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A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II

CHAPTER III
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2,06,744 13 3 _______________ They bold the Nazim's bond for the eighty thousand rupees, borrowed only eight days before his murder.
_December_ 17, 1849 .-- Five miles to the left bank of the Ghagra, whence crossed over to Fyzabad, on platformed boats, prepared for the purpose by the Oude authorities.

Our tents are in one of the large mango-groves, which are numerous on the right bank of the river, but scanty on the opposite bank.

From the time we crossed this river at Byram-ghaut on the 5th, till we recrossed it this morning, we were moving in the jurisdiction of the Nazim of the Gonda and Bahraetch district.

After recrossing the Ghagra we came within that of the Nazim of Sultanpoor, Aga Allee, who was appointed to it this year, not as a contractor, but manager, under the Durbar.

The districts under contractors are called _ijara_, or farmed districts; those under the management of non-contracting servants of Government are called _amanee_, or districts under the _amanut_, or trust of Government officers.


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