran says the highest dignity man can attain is that of making war in person against the enemies of his religi…"

"God, who was pleased to purge the world, made use of a medicine which was both sweet and bitter, to wit the clemency …"

"He now attacked the fort of Bhim, where was a temple of the Hindus. He was victorious, and obtained much wealth, incl…"

"He several times waged war against the infidels of Hindustan, and he brought under his subjection a large portion of …"

"From that place the Sultan proceeded to a certain city, which was accounted holy by the people of the country. In tha…"

"Sultam Mahmud, having entered into the idol temple, beheld an excessively long and broad room, in so much that fifty-…"

"Hindu writers have been entirely excluded from holding public offices, and all the worshipping places of the infidels…"

"In the year 709 (1309 A.D.), – the year arrived in prosperity and the time was propitious – the lofty mind of the kin…"

"When Sultan ‘Alau-d din had fully established himself in the empire of Dehli, and his conquests and holy wars had pro…"

"The royal army marched from this place towards the country of Dur Samun. Rai Pandya offered opposition, and begged th…"