 The nazims exacted what they could from the zemindars and great farmers of the revenue, whom they left at liberty to plunder all below, reserving to themselves the prerogative of plundering them in their turn when they were supposed — to have enriched...  Annals of Rural Bengal - Page 382by Sir William Wilson Hunter - 1871 - 475 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Mill - Hindus - 1817 - 744 pages
...heads, represent the government as having attained the last stage of oppressiveness and barbarism. " The Nazims exacted what they could from the Zemindars,...revenue ; whom they left at liberty to plunder all below ; reserving to themselves the prerogative of plundering them in their turn, when they were supposed... | |
 | James Mill - Hindus - 1820 - 588 pages
...last stage of oppressiveness and barbarism. " The Nazims exacted what they could from the Zimindars, and great farmers of the revenue ; whom they left at liberty to plunder all below ; reserving to themselves the prerogative of plundering them in their turn, when they were supposed... | |
 | Peter Auber - Great Britain - 1828 - 216 pages
...evils were imputed to the nature of the " former administration. It is observed, that the Na" zims exacted what they could from the zemindars ." and...whom they left " at liberty to plunder all below, reserving to them" selves the prerogative of plundering them in their " turn, when they were supposed... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1829 - 654 pages
...government of the country as in a state of great misrule, and the people suffering great oppression, The Nazims exacted what they could from the Zemindars...revenue, whom they left at liberty to plunder all below, reserving to themselves the prerogative of plundering them in their turn, when they (the farmers) were... | |
 | Robert Rickards - India - 1829 - 682 pages
...as in a state of great misrule; and the people suffering great oppression. The " Nazims * ex" acted what they could from the Zemindars " and great farmers...whom " they left at liberty to plunder all below; re" serving to themselves the prerogative of " plundering them in their turn, when they " (the farmers)... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - British - 1835 - 376 pages
...the revenue system was, throughout, utterly corrupt; that the Nazims (the chief officers of state) exacted what they could from the Zemindars, and great...revenue, whom they left at liberty to plunder all below, reserving to themselves the privilege of plundering them in their turn, when they were supposed to... | |
 | Peter Auber - Great Britain - 1837 - 758 pages
...science, differed as much as the soil and productions of the province. This confusion was stated to have had its origin in the nature of the former government....could from the Zemindars and great farmers of the revenues, whom they left at liberty to plunder all below them, reserving to themselves the prerogative... | |
 | Peter Auber - 1837 - 750 pages
...science, differed as much as the soil and productions of the province. This confusion was stated to have had its origin in the nature of the former government....could from the Zemindars and great farmers of the revenues, whom they left at liberty to plunder all below them, reserving to themselves the prerogative... | |
 | Peter Auber - Great Britain - 1837 - 762 pages
...much as the soil and productions of the province. This confusion was stated to have had its origin iu the nature of the former government. The Nazims exacted...could from the Zemindars and great farmers of the revenues, whom they left at liberty to plunder all below them, reserving to themselves the prerogative... | |
 | James Mill - Hindus - 1840 - 674 pages
...heads, represent the government as having attained the last stage of oppressiveness and barbarism. " The Nazims exacted what they could from the Zemindars,...and great farmers of the revenue; whom they left at BOOK v. liberty to plunder all below; reserving to themselves the prerogative of plundering them in... | |
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