. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. e of the medical skill of anEn-lishman, who was one of an embassy sent from Madras to the court ofDelhi, at a time when the emperor happened to be very ill. The gentlemanin question speedily restored him to health, for which service three villageswere granted to the English in the neighborhood of Madras, with the libertyof purchasing in Bengal thirty-seven townships, and of conveying theirgoods through the province free of duty. The nabob, however, beingopposed to any extension of their i
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. e of the medical skill of anEn-lishman, who was one of an embassy sent from Madras to the court ofDelhi, at a time when the emperor happened to be very ill. The gentlemanin question speedily restored him to health, for which service three villageswere granted to the English in the neighborhood of Madras, with the libertyof purchasing in Bengal thirty-seven townships, and of conveying theirgoods through the province free of duty. The nabob, however, beingopposed to any extension of their influence, contrived to deter the ownersfrom selling the townships, so that no advantage was, for some time, reapedfrom the emperors permission on that head; but they availed themselvesof his leave to carry on a free trade in Bengal, by which Calcutta soonbecame a place of considerable importance. About seven years after the death of Farokhsir, the company was allowedto establish a court of justice, consisting of a mayor and nine aldermen, ateach of the three presidencies, Madras, Bombay, and REIGN OF MOHAMMED SHAH. 461 CHAPTER XVI. REIGN OF MOHAMMED SHAH. After the murder of Farokhsir, two princes of little note were successivelyraised to the imperial throne; both of whom died within a few months;when Mohammed Shah, the son of Jehandur, was proclaimed emperor, in1719. The absolute authority assumed by Houssein Ally and AbdullahKhan, which rendered the emperor an object of mere pageantry, excitedgreat dissatisfaction ; and a conspiracy was very soon formed against Hous-sein, who was assassinated in the street, by a person who stopped his palan-quin, on pretence of having a petition to present to him. Abdullah, onhearing of this event, collected all his forces and hastened toward Delhi,
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