An account of the mutinies in Oudh and of the siege of the Lucknow Residency; with some observations on the condition of the Province of Oudh and on the causes of the mutiny of the Bengal Army . ON THE FIRST OF DECEMBER MR. BEX TLB Y WILL PUBLISH THE FIRST NUMBER A NEW QUARTERLY REVIEW, t TO BE PUBLISHED IN FUTURE ON The 1st of Decemberj the 1st of March, the 1st of June,and the 1st of September. J. Jt. TAYLOR, PKINTBB, LITTLE QOEEN STREET, LINCOLN* INS FIELDS. Gubbin s, Ma rtii 9 rd An account of the mutiniesin Oudh PLEASE DO NOT REMOVECARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIB


An account of the mutinies in Oudh and of the siege of the Lucknow Residency; with some observations on the condition of the Province of Oudh and on the causes of the mutiny of the Bengal Army . ON THE FIRST OF DECEMBER MR. BEX TLB Y WILL PUBLISH THE FIRST NUMBER A NEW QUARTERLY REVIEW, t TO BE PUBLISHED IN FUTURE ON The 1st of Decemberj the 1st of March, the 1st of June,and the 1st of September. J. Jt. TAYLOR, PKINTBB, LITTLE QOEEN STREET, LINCOLN* INS FIELDS. Gubbin s, Ma rtii 9 rd An account of the mutiniesin Oudh PLEASE DO NOT REMOVECARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY WES7LE & II r; att If nob at. SECOND EDITION. MICROFORMEDPRESERVATOSERVICES c WAR 31 19! DAT LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, $ublfe&er tit ffirMnarg to f^ev jTOajesty. 1858. - v <\t -ti V^ -3 ^ < o k«m* ?5* IMIINTKI) nY WOODFALI. AND KINDER,AMQEIi COURT, SKINNER STRKKT, LONDON. PREFACE The writer of these pages entered Oudh at the periodof its annexation to the Anglo-Indian Empire, as aMember of the British Commission. During thefourteen months administration of Oudh, which pre-ceded the breaking out of the Mutinies, he was in thehabit of daily intercourse with the natives. Severalof the chief officers of the former native Governmentwere his constant visitors; ancLhis door was open toall who desired to make any communication, when-ever business permitted. During the cold season of 1856-57, he completeda tour through the whole of Oudh, with the object oftesting the summary settlement of the Land Revenue,which had been completed; in order to ensure itsmoderation. To


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