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... territorial knowledge to bear on questions of conflicting interests without trenching on the range and vigour of the executive . Here , then , we have safe and tried principles drawn from the past , from what has actually been done and ...
... territorial knowledge to bear on questions of conflicting interests without trenching on the range and vigour of the executive . Here , then , we have safe and tried principles drawn from the past , from what has actually been done and ...
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... territory . The surplus of local produce not required for home consumption was bartered at such meetings without intermediary . The people waxed fat , and of course the middleman came in as a matter of convenience , whilst further needs ...
... territory . The surplus of local produce not required for home consumption was bartered at such meetings without intermediary . The people waxed fat , and of course the middleman came in as a matter of convenience , whilst further needs ...
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... territory ; a good deal of it is Native State terri- tory . Just below Sind is the territory of the Rao of Cutch , whose sea - coast subjects are bold sailors , voyag- ing across the Indian Ocean to trade with Zanzibar , and who enjoy ...
... territory ; a good deal of it is Native State terri- tory . Just below Sind is the territory of the Rao of Cutch , whose sea - coast subjects are bold sailors , voyag- ing across the Indian Ocean to trade with Zanzibar , and who enjoy ...
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... territory which encloses him . And now it seems best to begin at the north , and thus traverse briefly each of the territorial divisions . The great Oriental traveller and writer , Sir Richard Burton , described Sind as Little Egypt ...
... territory which encloses him . And now it seems best to begin at the north , and thus traverse briefly each of the territorial divisions . The great Oriental traveller and writer , Sir Richard Burton , described Sind as Little Egypt ...
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... territory ; the other as a Conservative , Sir M. M. Bhownagree , who was for some years in the Council of the Maharaja Bhaunagar . That is one re- markable achievement ; and the other is that she has sent to England the champion batsman ...
... territory ; the other as a Conservative , Sir M. M. Bhownagree , who was for some years in the Council of the Maharaja Bhaunagar . That is one re- markable achievement ; and the other is that she has sent to England the champion batsman ...
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