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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... wrote : He ever served the Company with a fidelity , integrity and ability which they can hardly expect to experience in any future officer of government , whom they may choose from the same class of people.3 Muhammad Reza Khan was also ...
... wrote : He ever served the Company with a fidelity , integrity and ability which they can hardly expect to experience in any future officer of government , whom they may choose from the same class of people.3 Muhammad Reza Khan was also ...
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... wrote , " I think , on the road to be Governor of Bengal , which I believe is the first situation in the world attainable by a subject . " 2 Sir John Clavering has been described as " an honest , straight- forward man of passionate ...
... wrote , " I think , on the road to be Governor of Bengal , which I believe is the first situation in the world attainable by a subject . " 2 Sir John Clavering has been described as " an honest , straight- forward man of passionate ...
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... wrote , that no more payments will be made while he is in the hands of the Mahrattas , nor , if I can prevent it , ever more . " The refusal was diplomatically placed to the account of the Bengal famine of 1769–70 . There followed an ...
... wrote , that no more payments will be made while he is in the hands of the Mahrattas , nor , if I can prevent it , ever more . " The refusal was diplomatically placed to the account of the Bengal famine of 1769–70 . There followed an ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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