The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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... body of landed proprietors and cultivators : and this arose from the above - men- tioned anomalous division of territory amongst the Amírs , which , injurious as it was to their own interests , and in a great measure conducive to their ...
... body of landed proprietors and cultivators : and this arose from the above - men- tioned anomalous division of territory amongst the Amírs , which , injurious as it was to their own interests , and in a great measure conducive to their ...
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... body of chiefs , ready to succeed each other in the command and respect of their troops . In the Punjab , we found hostility and treachery on every side , fierce foes and dangerous friends ; and , instead of a people , coming wil ...
... body of chiefs , ready to succeed each other in the command and respect of their troops . In the Punjab , we found hostility and treachery on every side , fierce foes and dangerous friends ; and , instead of a people , coming wil ...
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... body . But it must be borne in mind , that the zemindars had then greater influence in their villages . They were respected and looked up to , and consequently possessed the means of producing the thief , if really in the village ; and ...
... body . But it must be borne in mind , that the zemindars had then greater influence in their villages . They were respected and looked up to , and consequently possessed the means of producing the thief , if really in the village ; and ...
Page 69
... body of her beloved ; — Slender of form , of youthful mien , Around his brows a turban green ; The russet chogah , flowing wide . May not the broidered nimchi hide ; The kummerbund about him wound Doth not , as wont , with arms abound ...
... body of her beloved ; — Slender of form , of youthful mien , Around his brows a turban green ; The russet chogah , flowing wide . May not the broidered nimchi hide ; The kummerbund about him wound Doth not , as wont , with arms abound ...
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... body begins to move ; - It breathes - it palpitates - revives ; Kind Heav'n ! its death - hour still survives . But the gleam of life is but momentary . The dying soldier opens his eyes , recognises his beloved , faintly murmurs " my ...
... body begins to move ; - It breathes - it palpitates - revives ; Kind Heav'n ! its death - hour still survives . But the gleam of life is but momentary . The dying soldier opens his eyes , recognises his beloved , faintly murmurs " my ...
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Affghanistan Affghans Agra amongst army attack Bala Hissar Bamian Bengal Brahmans brigade British Cabul Calcutta Candahar cantonments Captain Hervey Cawnpore character Chiefs civil Clive Collectors command course Court creation cultivators detachment district ditto Dost Mahomed duties earth effect Elphinstone enemy English Envoy European existed fact favour feeling force former Ghiljies Government Governor-General guns hand Herat Hindi Hindu India influence instruction Kalhana Kashmir Khan Khiva labour land landholders Lord Lord Auckland Macnaghten Mahomed Akbar matter means measures ment military Mohun Lal Namuh native Nawab North Western Provinces object occupation officers pass Pergunnah period Persian political portion position possession present proprietors Provinces Rajput reason received regarding regiment render respect revenue rupees Sale Sanskrit schools Scinde settlement Shah Shuja Shah's sipahis tion tribes troops Urdu village whilst whole Yar Mahomed Zeila