Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... Nabob of the Carnatic , a deputy of the Viceroy of the Deccan , commonly called the Nizam , who was himself only a deputy of the mighty prince designated by our an- cestors as the Great Mogul . Those names , once so august and ...
... Nabob of the Carnatic , a deputy of the Viceroy of the Deccan , commonly called the Nizam , who was himself only a deputy of the mighty prince designated by our an- cestors as the Great Mogul . Those names , once so august and ...
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... Nabob or Nizam . The arts both of war and policy , which a few years later were employed with such signal success by the English , were first understood and practised by this ingenious and aspiring Frenchman . The situation of India was ...
... Nabob or Nizam . The arts both of war and policy , which a few years later were employed with such signal success by the English , were first understood and practised by this ingenious and aspiring Frenchman . The situation of India was ...
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... Nabob , whose name the English corrupted into Anaverdy Khan . But there were pretenders to the government both of the viceroyalty and of the subordinate province . Mirzapha Jung , a grandson of Nizam al Mulk , appeared as the competitor ...
... Nabob , whose name the English corrupted into Anaverdy Khan . But there were pretenders to the government both of the viceroyalty and of the subordinate province . Mirzapha Jung , a grandson of Nizam al Mulk , appeared as the competitor ...
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... Nabob of the Carnatic , to make a Viceroy of the Deccan , to rule under their names the whole of southern India ; this was indeed an attractive pro- spect . He allied himself with the pretenders , and sent four hundred French soldiers ...
... Nabob of the Carnatic , to make a Viceroy of the Deccan , to rule under their names the whole of southern India ; this was indeed an attractive pro- spect . He allied himself with the pretenders , and sent four hundred French soldiers ...
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... Nabob of the Car- natic . But the dominions of Mahommed Ali consisted of Trichinopoly alone ; and Trichinopoly was ... Nabobs , it was not impossible that 2 * LORD CLIVE . 19.
... Nabob of the Car- natic . But the dominions of Mahommed Ali consisted of Trichinopoly alone ; and Trichinopoly was ... Nabobs , it was not impossible that 2 * LORD CLIVE . 19.
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