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A Journey Through the Kingdom of Oude in 1849-1850 - With Private Correspondence Relative to the Annexation of Oude to British India, etc. (Paperback)
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A Journey Through the Kingdom of Oude in 1849-1850 - With Private Correspondence Relative to the Annexation of Oude to British India, etc. (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History, Volume 2
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Sir William Henry Sleeman (1788 1856) was a British soldier and
administrator in India. While serving as Resident at the court of
the King of Oude in Lucknow he travelled around the kingdom and
made reports to the Governor-General regarding its proposed
annexation by the East India Company. His letters and diaries
reveal him as a capable and just administrator, who was at pains to
weigh all the evidence for and against annexation, and who believed
that reform of the existing administration would be possible.
Sleeman described the kingdom of Oude as suffering from
maladministration, lawlessness and corruption, but stressed that
illegal annexation would lead to resentment and rebellion. This
book, containing Sleeman's account of his journey and a selection
of private correspondence, was originally published in Lucknow in
1852; this reissue reproduces the 1858 London edition. Volume 2
discusses the social and economic condition of the kingdom.
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