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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... nawab sent a warning to Dupleix which he ignored . When La Bourdonnais was still before Madras , the nawab demanded that the French troops should be recalled ; and Dupleix coolly replied that he was only conquering the place in order to ...
... nawab sent a warning to Dupleix which he ignored . When La Bourdonnais was still before Madras , the nawab demanded that the French troops should be recalled ; and Dupleix coolly replied that he was only conquering the place in order to ...
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... nawab's parwana quoted above had been steadily acted upon , but also that such privilege was necessary.1 It had ... nawab ; but no engagements seem to have been sought or given in 1760 ; and , indeed , Vansittart had probably not ...
... nawab's parwana quoted above had been steadily acted upon , but also that such privilege was necessary.1 It had ... nawab ; but no engagements seem to have been sought or given in 1760 ; and , indeed , Vansittart had probably not ...
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... nawab had long desired to get control of this wealth and claimed that it was unjustly withheld from him . The will ... nawab's debt to the Company . All this was no doubt largely true , but in 1775 the widow of Shuja - ud - daula , on ...
... nawab had long desired to get control of this wealth and claimed that it was unjustly withheld from him . The will ... nawab's debt to the Company . All this was no doubt largely true , but in 1775 the widow of Shuja - ud - daula , on ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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