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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... whole of them . This strange imbroglio showed three things : first that the hold of Hastings on the allegiance of ... whole question was reopened in 1783 , for the Company in March was again obliged to petition for financial relief , and ...
... whole of them . This strange imbroglio showed three things : first that the hold of Hastings on the allegiance of ... whole question was reopened in 1783 , for the Company in March was again obliged to petition for financial relief , and ...
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... whole civil administration . Hastings hardly exaggerated when he described it as " implanting the authority of the Company , and the sovereignty of Great Britain , in the con- stitution of this country " . The first step was the ...
... whole civil administration . Hastings hardly exaggerated when he described it as " implanting the authority of the Company , and the sovereignty of Great Britain , in the con- stitution of this country " . The first step was the ...
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... whole village was owned in shares , the lands in some of them being periodically re- distributed1 . In such villages there was a habit of common action which enabled the villagers to oppose a certain resistance to the sovereign and his ...
... whole village was owned in shares , the lands in some of them being periodically re- distributed1 . In such villages there was a habit of common action which enabled the villagers to oppose a certain resistance to the sovereign and his ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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