Military Memoirs of Mr. George Thomas; Who, by Extraordinary Talents and Enterprise, Rose from an Obscure Situation to the Rank of a General, in the Service of the Native Powers in the North-West of India |
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About this time Zemaun Shah , king of Cabul , arrived at Lahore , a city fifty cofs
distant from the young rajah ' s capital . This proximity induced the princess
regent to implore the assistance of that monarch , in reinstating her son in his
authority ...
About this time Zemaun Shah , king of Cabul , arrived at Lahore , a city fifty cofs
distant from the young rajah ' s capital . This proximity induced the princess
regent to implore the assistance of that monarch , in reinstating her son in his
authority ...
Page 277
In this state of affairs the impostor , who had now got possession of the person of
the young rajah , refused to let him return to his mother , and declared he should
remain a prisoner until he complied with the terms proposed . But Kurrum Sing ...
In this state of affairs the impostor , who had now got possession of the person of
the young rajah , refused to let him return to his mother , and declared he should
remain a prisoner until he complied with the terms proposed . But Kurrum Sing ...
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... impostor from her territories . With this intention the dispatched a confidential
servant to his camp , who , on her part , promised him a remuneration of a lack of
rupees , if he would espouse her cause , and reinstate her son , the young rajah ...
... impostor from her territories . With this intention the dispatched a confidential
servant to his camp , who , on her part , promised him a remuneration of a lack of
rupees , if he would espouse her cause , and reinstate her son , the young rajah ...
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instate her son , the young rajah , in his authority . au She promised moreover to
send him an annual tribute of 50 , 000 rupees , if he would guarantee her son in
the undisturbed poffefsion of it . ̣à * Mr . Thomas , though well aware that by ...
instate her son , the young rajah , in his authority . au She promised moreover to
send him an annual tribute of 50 , 000 rupees , if he would guarantee her son in
the undisturbed poffefsion of it . ̣à * Mr . Thomas , though well aware that by ...
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... and he prepared to attack Mr . Thomas . . Meanwhile the young rajah ,
despairing of profiting by a longer stay with the chief of Pattialah , of his own
accord took leave , and came straight to Mr . Thomas ' s camp . “ The “ comely
appearance ...
... and he prepared to attack Mr . Thomas . . Meanwhile the young rajah ,
despairing of profiting by a longer stay with the chief of Pattialah , of his own
accord took leave , and came straight to Mr . Thomas ' s camp . “ The “ comely
appearance ...
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| Title | Military Memoirs of Mr. George Thomas; Who, by Extraordinary Talents and Enterprise, Rose from an Obscure Situation to the Rank of a General, in the Service of the Native Powers in the North-West of India |
| Author | William Francklin |
| Compiled by | William Francklin |
| Publisher | Reprinted for John Stockdale, 1805 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 383 pages |
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