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A NOBLE QUEEN:
A ROMANCE OF INDIAN HISTORY.
BY
MEADOWS TAYLOR,
C.S.I., M.R.A.S., M.R.I.A., &c.
AUTHOR OF 'SEETA,' 'TARA,' AND OTHER TALES.
'O, never was there queen
So mightily betray'd!'
Antony and Cleopatra, act i. sc. iii.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
1878.
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(The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved.)
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TO
HIS EXCELLENCY
MOOKHTAR-OOL MOOLK
SIR SALAR JUNG BAHADUR, G.C.S.I.
THE EMINENT AND ACCOMPLISHED STATESMAN
AND
LEADER OF ALL THE ADVANCING CIVILIZATION OF THE DEKHAN
THIS WORK,
ILLUSTRATIVE OF A PORTION OF ITS HISTORY,
IS DEDICATED
BY HIS FAITHFUL FRIEND,
MEADOWS TAYLOR.
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INTRODUCTION.
The favour with which my former Indian tales havebeen received has induced me to write another, inillustration of one of the most important epochs inthe history of the Dekhan. The character of the nobleQueen Chand Beebee is still popular in the country;and her memory is reverenced, not only as the preserverof Beejapoor, but for the heroic resistance she made tothe Moghul armies in their first invasion of the Dekhanand siege of Ahmednugger. The whole circumstancesrelating to the Queen, upon which this tale has beenfounded, are detailed in the history of Mahomed KasimFerishta, and can be read and verified in the translationof that work by the late Major-General Briggs.
Meadows Taylor.
Old Court, Harold's Cross, co. Dublin.
August 27, 1875.
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CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.
 BOOK I. 
CHAPTER PAGE
I.THE CATARACT OF THE KRISHNA1
II."A NIGHT'S VIGIL"25
III.THE PRIESTS OF MOODGUL44
IV.AN INSULT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES    54
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