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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Covenanted servants and military officers would take a trip to England in order to gain admission to council , appointment to some lucrative office , or the command of a regiment or an army out of their turn . The relatives of directors ...
Covenanted servants and military officers would take a trip to England in order to gain admission to council , appointment to some lucrative office , or the command of a regiment or an army out of their turn . The relatives of directors ...
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In one direction , however , the covenanted servants lost ground . ... It is true that he was immediately succeeded by Shore , who was a covenanted servant ; but his appoint- ment was already regarded as somewhat exceptional in nature.1 ...
In one direction , however , the covenanted servants lost ground . ... It is true that he was immediately succeeded by Shore , who was a covenanted servant ; but his appoint- ment was already regarded as somewhat exceptional in nature.1 ...
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In connection with the opium , the duties of the Company's servants , when once the contract had been let , were limited to a general right of enquiry to prevent the oppression of the cultivators . The monopoly of salt was another ...
In connection with the opium , the duties of the Company's servants , when once the contract had been let , were limited to a general right of enquiry to prevent the oppression of the cultivators . The monopoly of salt was another ...
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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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