"Ghazi" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Sultan, called by the author 'the Emperor Tughlak the First', as being the first of the Tughlak dynasty, was by birth a Karauniah Turk, named Ghazi Beg Tughlak. He assumed the style of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlak Shah when he seized the throne in A.D. 1320, and ...
— Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official • William Sleeman
... the fellow was some Ghazi or Afghan fanatic who had stolen in with the intention of stabbing me, and with this idea in my mind I had all the will to spring from my couch and defend myself, but ...
— The Mystery of Cloomber • Arthur Conan Doyle
... thousand maunds" (eight or ten hundred thousand pounds), "we may maintain our situation during the rains, which will greatly distress the Nawab, and either reduce him to terms which may be depended upon, or give us time to bring in the Birbhum Raja, the Mahrattas, or Ghazi ud din. I desire you will give your sentiments freely how you think I should act if Mir Jafar can give us ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13 • Various
... assailant and the victim—drew his revolver from his belt and, taking a hasty aim, fired. The shot was an accurate one; the bullet striking the Afghan on the forehead, just as he was about to strike. He fell forward on the colonel; receiving, as he did so, a tremendous blow which the third Ghazi was aiming at the ...
— For Name and Fame - Or Through Afghan Passes • G. A. Henty |
