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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... village community , which had its roots in an almost prehistoric past . Each village had a headman , the patel ( the pattakila of ancient lithic and copperplate records ) , who combined the functions of revenue officer , magistrate and ...
... village community , which had its roots in an almost prehistoric past . Each village had a headman , the patel ( the pattakila of ancient lithic and copperplate records ) , who combined the functions of revenue officer , magistrate and ...
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... village , and for any disturbance created by their followers.1 The antiquity of the system is indicated by the fact that most of these village groups of Ramosis or Bhils received certain perquisites of long standing in return for their ...
... village , and for any disturbance created by their followers.1 The antiquity of the system is indicated by the fact that most of these village groups of Ramosis or Bhils received certain perquisites of long standing in return for their ...
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... village was comparatively undeveloped , and the revenue officers had been in the habit of dealing with individual villagers rather than with the village as a whole . But the leading spirit in the Board of Revenue at this time was ...
... village was comparatively undeveloped , and the revenue officers had been in the habit of dealing with individual villagers rather than with the village as a whole . But the leading spirit in the Board of Revenue at this time was ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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