!['A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea. By George Forster. In the Civil Service of the Honourable the East-India Company in Two Volumes. Vol. I.' [‎9] (34/342)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023468774.0x000001/IOL.1947.b.531. vol. 1_0035.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea. By George Forster. In the Civil Service of the Honourable the East-India Company in Two Volumes. Vol. I.' [‎9] (34/342)")
'A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea. By George Forster. In the Civil Service of the Honourable the East-India Company in Two Volumes. Vol. I.' [9] (34/342)
The record is made up of 1 volume (315 pages). It was created in 1798. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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FORSTER’S TRAVELS.
9
June, made an excurfion to Moorefhedabad, and it’s environs, that
I might view the theatre on which thofe interefling fchemes had
been agitated, which, after a feries of intrigue and blood-fhed, ad
vanced the Englifh to the dominion of a wealthy kingdom.
At the diftance of a mile below the city, and on the oppofitc
bank of the river, Rands the burying place of Ali Verdy Khan,
known alfo in India by the name of Mahobut Jung 5 a man, who,
by his abilities as a foldier and a flatefman, raifed himfelf from a
private condition, to the Subahdarry of Bengal. He maintained an
obftinate war with the Mahrattas, for the fpace of eight years, and
was, after an obftinate ftruggle, obliged to cede to them the dif-
tricls of Kuttack.
Not far from the tomb of Mahobut Jung, lies interred his
nephew, Seraje-ud-Dowlah, well known in Englifh hiftory, by his
capture of Fort William, and afterwards, confining the unfortu
nate garrifon in a clofe dungeon ; where moft of them died from
the feverity of their fituation. The fate of this young man was
fimilar to that of many an Eaftern Prince j of fuch, efpecially, who
experience a reveife of fortune.—Seraje-ud-Dowlah was betrayed
by Meer Jaffier, at the battle of Plaftey, and affaflinated a fhort
time after, by his order. Were the condudt of Meer Jaffier to be
tried by the law of natural affecftions, or by the rules of private
honor, it muft appear tainted with a die of deep hue. Mahobut
Jung, thinking to fecure to his fucceffor the attachment of Meer
Jaffier, beftowed on this officer, the higheft office of Government,
y° L ’ B with
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A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea. By George Forster. In the Civil Service of the Honourable the East-India Company in Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Publication details: printed for R Faulder, New Bond-Street, London. 1798.
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- 'A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea. By George Forster. In the Civil Service of the Honourable the East-India Company in Two Volumes. Vol. I.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:16, 1:314, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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