 | Sir Alexander Burnes - 1839 - 516 페이지
...a large garrison is kept up at Peshawer, and much additional cxpence is incurred, so that Peshawer is a drain on the finances of the Lahore State, with...as to lead the Sikhs into constant collision with desperate enemies, who are only powerless because they want money. In the city of Peshawer the Sikhs... | |
 | George Buist - 1843 - 352 페이지
...the finances of Lahore, with the additional di advantage of being so situated as to lead the Seikhs into constant collision with fierce and desperate...tribes, who, were it not for their poverty, would be dangerous antagonists." — Cabool, by Sir A. Burnes, vol. i., 1842. 8. Calcutta Courier, June 3, 1835;... | |
 | 1842 - 694 페이지
...the Yean 1836, 7, and a By th« late LIEUT. -CoL. Sin ALEXANDER DUR.VES, CB, Ac. London, 10U. Murray. •situated as to lead the Sikhs into constant collision...for their poverty, would be formidable antagonists." The Afreedees and Khyburees, he says, consider it meritorious to injure the Sikhs. He found that, under... | |
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Six out of ten lacs are thus abstracted ; and besides all this, extensive lands are alienated to religious persons, a large garrison is kept up, and much additional expense is incurred : so that Peshawur is a drain on the finances of the Lahore state,... 