Our Faithful Ally, the Nizam: Being an Historical Sketch of Events, Showing the Value of the Nizam's Alliance to the British Government in India, and His Services During the Mutinies

Fraser, Hastings

Verlag: Smith, Elder & Company, London, 1865

Beschreibung

Contemporary account of the Nizam of Hyderabad, one of the most significant princely states in 19th-century British India. Fraser's book delves into the history and politics of the region, highlighting the Nizam's role as a crucial ally of the British East India Company. It offers a perspective on the complex relationships between the British colonial powers and the Indian princely states. Our copy including a letter from the author to General John Briggs (1785-1875) discussing the book and is inscribed to the General on the title page. Also included is a loose folded map (15" tall x 20" wide of Karachi tramways (no date). Octavo, xxviii, 507 pp. Decorative green cloth binding. Small split to cloth along crown and heel of spine. Top and bottom corners of boards and book block are bumped. Single annotation to page, presumably in General Brigg's hand. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9318

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Our Faithful Ally, the Nizam: Being an ...

Verlag: Smith, Elder & Company, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1865

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers