 | François Bernier - India - 1826 - 366 pages
...be ever so grievous or ever so frequently repeated. It is true that the Great Mogul sends vakeanevis to the various provinces ; that is, persons whose...restrains the tyranny exercised over the unhappy people. Governments also are not so often and so openly sold in Hindostan as in Turkey. I say, so openly, because... | |
 | James Talboys Wheeler - India - 1876 - 364 pages
...that the Padishah sends Wakiahnavis, or news-writers, to every province ; their business is to report every event that takes place ; but there is generally...so that their presence seldom restrains the tyranny which is exercised over the unhappy people. " Despotic governments are not without some advantages.... | |
 | François Bernier - India - 1891 - 572 pages
...ever so grievous or ever so frequently repeated. It is true that the Great Mogol sends a Vakea-Nevis 1 to the various provinces ; that is, persons whose...restrains the tyranny exercised over the unhappy people. Governments also are not so often and so openly sold in Hindoustan as in Turkey. I say ' so openly/... | |
 | Aurangzeb (Emperor of Hindustan) - India - 1908 - 200 pages
...and who were a check upon the local officials". "It is true that the Great Mogul sends 'Vakea Navis' to the various provinces ; that is, persons whose...restrains the tyranny exercised over the unhappy people". Bernier. Cf. Let. XX. I. From this it seems that A'azam was of an idle nature and did not pay much... | |
 | Aurangzeb (Emperor of Hindustan) - India - 1908 - 202 pages
...and who were a check upon the local officials". "It is true that the Great Mogul sends 'Vakea Navis" to the various provinces ; that is, persons whose...their presence seldom restrains the tyranny exercised orer the unhappy people". Bernier. Cf. Let. XX. 1. From this it seems that A'azam was of an idle nature... | |
 | Marmaduke William Pickthall, Muhammad Asad - Civilization, Islamic - 1928 - 702 pages
...his Travels thus writes about Wakiahnavis : — " It is true that the Great Moghul sends a VakeaNevis to the various provinces ; that is, persons whose...restrains the tyranny exercised over the unhappy people. (NOTE. — A corruption of the Persian word Wakiahnawis, a news-writer, an institution of the Emperor... | |
 | Francois Bernier - History - 1996 - 570 pages
...ever so grievous or ever so frequently repeated. It is true that the Great Mogol sends a Vakea-Nevis 1 to the various provinces ; that is, persons whose...restrains the tyranny exercised over the unhappy people. Governments also are not so often and so openly sold in Hindoiutan as in Turkey. I say 'so openly,'... | |
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It is true that the Great Mogol sends a Vakea-Nevis 1 to the various provinces ; that is, persons whose business it is to communicate every event that takes place ; but there is generally a disgraceful collusion between these officers and the governor,... 