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  • Clive formed a conspiracy with Hindu bankers and the nawab's general, Mir Jafar, which enabled his forces to rout those remaining loyal to the nawab at Plassey (June 23).

    Early 1700s 2001

  • Doubtless I had already borne my part? — excellent, I would certainly be rewarded with a nawab's throne and treasure and flocks of amorous women.

    Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

  • A tepid bath, prepared in deference to the nawab's anticipation of my preference, is awaiting my pleasure, and from the moment of arrival I am the recipient of unstinted attention.

    Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894

  • The nawab's place is a mile and a half off the main road, but the smooth, level kunkah leads right up to the fine, commodious bungalow, in which I am duly installed.

    Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894

  • As for myself, I believe I shared to some extent the tastes of both; but to me the whole expedition, with its elephant-ride and train of picturesque servants, and the tiffin in the tent set up by the nawab's people, was the great attraction.

    Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East George Manville Fenn 1870

  • - excellent, I would certainly be rewarded with a nawab's throne and treasure and flocks of amorous women.

    Fiancée 2010

  • - excellent, I would certainly be rewarded with a nawab's throne and treasure and flocks of amorous women.

    Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

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