Personal Observations on Sindh: The Manners and Customs of Its Inhabitants, and Its Productive Capabilities with a Sketch of Its History, a Narrative of Recent Events, and an Account of the Connection of the British Government with that Country to the Present Period |
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... advantages for collecting his materials , the author offers them to the public without apology for their style or manner , though with every wish that his work may contribute to afford additional knowledge concerning the value and ...
... advantages for collecting his materials , the author offers them to the public without apology for their style or manner , though with every wish that his work may contribute to afford additional knowledge concerning the value and ...
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... advantage to the upper division of Sindh , which is fully brought to bear ; and the finest district in the whole country is that lying between Seh- wun and Larkhana , comprising , indeed , the greater portion of the western bank of the ...
... advantage to the upper division of Sindh , which is fully brought to bear ; and the finest district in the whole country is that lying between Seh- wun and Larkhana , comprising , indeed , the greater portion of the western bank of the ...
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... advantage : the Khamsin winds of the Nile are nearly as trying to the health as the hot winds on the Indus . The plague is never out of Egypt , and the murrains of cattle are fearful . ( In 1842 , 140,000 died between the cata- racts ...
... advantage : the Khamsin winds of the Nile are nearly as trying to the health as the hot winds on the Indus . The plague is never out of Egypt , and the murrains of cattle are fearful . ( In 1842 , 140,000 died between the cata- racts ...
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... advantages , which its former and more ancient possessors fully appreciated . Its mouths are accessible from the sea only during five months in the year , but it has always had a port of considerable importance in the Delta or to the ...
... advantages , which its former and more ancient possessors fully appreciated . Its mouths are accessible from the sea only during five months in the year , but it has always had a port of considerable importance in the Delta or to the ...
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... advantages lost , ports which were resorted to for the whole trade of the Indus are ruined and abandoned ; and por- tions at some periods cultivated and productive , are , in the course of a short space of time , often converted into ...
... advantages lost , ports which were resorted to for the whole trade of the Indus are ruined and abandoned ; and por- tions at some periods cultivated and productive , are , in the course of a short space of time , often converted into ...
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advantages Affghan Amirs of Sindh appear banks Bijar Bilúchis Bilúchistan boats Bombay branch British government brother camels Candahar capital Caubúl character classes cloth commercial considered court cultivation Cutch Delta desert durbar duties Edition feudatories former Futteh Allí Khan Ghúlam Shah government of Sindh Hindú history of Sindh honour Hyderabad importance India inhabitants inundation J. C. LOUDON Jutts Kaloras Karrachi Khyrpúr Kilat labour land latter Lower Sindh Mahommedan Marwar matchlock means ment merchant Mian Núr Míani miles military Múltan Múrad Nadir Shah Nasir Khan native navigation Nubi Khan Núr Mahomed particularly peculiar period Persian portion position possessions present princes principal produce Punjaub revenue river Indus Rorí rulers rupees season Sehwun Seyuds Shikargahs Shikarpúr Sindhian soil steamers stream Sukkur supplied Talpúr Tattah territories tion town trade treaty tribe troops Ubdúl Nubi Upper Sindh Vignette Titles village whilst whole Zamindars
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