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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... Ja'far promising co - operation ; but he was by no means certain how far the latter would keep his word . In the first draft of Orme's famous history we find a passage which was afterwards omitted , probably in deference to the ...
... Ja'far promising co - operation ; but he was by no means certain how far the latter would keep his word . In the first draft of Orme's famous history we find a passage which was afterwards omitted , probably in deference to the ...
Page 151
... JA'FAR NAWAB 151 to seat himself ; and on 2 July Siraj - ud - daula was brought back by Mir Ja'far's son Miran , and put to death that same night . So this revolution was completed . Clive wrote of it to Orme , " I am possessed of ...
... JA'FAR NAWAB 151 to seat himself ; and on 2 July Siraj - ud - daula was brought back by Mir Ja'far's son Miran , and put to death that same night . So this revolution was completed . Clive wrote of it to Orme , " I am possessed of ...
Page 152
... Ja'far . However , when the nawab took the field to march against Bihar , Rai Durlabh refused to march with him , on the pretext of ill- health , but really because he was afraid to trust himself in the nawab's camp . Clive , who had ...
... Ja'far . However , when the nawab took the field to march against Bihar , Rai Durlabh refused to march with him , on the pretext of ill- health , but really because he was afraid to trust himself in the nawab's camp . Clive , who had ...
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