The History of British India, Том 2Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1817 - 777 страници |
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... Mahomed Ali Khan , showed himself during this period of French ascendancy , rather favourable to the English ; probably , from that spirit of discord which prevails in the ruling families of the East , because his eldest brother ...
... Mahomed Ali Khan , showed himself during this period of French ascendancy , rather favourable to the English ; probably , from that spirit of discord which prevails in the ruling families of the East , because his eldest brother ...
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... Mahomed Ali at Trichinopoly . * The presence , however of Nazir Jung , at the head of a great army , encouraged them to command the detach- ment at Trichinopoly to accompany Mahomed Ali ; and a few days after their arrival in the camp ...
... Mahomed Ali at Trichinopoly . * The presence , however of Nazir Jung , at the head of a great army , encouraged them to command the detach- ment at Trichinopoly to accompany Mahomed Ali ; and a few days after their arrival in the camp ...
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... Mahomed Ali and the English made upon the pagoda were unsuccessful ; and these allies began to quarrel . Mahomed Ali would neither advance pay to the English , nor move his troops between the pagoda and Pondi- cherry ; upon which they ...
... Mahomed Ali and the English made upon the pagoda were unsuccessful ; and these allies began to quarrel . Mahomed Ali would neither advance pay to the English , nor move his troops between the pagoda and Pondi- cherry ; upon which they ...
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... Mahomed Ali , who had fled to Trichinopoly , upon the assassination of Nazir Jung , now offered to resign his pretensions to the nabobship of Carnatic , provided Dupleix , who listened to the overture , would obtain from the new ...
... Mahomed Ali , who had fled to Trichinopoly , upon the assassination of Nazir Jung , now offered to resign his pretensions to the nabobship of Carnatic , provided Dupleix , who listened to the overture , would obtain from the new ...
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... Mahomed Ali from carrying into execution the proposal he had made to the * For the above details see Orme , i . 142-166 ; History and Management of the East India Company , p . 74-79 ; Cambridge's War in India , p . 10-16 ; Seer ...
... Mahomed Ali from carrying into execution the proposal he had made to the * For the above details see Orme , i . 142-166 ; History and Management of the East India Company , p . 74-79 ; Cambridge's War in India , p . 10-16 ; Seer ...
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Страница 99 - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
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Страница 240 - To go farther, is in my opinion, a scheme so extravagantly ambitious and absurd, that no Governor and Council in their senses can ever adopt it, unless the whole system of the Company's interest be first entirely new modelled.
Страница 216 - Your deliberations on the inland trade have laid open to us a scene of most cruel oppression; the poor of the country, who used always to deal in salt, beetlenut, and tobacco, are now deprived of their daily bread by the trade of the Europeans.