Excerpt from Vizier Ali Khan: A Chapter in British Indian History The kingdom of Oude is the only portion of the great plain of the Ganges that is not imme diately subject to the government of British India; extending from the banks of that great river to the foot of the lower range of Hima laya, and surrounded on three of its sides by the dominions of the Company. Lucnow the capital, though a large and populous place in early times, became the residence of the court as late as 1775, but soon grew to be one of the wealthiest cities in Hindoostan; rival ling those more ancient seats. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.