Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 324William Blackwood, 1978 - England |
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... Indian . Among the sowars and sepoys of the Raj the Urdu word izzat meant much more than the dictionary definition ' honour ' . It stood for courage , fidelity , discipline , pride of regi- ment ; everything , in fact , that Philip ...
... Indian . Among the sowars and sepoys of the Raj the Urdu word izzat meant much more than the dictionary definition ' honour ' . It stood for courage , fidelity , discipline , pride of regi- ment ; everything , in fact , that Philip ...
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... Indian Army . But in 1897 - the very same year in which he extolled the Maizar action - he was able to write in his Forty - One Years in India : ' Indian soldiers , like soldiers of every nationality , require to be led ; and history ...
... Indian Army . But in 1897 - the very same year in which he extolled the Maizar action - he was able to write in his Forty - One Years in India : ' Indian soldiers , like soldiers of every nationality , require to be led ; and history ...
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... India . ' He accepted the criticism of an Indian civilian who had spent thirty years in the service : ' Frankly your Col- lector is impossible . There is not a Collector in India - not an English Collector - who would behave as he does ...
... India . ' He accepted the criticism of an Indian civilian who had spent thirty years in the service : ' Frankly your Col- lector is impossible . There is not a Collector in India - not an English Collector - who would behave as he does ...
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ABBOTS HOLIDAY BY HUGH CORBETT 332 | 1 |
ANTIMARRIAGE LEAGUE BY MRS OLIPHANT | 132 |
AWAY MATCH THE BY LESLIE GARDINER 373 | 205 |
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