A History of the Mahrattas v1.c11.83
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c11.83
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² Tavernier. Bernier It is perhaps the same vulgar story, which Fryer relates regarding the son of Ali Adil Shah, and probably equally unfounded. See Fryer, p. 169. [Fryer’s story is that Alī Ādil Shāh was the natural son of an elephant-keeper (mahout), who privily obtained access to Muhammad Ādil Shāh’s queen. (Fryer, A New Account of East India and Persia, original edition, begun 1672, and finished 1681, ch. iv, p. 169. The story is without foundation.]