The Transition in Bengal, 1756-75: A Study of Saiyid Muhammad Reza Khan

by Abdul Majed Khan

Saiyid Muhammad Reza Khan held the office of Naib Nazim and Naib Diwan of Bengal from 1765 to 1772. This study includes the early life of the Khan, but concentrates particularly upon the years from 1756, when the Khan first held public office, to 1775. There was much greater continuity and overlapping between the British and Mughal administrations than has been supposed. Company servants like Clive seemed to the local public to be simply Mughal grandees...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521049822
• ISBN13: 9780521049825
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"