cover image: Bombay in the Making Being Mainly a History of the Origin and Growth of Judicial Institutions in the Western Presidency  1661-1726

Premium

20.500.12592/jtr4wh

Bombay in the Making Being Mainly a History of the Origin and Growth of Judicial Institutions in the Western Presidency 1661-1726

1910

The third route from the Indus along the Oxus to the Caspian and thence to the Black Sea and the Mediterranean became henceforth supremely important and the fall of Costantinople at the beginning of the thirteenth century may be traced to the sort of the Venetians to monopolise the wealth and power to be derived from the merchandise of India. [...] Thus the early diffculties with the Portuguese the eventual severance from the authority of Surat the military mutiny under Captain Keigwin the Sidi invasion and the depredations of the Angrias come within the scope of Bonuses IN THE MAKING. [...] Yet when the sunset paints the waters of the harbour and tinges the sails of the old world craft that still ply their trade unchanged since the time of the Angrias or when at night the necklace of lights embraces the noble sweep of Back Bay under the stars none can deny the fascinations of the great Eastern Gate of India of the city which in Gerald Aungier's words was to be built by God's as [...] At the beginning of the seventeenth century the Portuguese had among their other possessions in the East Indies the fort of Diu in Gujarat a fortified factory at Daman and another at Dabul the town and castle of Chaul the city of Bassein the island of North Salsotte and the town of Thane. [...] We do hear of the Judge Ordinary Manoel da Silva the attorney Antonio da Costa Rapes° the Mayor of the city Vicente Rebello d'Almeida and the Factor and Magistrate Amaro de Azavedo who with others witnessed on behalf of the Crown of Portugal to the act of the possession and delivery of the &land of Bombay to the English about 1665.: The services of one Semao Serrao were at this time enga
history
Pages
524
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.144210
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
1-xvi Phiroze Malabari view
Chapter I. A Retrospect
17-58 unknown view
Chapter II. At Surat
59-89 unknown view
Chapter III. The Acquisition of Bombay and its Cession to the Company
90-114 unknown view
Chapter IV. Gerald Aungier
115-145 unknown view
Chapter V. The Administration of Justice in the Town and Island of Bombay
146-182 unknown view
Chapter VI. The Decadence of Bombay and its Causes
183-241 unknown view
Chapter VII. The Working of Judicial Institutions in Bombay
242-264 unknown view
Chapter VIII. The Barbarity of the Age
265-288 unknown view
Chapter IX. Some Interesting Trials
289-363 unknown view
Chapter X. Landed Property in Early Bombay
364-390 unknown view
Chapter XI. Aungier’s Convention and After
391-431 unknown view
Chapter XII. Gleanings From an Old Record
432-496 unknown view
Index
497-507 unknown view
Backmatter
i-i unknown view

Related Topics

All