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One of the many famous 'administrator-historians' of India, James Grant Duff (1789-1858), Captain of the First Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, first arrived in India as a cadet at the age of sixteen. Quickly mastering the Marathi, Urdu, and Persian languages, Duff became well known for his ability to cut through the cultural divide, and was regarded as a valuable resource for the East India Company's expansion of trade. His wide-ranging network of connections enabled him to obtain unrestricted access to state papers, documents and temple archives. Consequently, Duff's history is comprehensive and thorough; it served as the best history of its kind for decades. This first volume includes preliminary observations on geography, climate, people, religion, and early history of the Maratha country. Its fourteen chapters detail the general history from 1000 CE to 1740, starting with the Islamic conquest of the Deccan.
Contents
Preface; Preliminary observations. Respecting the geography, chief features, climate, people, religion, learning, early history, and institutions of the Mahratta country; 1. From AD 1000, to AD 1478. Conquest of the Deccan by the Mahomedans; 2. From AD 1478, to AD 1637. Five independent states arise from the dismembered monarchy, which afterwards form the three kingdoms of Ahmednugur, Beejapoor, and Golcandah; 3. From AD 1637, to AD 1648. Shahjee's progress after entering the service of Beejapoor; 4. From AD 1648, to AD 1657. Local authorities under the Beejapoor government, in the immediate neighbourhood of Sivajee; 5. From AD 1657, to AD 1662. Sivajee enters into a correspondence with Aurungzebe; 6. From 1662, to AD 1667. Savajee attacks the Moghul possessions; 7. From AD 1667, to AD 1669. Sultan Mauzum and Jeswunt Sing; 8. From AD 1670, to AD 1676. The tranquility of the Deccan is interrupted; 9. From AD 1676, to AD 1680. State of politics in the Deccan when Sivajee undertakes his expedition into the Carnatic; 10. From AD 1680, to AD 1689. Cruelties exercised by Sumbhajee on assuming power; 11. From AD 1689, to AD 1707. Raja Ram; 12. From AD 1707, to AD 1720. Shao; 14. From AD 1720, to AD 1726. Nizam Ool Moolk, throwing off his dependance on the Syuds, determines on possessing himself of the resources of the Deccan; 15. From AD 1727, to AD 1734. Plans of Nizam Ool Moolk for consolidating his own power, and of creating dissensions among the Mahrattas; 15. From AD 1734, to AD 1739. Mahratta affairs; 16. From AD 1739, to AD 1740. The government of Malwa not formally conceded to Bajee Rao as promised by Mizam Ool Moolk.
