Lucknow: Memories of a CityViolette Graff Oxford University Press, 1999 - 299 pages This collection of pieces looks at 150 years of Lucknow's recent history, from its rise to grandeur during the Nawabi days to its political preeminent position today. |
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... Emperor who , by a bizarre reversal of roles , had been made the Nawab's protege . From then , the East India Company made frequent demands on the Nawab . Later , in 1801 , a humiliating treaty was forced on Awadh , by which the Nawab ...
... Emperor who , by a bizarre reversal of roles , had been made the Nawab's protege . From then , the East India Company made frequent demands on the Nawab . Later , in 1801 , a humiliating treaty was forced on Awadh , by which the Nawab ...
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... emperor and the authority of his appointed governor . Neverthe- less , the goals of these landholders were limited , narrow , and locally oriented . They relied upon support from their peasants and smaller land- holders of their own ...
... emperor and the authority of his appointed governor . Neverthe- less , the goals of these landholders were limited , narrow , and locally oriented . They relied upon support from their peasants and smaller land- holders of their own ...
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... Emperor , as when he rejected his imperial transfer order from Awadh to Malwa in 1727. At the time of the invasion of Nadir Shah ( 1739 ) , Sa'adat Khan stood among the most powerful figures in India , first fighting in vain against the ...
... Emperor , as when he rejected his imperial transfer order from Awadh to Malwa in 1727. At the time of the invasion of Nadir Shah ( 1739 ) , Sa'adat Khan stood among the most powerful figures in India , first fighting in vain against the ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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