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The Peshwa – a Persian term for Prime Minister that the Bahmani Sultans had introduced in the fourteenth century – controlled Maharashtra and was head of the Confederacy, keeping up an active correspondence with all his regional governors. Bhonsle was in charge of Orissa, Gaekwad controlled Gujarat, Holkar dominated in central India and Scindia was
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Now ‘Citizen Tippoo’ was discovered by British interceptions to be in communication with Napoleon Bonaparte, whom he formally invited to visit India to liberate the country and expel the British. He had even sent ambassadors to Paris along with a draft treaty in which he proposed an alliance to drive the British out of India.73
William Dalrymple • White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
military officers in the 1830s and 1840s were treated to feasts and entertainment by ali‘i (chiefs).
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
political godfather of the eastern oligarchs
Medea Benjamin • War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict
