Sentences with phrase «noblemen seeking»
The Mughal power structure rested on a heterogeneous Muslim aristocracy composed of newcomers from Transoxiana (where Bukhara and Samarkand had long been centers of Arabic Islamic culture), of Iranian noblemen seeking careers in the newly conquered country, and of the Turkish and Afghan aristocracy who were already entrenched in India but now removed from supreme power.
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Mortified by the prospect of salvaging a king's ransom in moldy books — and horrified by word that repulsive local nobleman Lord Laphroig seeks to marry her — Mistaya decides that the only way to run her own life is to run away from home.