 | James Summers - 240 pàgines
...general was sent to Herat, which had shewn signs of defection, after a siege of six months it was taken. For a whole week the Mongols ceased not to kill, burn, and destrov, and it is said that 1,600,000 people were killed ; the place was entirely depopulated and... | |
 | Chingīz Khān - 1877 - 154 pàgines
...the Mongol camp against the doomed city, and after a siege of six months it fell into their hands. For a whole week the Mongols ceased not to kill, burn, and destroy, and 1,600,000 men are said to have been massacred by them. With savage fury the invaders passed on to the... | |
 | George W. R. Pigott - 1877 - 272 pàgines
...consumed in this national sport, celebrated once a year. The Mongols captured Herat, and for a whole week ceased not to kill, burn, and destroy, and it is said that 1,600,000 1 HH Howorth, FRGS History of the Mongols, p. 110, 1876. people were killed. The place was so entirely... | |
 | 1877 - 626 pàgines
...fates were decreed for those cities. After a lengthened siege Herat fell ; and it is related, that for a whole week the Mongols ceased not to kill, burn, and destroy. The city was razed to the ground, and when the captors retreated, forty persons only met in the Great... | |
 | 1877 - 612 pàgines
...fates were decreed for those cities. After a lengthened siege Herat fell ; and it is related, that for a whole week the Mongols ceased not to kill, burn, and destroy. The city was razed to the ground, and when the captors retreated, forty persons only met in the Great... | |
 | 1877 - 626 pàgines
...similar fates were decreed for those cities. After a engthened siege Herat fell ; and it is related, that for a whole week the Mongols ceased not to kill, burn, and destroy. The city was razed to the ground, and when the captors retreated, forty persons only met in the Great... | |
 | G. W. Royston-Pigott, W. R. - 1879 - 278 pàgines
...consumed in this national sport, celebrated once a year. The Mongols captured Herat, and for a whole week ceased not to kill, burn, and destroy, and it is said that 1,600,000 i HH Howorth, FBGS ffMory of the Mongol*, p. 110, 1876. people were killed. The place was so entirely... | |
 | Syed Ameer Ali - 1921 - 718 pàgines
...districts. In Herat, Massacre and its environs, they killed, burnt, and destroyed for am Herat, week, and it is said that 1,600,000 people were killed ; the place was entirely depopulated,1 and the neighbourhood turned into a desert. Rai, Dinawar, and Hamadan Rai and were sacked,... | |
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... his nominal kingdom, and he therefore gave his son Oghotai orders to destroy Ghazni. This was done in the usual Mongolian manner ; and on pretence of insurrectionary movements in Herat and Merv, similar fates were decreed for those cities. After a... 