Historical and Descriptive Account of British India from the Most Remote Period to the Present Time ...Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1855 - Great Britain |
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Page 143
CAMPAIGN BY GENERAL GODDARD . 143 harassed by some of the Rajpoot chiefs , he absurdly al- lowed himself to be drawn into petty contests , and in the course of five months had not proceeded above 120 miles . Mr. Hastings was obliged to ...
CAMPAIGN BY GENERAL GODDARD . 143 harassed by some of the Rajpoot chiefs , he absurdly al- lowed himself to be drawn into petty contests , and in the course of five months had not proceeded above 120 miles . Mr. Hastings was obliged to ...
Page 146
... Rajpoot chiefs . That proud race rose in insurrection , and were joined by Mohammed Beg and Gholaum Kawdir , to whom , as well as to the emperor himself , the domination of the Mahratta ruler had become odious . In an invasion of ...
... Rajpoot chiefs . That proud race rose in insurrection , and were joined by Mohammed Beg and Gholaum Kawdir , to whom , as well as to the emperor himself , the domination of the Mahratta ruler had become odious . In an invasion of ...
Page 147
... Rajpoot horsemen , the Goseins , a religious sect , whose tenets did not prevent them from taking arms , and even Mohammedan soldiers who had been thrown out of the Mogul service . But the force on which he chiefly re- lied was a corps ...
... Rajpoot horsemen , the Goseins , a religious sect , whose tenets did not prevent them from taking arms , and even Mohammedan soldiers who had been thrown out of the Mogul service . But the force on which he chiefly re- lied was a corps ...
Page 173
... Rajpoot princes and others whom he claimed as tributaries . This last measure was in accordance with the new political system ; yet in the case of the Rajahs of Boondee and Jyepore , who on the ground of this connexion had performed im ...
... Rajpoot princes and others whom he claimed as tributaries . This last measure was in accordance with the new political system ; yet in the case of the Rajahs of Boondee and Jyepore , who on the ground of this connexion had performed im ...
Page 176
... Rajpoot and other petty states in this part of India . Though equally destitute of fixed possessions , and as much devoted to plunder as the Pindarees , he acted more sys- tematically , and aimed at the attainment of political influ ...
... Rajpoot and other petty states in this part of India . Though equally destitute of fixed possessions , and as much devoted to plunder as the Pindarees , he acted more sys- tematically , and aimed at the attainment of political influ ...
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