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... Jaghires , in order to the support of their own dignity , and the honourable maintenance of his women , and a numerous offspring , and their dependents ; the said family amounting in the whole to two thousand persons , who were by the ...
... Jaghires , in order to the support of their own dignity , and the honourable maintenance of his women , and a numerous offspring , and their dependents ; the said family amounting in the whole to two thousand persons , who were by the ...
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... Jaghires , of his parents , kindred , and principal nobility ; only stipulating a pension to the net amount of the rent of the said lands as an equivalent , and that equi- valent to such only , whose lands had been gua- rantied to them ...
... Jaghires , of his parents , kindred , and principal nobility ; only stipulating a pension to the net amount of the rent of the said lands as an equivalent , and that equi- valent to such only , whose lands had been gua- rantied to them ...
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... Jaghires , or landed estates , with the modifi- cations therein contained , " as he [ the Nabob ] แ ́may find necessary ; " but does not directly point at , or express by name , any of the landed posses- sions of the Nabob's mother ...
... Jaghires , or landed estates , with the modifi- cations therein contained , " as he [ the Nabob ] แ ́may find necessary ; " but does not directly point at , or express by name , any of the landed posses- sions of the Nabob's mother ...
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... Jaghires aforesaid was to be considered as a measure from the English , and to be intended for their benefit , and as such , that the execution was to be forced upon him ; and the exe- cution thereof was accordingly forced upon him ...
... Jaghires aforesaid was to be considered as a measure from the English , and to be intended for their benefit , and as such , that the execution was to be forced upon him ; and the exe- cution thereof was accordingly forced upon him ...
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... Jaghires , I this day , in pre- 66 sence of and with the minister's concurrence , " ordered the necessary Perwannahs to be written " to the several Aumils for that purpose ; and it ( 6 was my firm resolution to have dispatched them ...
... Jaghires , I this day , in pre- 66 sence of and with the minister's concurrence , " ordered the necessary Perwannahs to be written " to the several Aumils for that purpose ; and it ( 6 was my firm resolution to have dispatched them ...
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Page 37 - Sir, the Nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the prisoners under your guard, this is to desire that his officers, when they shall come, may have free access to the prisoners, and be permitted to do with them as they shall see proper.
Page 16 - ... due to the Company, he could better, and more expeditiously, effect that object by taking from his mother the treasures of his father, which he...
Page 453 - the governor-general and council are required and directed to pay due obedience to all such orders as they shall receive from the court of directors of the said united company...
Page 264 - Think of their numbers, think of their influence, and the enormous amount of their salaries, pensions, and emoluments! They were, you have heard, an intolerable burden on the revenues and authority of the Vizier ; and they exposed us to the envy and resentment of the whole country, by excluding the native servants and adherents of the prince from the just reward of their services and attachments.
Page 54 - I wish you had been present at the enlargement of the prisoners. The quivering lips, with the tears of joy stealing down the poor men's cheeks, was a scene truly affecting. LXVIII. " If the prayers of these poor men will avail, you will, at the LAST TEUMP ! be translated to the happiest regions in heaven.