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 367
... Peshwa's office of Wakil - i - mutlak , as well as his own appointment as deputy , hereditary . The delivery of the imperial orders and insignia of office to the Peshwa gave him the desired excuse for a personal visit to Poona , where ...
... Peshwa's office of Wakil - i - mutlak , as well as his own appointment as deputy , hereditary . The delivery of the imperial orders and insignia of office to the Peshwa gave him the desired excuse for a personal visit to Poona , where ...
Page 384
... Peshwa and other high officials , his powers gradually became little more than nominal , and he was subsequently ... Peshwa's secretariat , and he was obliged to obtain sanction from Poona for all expenditure connected with public works ...
... Peshwa and other high officials , his powers gradually became little more than nominal , and he was subsequently ... Peshwa's secretariat , and he was obliged to obtain sanction from Poona for all expenditure connected with public works ...
Page 385
... PESHWA 385 administration and even usurped the raja's powers and prerogatives as ecclesiastical head of the state . This latter function was not con- sequent upon the Peshwa's social position as a Brahman , for the Chitpavan sect , to ...
... PESHWA 385 administration and even usurped the raja's powers and prerogatives as ecclesiastical head of the state . This latter function was not con- sequent upon the Peshwa's social position as a Brahman , for the Chitpavan sect , to ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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