Personal Observations on Sindh: The Manners and Customs of Its Inhabitants; and Its Productive CapabilitiesLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 - 402 стор. |
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... looked upon as a blessing , but lower down it is deprecated , and considered by the inhabitants as injurious to health and mischievous to the crops . In alluding to the great heat of the upper portion of the river , the annual range of ...
... looked upon as a blessing , but lower down it is deprecated , and considered by the inhabitants as injurious to health and mischievous to the crops . In alluding to the great heat of the upper portion of the river , the annual range of ...
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... - place of the illustrious Akbar : this was long looked upon as the depository of the accumulated wealth of the Kaloras and Talpúrs , and the point in which the chiefs would make a stand in case 28 [ CHAP . II . PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS.
... - place of the illustrious Akbar : this was long looked upon as the depository of the accumulated wealth of the Kaloras and Talpúrs , and the point in which the chiefs would make a stand in case 28 [ CHAP . II . PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS.
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... looked upon as likely to interfere with their legitimate rights and supre- macy yet were they quiet , and , if not cordial , at least inoffensive . This part of the subject , how- ever , will have a more appropriate place elsewhere ...
... looked upon as likely to interfere with their legitimate rights and supre- macy yet were they quiet , and , if not cordial , at least inoffensive . This part of the subject , how- ever , will have a more appropriate place elsewhere ...
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... looked upon as the maximum of heat , from which the climate is said to become temperate . The wood of the palm is totally useless for building purposes , not lasting above four or five years . Nothing can exceed the luxuriance of the ...
... looked upon as the maximum of heat , from which the climate is said to become temperate . The wood of the palm is totally useless for building purposes , not lasting above four or five years . Nothing can exceed the luxuriance of the ...
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... looked for with uncertainty . The " Barbaricum Emporium , " whence , according to the " Periplus , " the expedition sailed upwards to Minagara , whilst on their way to the South , would appear to reduce the latter to some point low down ...
... looked for with uncertainty . The " Barbaricum Emporium , " whence , according to the " Periplus , " the expedition sailed upwards to Minagara , whilst on their way to the South , would appear to reduce the latter to some point low down ...
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advantages Affghan Amirs of Sindh appear arms banks Bhawulpúr Bijar Bilúchis Bilúchistan boats Bombay branch British government camel Candahar capital Central Asia character chiefs classes commercial considered cotton court crops cultivated Cutch Delta desert districts durbar extent fertility feudatories former Futteh Allí Khan Ghúlam Shah government of Sindh grain Guzírat Hindú history of Sindh Hyderabad importance India induced inhabitants inundation jahgirs jungle Jutts Juwari Kaloras Karrachi Khyrpúr Kilat labour land latter Lower Sindh Mahommedan manufactured Marwar matchlock means ment merchant Mian miles military Moslems mountains Múltan Múrad Nadir Shah Nasir Khan native navigation neighbouring Nubi Khan Núr Mahomed occasions particularly peculiar period Persian portion possessed princes principal produce Punjaub purposes revenue river Indus rude rulers rupees season Sehwun Seyuds Shikargahs Shikarpúr Sindhian soil stream Sukkur supplied Talpúr Tattah territories tion town tracts trade tribes troops Ubdúl Nubi Upper Sindh whilst whole Zamindars
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