Citations:salateen

English citations of Salateen and salateen

• 1858, A daughter of Japhet,^? Wanderings in the Land of Ham, chapter ix, page 198, entry for March 22nd:

  We rode to-day to see the tombs of the Salateen, which are well worth a visit.

• 1870, Andrew Archibald Paton, A History of the Egyptian Revolution, from the Period of the Mamelukes to the Death of Mohammed Ali II (second edition), chapter xxix, page 358:

  One of the titles of the Sultan is Sultan-el-Salateen, or “King of Kings.”

• 1936, English Records of Maratha History: Poona Residency Correspondence I, Government Central Press, page 314:

  […] Shah, requesting she would come into the fort; and going into the King’s sleeping apartments, took from him his sword and target and such jewels as he had, when they sent him with Akbar Shah (the eldest Prince) and 17 other Princes to the places where the salateen are kept, called Asad-burj, and then sent [for] Sulaiman Shiko who was in the Camp.

• 1958, Āg̲h̲ā Mahdī Ḥusain, Bahadur Shah II and the War of 1857 in Delhi with Its Unforgettable Scenes, Atma Ram, page 153:

  That the salateen shall cease to reside in the King’s Palace and shall become subject in all respects to the laws and regulations of the British Government.

• 1968, K. N. Panikkar, British Diplomacy in North India: A Study of the Delhi Residency, 1803–1857, Associated Publishing House, page 131:

  […] Palace: Rs. 800; Prince Abu Zafar: Rs. 1,104-2-2; Brothers of the King: Rs. 2,955; Sisters of the King and salateen at an average rate of 20 per cent added to their former allowances: Rs. 8,166; for His Majesty: Rs. 8,000; Total: Rs. 25,000.

• 1969, Gopal Das Khosla, The Last Mughal, Hind Pocket Books, page 156:

  Nanoo, a groom in the service of Mirza Mohammed Baksh, salateen, was reported to have run away after stealing some of his master’s property.

• 1978, Khalid Rashid, Wakf Administration in India: A Socio-Legal Study, Vikas, →ISBN (10), →ISBN (13), page 1:

  While describing wakfs of Multan he classified them into two categories: those created by salateen-e-maziah (kings of the past) and those created by danishmandan, mashaikh and umra (men of wisdom, saints and nobles).

• 1990, Khushwant Singh, Delhi: A Novel, Penguin Books digital edition (2011), e-→ISBN, page 193^?:

  Our palanquins took the Agra Road. Our harem, salateen and servants followed in our train.

• 2008, Iftikhar Haider Malik, The History of Pakistan, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, chapter 5: “The British Rule and the Independence Movements”, page 100:

  Zafar’s regime was not merely confined to Delhi but also to the Red Fort where he led an ordinary life, busying himself in artistic and scholarly pursuits while hundreds of members of the royal family known as Salateen lived like beggars in the inner quarters.