The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 - India |
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... tribe from Central Asia , who entered Scinde under one Adam Shah , and gradually obtained influence there and landed ... tribes of the Bra- hús joined in the strife ; and , after a succession of bloody and cruel murders , the Talpúrs ...
... tribe from Central Asia , who entered Scinde under one Adam Shah , and gradually obtained influence there and landed ... tribes of the Bra- hús joined in the strife ; and , after a succession of bloody and cruel murders , the Talpúrs ...
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and usurped the Government . The Talpúrs were a Belúch tribe , and are said to have derived their name from the circum- stance of their having , on their first descent into Scinde , settled themselves in villages , or camps , composed ...
and usurped the Government . The Talpúrs were a Belúch tribe , and are said to have derived their name from the circum- stance of their having , on their first descent into Scinde , settled themselves in villages , or camps , composed ...
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... tribes of Western India , will be aware of the facility in raising from them a large army of military adventurers , who have nothing to lose at home , and everything to expect abroad . The Amírs , their relations , and feudal dependants ...
... tribes of Western India , will be aware of the facility in raising from them a large army of military adventurers , who have nothing to lose at home , and everything to expect abroad . The Amírs , their relations , and feudal dependants ...
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... tribes to the west , and a known intriguer and danger- ous friend to the north , the idea was too ridiculous to be en- tertained . An invasion was still less to be anticipated from the South for there we had no enemy , but the Múltan ...
... tribes to the west , and a known intriguer and danger- ous friend to the north , the idea was too ridiculous to be en- tertained . An invasion was still less to be anticipated from the South for there we had no enemy , but the Múltan ...
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... tribe , and the suppression of the plundering in any formidable degree . The campaign also gave his officers ex ... tribes ; and the inves- tigation of their origin and first settlement in the country would be an interesting enquiry ...
... tribe , and the suppression of the plundering in any formidable degree . The campaign also gave his officers ex ... tribes ; and the inves- tigation of their origin and first settlement in the country would be an interesting enquiry ...
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