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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The nawab addressed letters of complaint to the Madras council , who explained that they had no power to control the conduct of the commander of the king's ships . After a while the matter was dropped ; and , as Dupleix had no more ...
The nawab addressed letters of complaint to the Madras council , who explained that they had no power to control the conduct of the commander of the king's ships . After a while the matter was dropped ; and , as Dupleix had no more ...
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Scrafton and Hastings both accord in testifying not only that the words of the nawab's parwana quoted above had been steadily acted upon , but also that such privilege was necessary.1 It had constantly been exercised during the ...
Scrafton and Hastings both accord in testifying not only that the words of the nawab's parwana quoted above had been steadily acted upon , but also that such privilege was necessary.1 It had constantly been exercised during the ...
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His mother and grandmother , the begams or princesses of Oudh , had inherited from the late nawab large jagirs or landed estates and a treasure amounting it is said to about £ 2,000,000 . The nawab had long desired to get control of ...
His mother and grandmother , the begams or princesses of Oudh , had inherited from the late nawab large jagirs or landed estates and a treasure amounting it is said to about £ 2,000,000 . The nawab had long desired to get control of ...
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