Lalla Rookh an Oriental Romance
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: September 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781417946853
Subjects: Poetry texts & anthologies; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Poetry / Single Author / British & Irish; Poetry
First sentence: IN the eleventh year of the reign of Aurungzebe, Abdalla, King of the Lesser Bucharia, a lineal descendant from the Great Zingis, having abdicated the throne in favour of his son, set out on a pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Prophet; and, passing into India through the delightful valley of Cashmere, rested for a short time at Delhi on his way.