Aureng

Not far off rose Ellora, with its graceful pagodas, and the famous Aurungabad, capital of the ferocious Aureng-Zeb, now the chief town of one of the detached provinces of the kingdom of the Nizam.

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- JOHN DRYDEN, Aureng-Zebe They had crossed the ridge and were back in the forest.

Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995

You took my Aureng-Zebe into your protection, with all his faults; and I hope here cannot be so many, because I translate an author who gives me such examples of correctness.

Dedication Vergil 1909

It was long held that Purcell wrote the incidental music for _Aureng-Zebe_,

Purcell John F. Runciman 1891

“Aureng-Zebe” was his first performance after the failure of the

The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Scott, Walter, Sir 1882

Its success, with that of “Aureng-Zebe,” gave fresh lustre to the author's reputation, which had been somewhat tarnished by the failure of the “Assignation,” and the rise of so many rival dramatists.

The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Scott, Walter, Sir 1882

“Aureng-Zebe” is a heroic, or rhyming play, but not cast in a mould quite so romantic as the “Conquest of Granada.”

The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Scott, Walter, Sir 1882

The principal incident in “Aureng-Zebe” was suggested by King Charles himself.

The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Scott, Walter, Sir 1882

“Aureng-Zebe” was followed, in 1678, by “All for Love,” the only play Dryden ever wrote for himself; the rest, he says, were given to the people.

The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Scott, Walter, Sir 1882

This attack was the more intolerable, as Dryden, in the Preface to that very play of “Aureng-Zebe,” probably meant to include Shadwell among those contemporaries who, even in his own judgment excelled him in comedy.

The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Scott, Walter, Sir 1882