| sir William Henry Sleeman - 1852 - 328 pages
...than " the district of Mahomdee, to which we were going—that the " strong only could keep any thing under the Oude government; " and as they could not...behind me, what was the Resident's object in this tour—whether the Honourable Company's Government was to bo introduced into Oude ? He told them, that... | |
| Charles James Connell - Land value taxation - 1876 - 224 pages
...cultivated; the land-tax therefore was fixed with moderation, and collected without violence, for "the landholders were solemnly pledged to aid each other to the death when oppressed or attacked by the Government officials." One Nazim was reported to have reduced the tax by Es. 40,000, in order to induce... | |
| Oudh (India) - 1877 - 720 pages
...strong only could keep anything under the Oude Government ; and as they could not be strong withoiit union, all landholders were solemnly pledged to aid...when oppressed or attacked by the local officers." (Sleeman's Tour II. 11.) " The Nazim of the Tundeeawun or Bangur district met on his border, and told... | |
| Arthur Henry Harington - 1880 - 704 pages
...Government ; and as they could not be strong without union, all landholders were solemnly pledged lo aid each other to the death when oppressed or attacked by the local officers." (Sleeman's Tour, II. , 11). , BAVXU STTTLnttST REPORT. to <; The Nazim of the Tundeeawun or Bangar... | |
| William Wilson Hunter - India - 1886 - 558 pages
...District of Muhamdf, to which we were going ; that the strong only could keep anything under the Oudh Government ; and as they could not be strong without...when oppressed or attacked by the local officers. ' The Nazim of the Tandiawan or Bangar district met me on his border, and told me " that he was too... | |
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