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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... district could not be discovered , and that it was impossible to discriminate truth from falsehood . I venture to pronounce that the real state of the districts is now less known and the revenues less understood than in 1774 .... It is ...
... district could not be discovered , and that it was impossible to discriminate truth from falsehood . I venture to pronounce that the real state of the districts is now less known and the revenues less understood than in 1774 .... It is ...
Page 430
... district usages which cannot clearly be known at a distance " , yet which must be known if the administration is to be just and efficient . In 1786 a great and beneficial change comes over the revenue administration of Bengal ; it is ...
... district usages which cannot clearly be known at a distance " , yet which must be known if the administration is to be just and efficient . In 1786 a great and beneficial change comes over the revenue administration of Bengal ; it is ...
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... district - Akyab , An ( headquarters at Kyaukpyu ) , Ramree , Sandoway -and one for Akyab , the capital , were usually recruited from officers of the Bengal regiment at Kyaukpyu seconded to the Arakan local battalion . Before them lay a ...
... district - Akyab , An ( headquarters at Kyaukpyu ) , Ramree , Sandoway -and one for Akyab , the capital , were usually recruited from officers of the Bengal regiment at Kyaukpyu seconded to the Arakan local battalion . Before them lay a ...
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CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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