A Brief History of the Bhopal Principality in Central India: From the Period of Its Foundation, about One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago, to the Present TimePrinted at the Baptist Mission Press, 1845 - 133 oldal |
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affairs Affghan Ameer Khan army attack on Bhopal Begum mother Begum of Bhopal Berar Rajah besieged Bhoosla Bhopal principality Bhopal territory Bombay British Government brother Bundelkund Byjeeram Central India character chief Chutta Khan Colonel command commenced conduct court death defence Dewan Dost Mahomed Khan Dowlut Rao Sindiah enemy force Futtygurh garrison Ghous Mahomed Goddard Governor guns Gwalior Hindoo Hiyat Mahomed Khan Holkar Hoshungabad hostile Infantry Islamnuggur James Grant Duff Juggoo Bappoo Kurreem Khan Kurreem Mahomed Khan lakhs of rupees leaders Lord William Bentinck Maho Mahomedan Mahrattahs Malwa Marquess of Wellesley Meer ment minister Mooreed Mahomed Khan Nagpoor Rajah native Nerbuddah numbers Nuwab of Bhopal Nuzzur Mahomed Khan party period Peshwah Pindarees Pindarries plundered possession prince Prinsep says protection Puthans Rajah of Berar Rajah of Nagpoor Resident rupees Sadick Sehore siege Sindheea Sir John Malcolm tion town of Bhopal treaty troops Vizier Mahomed Vizier Mahomed's
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133. oldal - ... derived from it, they are not only jealous of encroachment on their usages, but impatient of neglect, and turbulent in a degree that requires much care in conducting our relations with them. They are, however, deserving both of that solicitude and favour which they have hitherto received; for Bhopal is at this moment, and will continue while well managed, an essential point of strength in Central India.
109. oldal - ... rendered hopeless any endeavour to regain it by siege. This possession, widely separated from the territories of Gwalior, we acquired from Sindiah, by giving him, in exchange, districts greatly superior in value, as well as adjoining his own dominions ; and then we conferred it on the Nuwab of Bhopal, as a free gift to recompense his gallant manifestation of gratitude for the protection his country had received in the crisis of the Nepaul War. The Honourable Company will, no doubt, approve the...
96. oldal - Bhopal ; and, having been in the habit of making usurpations, and levying contributions on this territory, as his peculiar and exclusive prey ; he, conceived no one else had any right to interpose.
20. oldal - Puthans are so prone, and their turbulent spirit was for the moment subdued. By these means, Chutta Khan not only maintained internal quiet, but promoted, beyond all who had gone before him, the prosperity of the town, and country of Bhopal. His next object was to remain at peace with his neighbours, but particularly with Madhojee Sindiah, and Ahalya Baee, who were, at this time, the chief rulers in central India.
41. oldal - The detention was, alone, a national insult, and a valid ground for a declaration of war. f » ed, states that there was " an implied connexion" between Sindiah and the Nuwab of Bhopal. Major General the Hon'ble Sir Arthur Wellesley, in a letter to Colonel Barry Close, dated 4th March, 1805, (40) writes, " There can be no doubt that the conduct of Sindiah throughout has been very improper, but not, in my opinion, in making an attack upon Bhopal or Saugur. There is no doubt but that he had a claim...
2. oldal - B party detached into Malwa, where he succeeded in bringing himself to the notice of the governor of the province by his gallantry, and was in consequence rewarded by a nomination to the superintendence of the district of Bersiah (4), the revenues of which are stated to have been then greatly reduced by the unceasing depredations of freebooters. The progress of Dost Mahomed subsequent to this period was very rapid. He first became possessed of Juddeespoor, which was changed into the Mahomedan name...
66. oldal - It has been stated, that every road to the town was blocked up by the enemy. But, the town of Bhopal is defended by a large lake on the western side, over which grain was, from time to time, transported in boats, for the use of the besieged, by some of the principal zemindars, or landholders, of the country, and particularly by Ruttun Singh. The progress of the besiegers was slow during the first two months. The wall of the town of Bhopal was high and strong, and the Artillery of the enemy seldom...
66. oldal - ... about the latter end of October. In November the regular Infantry of Juggoo Bappoo drove in the Bhopal out-posts, as before mentioned ; and in the beginning of December, the enemy took up the positions that have been detailed, to blockade the town gates ; shortly after this, Vizier Mahomed was informed of a spot where treasure was supposed to be concealed. He ordered the ground to be dug up, and found 22 large bags or sacks, ' containing each 8 or 10,000 pieces of copper. (78) He also found 30...
117. oldal - British Government was known as to his successor; (146) and it is remarkable, that not the slightest effort was made by any party to influence the judgment of the British agent; a sufficient proof, of itself, of the absence of all design or guilt on this unhappy occasion. Nuzzur Mahomed Khan, when he died, was only 28 years of age ; he had governed Bhopal, Malcolm says, three years and five months; ( 1 47) but he has left a name that has been attained by few during the longest life.
85. oldal - Bhopal, no one could ever observe him to eat, or to sleep. He went to a mountain where he now is. He is said to be 100 years old, and not to have a white 1814. The danger to the city of Bhopal was not yet over. Juswunt Rao Bhow, the cousin (90) of the late Juggoo Bappoo, who had succeeded to the command of Sindiah's troops, employed himself during the rainy season, in making preparations for renewing the siege the moment the season would permit. Vizier Mahomed, who, though his means and numbers were...