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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Page 37
... interest , or simply donations ( officially to the Company , or unofficially to individuals working for the Company , or even to influential European adventurers ) . Overall , between 1764 and 1856 , the Company extracted ( in cash ) at ...
... interest , or simply donations ( officially to the Company , or unofficially to individuals working for the Company , or even to influential European adventurers ) . Overall , between 1764 and 1856 , the Company extracted ( in cash ) at ...
Page 42
... interest from these loans was largely assigned in perpetuity to specific relatives and dependents of the Awadh dynasty ( Uttar Pradesh , 1964 ) . Despite the taint of usury— forbidden in the Quran and a matter of concern to both the ...
... interest from these loans was largely assigned in perpetuity to specific relatives and dependents of the Awadh dynasty ( Uttar Pradesh , 1964 ) . Despite the taint of usury— forbidden in the Quran and a matter of concern to both the ...
Page 80
... interest- ing to find in the library at Constantia several recent technical treatises on these topics . But one finds them in the company of works that are more theoretical . A product of the ' Siècle des Lumières ' , Martin , the ...
... interest- ing to find in the library at Constantia several recent technical treatises on these topics . But one finds them in the company of works that are more theoretical . A product of the ' Siècle des Lumières ' , Martin , the ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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