In his book XI. Kosmas gives some account of the wild beasts of India, but this part of his work does not require notice here.
This is the last glimpse we get of India before the Arabs cut off the old line of communication with the Empire by the conquest of Egypt (a.d. 641–2).
[1] Contributed by Mr. A. M. T. Jackson, M.A., I.C.S. [↑]
[2] We learn from Pliny (VI. 22) that Palaisimoundou was the name of a town and a river in Ceylon, whence the name was extended to the whole island. [↑]
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Ába Shelukar: Peshwa’s Subhedár of Gujarát, levies contributions on the Gáikwár’s villages, [411]; is made over to the British Government (1807), [416].
Abdul Aziz Khán: of Junnar, becomes viceroy by a forged order and appoints Jawán Mard Khán his deputy in Gujarát, [326]; his defeat and death at Kim Kathodra, [328].
Abdul Kádir: son and prime minister of Ghiás-ud-dín Khilji, [362], [364]. See Násir-ud-dín.