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 303
... ruler must be mentioned as it throws considerable light on the other two . We have explained how at the end of the Rohilla War the only chieftain of that race left in possession of territory was Faizulla Khan of Rampur . A peace had ...
... ruler must be mentioned as it throws considerable light on the other two . We have explained how at the end of the Rohilla War the only chieftain of that race left in possession of territory was Faizulla Khan of Rampur . A peace had ...
Page 465
... ruler therefore had seldom any reason to assert a claim to the land itself or to oust a cultivator from it . His anxiety was to find cultivators for the land and to secure the largest possible share of the product of their industry ...
... ruler therefore had seldom any reason to assert a claim to the land itself or to oust a cultivator from it . His anxiety was to find cultivators for the land and to secure the largest possible share of the product of their industry ...
Page 572
... ruler or thakur . They were drawn up in the names of the Maratha suzerain and his Rajput feudatory and bore the overlord's seal , but carried in addition an endorsement , signed by Sir John or one of his assistants , usually over the ...
... ruler or thakur . They were drawn up in the names of the Maratha suzerain and his Rajput feudatory and bore the overlord's seal , but carried in addition an endorsement , signed by Sir John or one of his assistants , usually over the ...
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