A Statistical Account of Bengal, Том 9Trübner & Company, 1876 |
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... Mír Jafar on the masnad ; and it was again at Mutijhil that Lord Clive , as díwán of Bengal , Behar , and Orissa , held the first English Punyá in 1766. Mír Jafar fixed his residence on the further side of the river , and Mutijhil or ...
... Mír Jafar on the masnad ; and it was again at Mutijhil that Lord Clive , as díwán of Bengal , Behar , and Orissa , held the first English Punyá in 1766. Mír Jafar fixed his residence on the further side of the river , and Mutijhil or ...
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... Mír Jafar for 400 bighás or 133 acres of ground ; but the project was disallowed by the Court of Directors , and no further steps were taken at this time . The letter from the Court , dated March 1759 , contains the following remarkable ...
... Mír Jafar for 400 bighás or 133 acres of ground ; but the project was disallowed by the Court of Directors , and no further steps were taken at this time . The letter from the Court , dated March 1759 , contains the following remarkable ...
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... Mír Jafar in Murshidábád . Immediately on his arrival , he was murdered by the orders of Mirán , the son of Mír Jafar . ( 6 ) MIR JAFAR ( Meer Jaffier ) was nominated by the English to succeed to the Subah , as a reward for his 186 ...
... Mír Jafar in Murshidábád . Immediately on his arrival , he was murdered by the orders of Mirán , the son of Mír Jafar . ( 6 ) MIR JAFAR ( Meer Jaffier ) was nominated by the English to succeed to the Subah , as a reward for his 186 ...
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... Jafar by the hand , led him to the empty masnad of Siráj - ud - Daulá , and seated him thereon . He then presented him with a salver of gold mohurs , and con- gratulated him on his accession to the government of Bengal ... MIR JAFAR . 187.
... Jafar by the hand , led him to the empty masnad of Siráj - ud - Daulá , and seated him thereon . He then presented him with a salver of gold mohurs , and con- gratulated him on his accession to the government of Bengal ... MIR JAFAR . 187.
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... Mir Jafar was now Nawab of Bengal , but owing to his imbecil- ity of character , he never overcame the financial embarrassment caused by these donations . The Calcutta Council , also , ran rapidly through the wealth which had been so ...
... Mir Jafar was now Nawab of Bengal , but owing to his imbecil- ity of character , he never overcame the financial embarrassment caused by these donations . The Calcutta Council , also , ran rapidly through the wealth which had been so ...
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