Transition in Bengal, 1756-75
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (US) |
| ISBN-13 | 9780511563324 |
| Open Library | OL25659351W |
| Total publications | 4 |
| Coverage period | 1969 - 2009 |
| Language | EN |
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 in British uniforms and the innovations supposed to have arrived with British rule actually occurred much later. Instead of the British gradually taking over the local administration under the urge to eliminate corruption, there was an administration carried on competently in traditional style by Reza Khan under attack from the East India Company's officers who were not so much concerned with rooting out this alleged corruption in the interest of justice and efficiency as increasing the revenues of the Company and adding the by-products to themselves.
Transition in Bengal, 1756-75
The Naibat at Dacca, 1763–1765
The restoration of Mir Jafar to the Subahdari of Bengal in 1763 opened the prospect of a new career for Reza Khan. Mir Jafar was proclaimed Subahdar at Calcutta on 7 July and a declaration of war was made against Mir Qasim for alleged open acts of hostility to the English. The declaration invited ‘all manner of persons’ to the standard of Mir Jafar and to assist him in defeating the designs of Mir Qasim. By 15 August Reza Khan had reached Dacca t…
Reza Khan at the zenith of his power, 1765–1767
Before the acquisition of the Diwani, Reza Khan had been merely politically useful to the Company; after it, he became the chief instrument of their administrative control of the country. Shah Alam had granted the Diwani sanad on 12 August 1765, and when, somewhat over a fortnight later, Clive returned from Allahabad to Murshidabad he had to take the practical steps needed to implement the agreement which had been concluded, in his absence, by Sy…
The Transition in Bengal, 1756–1775
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 gr…
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The Transition in Bengal, 1756–1775
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 gr…
Transition in Bengal, 1756-75
The Naibat at Dacca, 1763–1765
The restoration of Mir Jafar to the Subahdari of Bengal in 1763 opened the prospect of a new career for Reza Khan. Mir Jafar was proclaimed Subahdar at Calcutta on 7 July and a declaration of war was made against Mir Qasim for alleged open acts of hostility to the English. The declaration invited ‘all manner of persons’ to the standard of Mir Jafar and to assist him in defeating the designs of Mir Qasim. By 15 August Reza Khan had reached Dacca t…
Reza Khan at the zenith of his power, 1765–1767
Before the acquisition of the Diwani, Reza Khan had been merely politically useful to the Company; after it, he became the chief instrument of their administrative control of the country. Shah Alam had granted the Diwani sanad on 12 August 1765, and when, somewhat over a fortnight later, Clive returned from Allahabad to Murshidabad he had to take the practical steps needed to implement the agreement which had been concluded, in his absence, by Sy…