The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 135
... DECCAN 135 treated on both sides as a family business quite as much as an affair of state . Bussy , however , was independent enough not to approve blindly all the projects of Dupleix , and he could oppose them when they sacrificed too ...
... DECCAN 135 treated on both sides as a family business quite as much as an affair of state . Bussy , however , was independent enough not to approve blindly all the projects of Dupleix , and he could oppose them when they sacrificed too ...
Page 137
... Deccan which till then had developed in accordance with French interests , because Dupleix had entrusted them to a man of consummate capacity and wisdom . He himself declared that had he had another Bussy in the Carnatic , affairs there ...
... Deccan which till then had developed in accordance with French interests , because Dupleix had entrusted them to a man of consummate capacity and wisdom . He himself declared that had he had another Bussy in the Carnatic , affairs there ...
Page 140
... Deccan . One day his diwan , Haidar Jang , was murdered ; and Shah Nawaz Khan was killed in the tumult which followed . These were not propitious omens ; no one doubted that a crisis was at hand . On the declaration of war , the king of ...
... Deccan . One day his diwan , Haidar Jang , was murdered ; and Shah Nawaz Khan was killed in the tumult which followed . These were not propitious omens ; no one doubted that a crisis was at hand . On the declaration of war , the king of ...
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administration affairs Afghans alliance amirs appointed army arrived attack Bengal Bombay British Bussy Calcutta capture Carnatic Chait Singh chief claim Clive coast collectors Colonel command Committee Company's servants Cornwallis council court of directors Deccan declared dispatch district diwanni Dupleix Dutch East India Company emperor enemy England English established European favour February force Fort St David French Gleig governor governor-general grant Hastings's Holkar hostilities Hyder Hyder Ali Idem Impey Ja'far Jang Kasim Khan king lakhs land letter Lord Madras Maratha March ment military Mir Kasim Moghul Muhammad Mysore Nana Nana Phadnavis Nandakumar nawab negotiations Nizam officers orders Oudh Parliamentary peace Peshwa political Pondichery Poona Portuguese position possessions president princes province Raghunath Rao raja Ranjit reform revenue Rohillas ruler rupees secured sent settlement Shah Shuja Sikhs Sindhia success Surat territory Tipu trade treaty troops village Warren Hastings Wellesley wrote zamindars