The Cambridge History of the British Empire: British India, 1497-1858John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Whoever acts contrary to these orders , the English have full power to punish them.1 As the Company's servants had always been thought entitled to enjoy the same privileges as the Company itself , they proceeded to take advantage of ...
Whoever acts contrary to these orders , the English have full power to punish them.1 As the Company's servants had always been thought entitled to enjoy the same privileges as the Company itself , they proceeded to take advantage of ...
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FALL OF MIR KASIM 173 the nawab resolved to abolish the duties , the council refused to assent and deputed Amyatt and Hay , two of their members , to insist on large preferential terms for the English trade . These Mir Kasim refused to ...
FALL OF MIR KASIM 173 the nawab resolved to abolish the duties , the council refused to assent and deputed Amyatt and Hay , two of their members , to insist on large preferential terms for the English trade . These Mir Kasim refused to ...
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Thus he opened relations with the rajas of Tanjore and Travancore , and sent to visit the Marathas an officer who obtained an English passport under the assumed guise of a German painter . Decaen took up the quest for allies .
Thus he opened relations with the rajas of Tanjore and Travancore , and sent to visit the Marathas an officer who obtained an English passport under the assumed guise of a German painter . Decaen took up the quest for allies .
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire: British India, 1497-1858 Volume 4 of The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Arthur Percival Newton |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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