A Journey Through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & Ii
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The works and institutions whichwould soon be created out of revenues, now absorbed by worthlessCourt favourites, would soon embellish the face of the country, improve the character, condition, and habits of the people, stimulatetheir industry in agriculture, manufactures, and commerce; and renderour connection with the Oude Government honourable to our name in theestimation of all India. CHAPTER V. Baree-Biswa district--Force with the Nazim, Lal Bahader--Town ofPeernuggur--Dacoitee by Lal and ...Dhokul Partuks--Gangs of robberseasily formed out of the loose characters which abound in Oude--Thelands tilled in spite of all disorders--Delta between the Chouka andGhagra rivers--Seed sown and produce yielded on land--Rent and stock--Nawab Allee, the holder of the Mahmoodabad estate--Mode ofaugmenting his estate--Insecurity of marriage processions--Belt ofjungle, fourteen miles west from the Lucknow cantonments--GungabukshRawat--His attack on Dewa--The family inveterate robbers--Bhurs, oncea civilized and ruling people in Oude--Extirpated systematically inthe fourteenth century--Depredations of Passees--Infanticide--Howmaintained--Want of influential middle class of merchants andmanufacturers--Suttee--Troops with the Amil--Seizure of a marriageprocession by Imambuksh, a gang leader--Perquisites and allowances ofPassee watchmen over corn-fields--Their fidelity to trusts--AhbunSing, of Kyampoor, murders his father--Rajah Singjoo of Soorujpoor--Seodeen, another leader of the same tribe--Principal gang-leaders ofthe Dureeabad Rodowlee district--Jugurnath Chuprassie--Bhooree Khan--How these gangs escape punishment--Twenty-four belts of junglepreserved by landholders always, or occasionally, refractory in Oude--Cover eight hundred and eighty-six square miles of good land--Howsuch atrocious characters find followers, and landholders of highdegree to screen, shelter, and aid them.
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