vakeels

After some little negotiation, the whole was arranged to the apparent satisfaction of both parties, and our different seals having been affixed to the documents, and the necessary forms of speech having been pronounced by our different vakeels, the marriage was declared lawful, and I received the compliments of all present.

The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

But the news of the governor-general's arrival struck them with consternation, and vakeels were sent to Agra, to learn on what terms a pacification might yet be effected.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Various

Tippoo's vakeels to Seringapatam to treat there, a series of operations were carried on by the British troops in the very heart of the obdurate nabob's dominions.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

In his reply, he intimated, by his vakeels, that everything the English had taken from him must be restored, while he made scarcely any mention of restitutions to the English.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

[1] This must have been one of the _vakeels_ or envoys, whose departure from Bombay, in March 1839, is mentioned in the _Asiatic

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 Various

Koollum; yet, to the petty chiefs of Bamee [= a] n vakeels and friendly messages have been sent, with valuable presents -- while, to my repeated letters courting an amicable alliance, not even an answer has been given.

A Peep into Toorkisthhan Rollo Gillespie Burslem

These professional elephant catchers, or, as they are called, Panickeas, inhabit the Moorish villages in the north and north-east of the island, and from time immemorial have been engaged in taking elephants, which are afterwards trained by Arabs, chiefly for the use of the rajahs and native princes in the south of India, whose vakeels are periodically despatched to make purchases in Ceylon.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836

It will be proved that these vakeels were by Mr. Hastings, for a price to be paid for it, put in possession of the very power, situation, and estates of those masters who sent them to Calcutta to defend them from wrong and violence.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

It will be proved to your Lordships, in the course of this business, that Mr. Hastings has done this in another sacred trust, the most sacred trust a man can have, -- that is, in the case of those _vakeels_, (as they call them,) agents, or attorneys, who had been sent to assert and support the rights of their miserable masters before the Council-General.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

Did he, when he had vakeels in every part of the Mahratta empire and in the country of Sujah

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763