4; BRITISH INDIA EDWARD INGRAM ^^L'JV MIDDLEfi^^ THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Digitized by the Internet Archive 2014 in https://archive.org/details/indefenceofbritiOOingr IN DEFENCE OF BRITISH INDIA Bythesameauthor: THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT GAME IN ASIA, 1828-1834 COMMITMENT TO EMPIRE: PROPHECIES OF THE GREAT GAME IN ASIA, 1797-1800 TWO VIEWS OF BRITISH INDIA: THE PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF MR. DUNDAS AND LORD WELLESLEY, 1798-1801 IN DEFENCE OF BRITISH INDIA Great Britain in the Middle East, 1775-1842 EDWARD INGRAM ProfessorofHistory atSimon Fraser University FRANK CASS 1 Firstpublished1984in GreatBritainby FRANK CASS & CO. LTD. Gainsborough House,Gainsborough Road, London Ell IRS,England andinthe UnitedStatesofAmericaby FRANK CASS & CO. LTD. c/oBiblioDistributionCentre 81 AdamsDrive,P.O. Box327,Totawa,N.J. 0751 Copyright© 1984EdwardIngram British LibraryCataloguingin PublicationData Ingram,Edward,/940- IndefenceofBritishIndia:GreatBritaininthe MiddleEast,177—5-1842. — 1. GreatBritain—Foreignrelations—Asia 2. Great—Britain Foreign—relations 1789-1820 3. Asia Foreignrelations GreatBritain Rn:EdwardRogerIngramEllis I. Title 327.4T05 DA47.9.A75 ISBN0-7146-3246-5 All rights reserved. No part ofthis publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise,with- & out the prior permission ofFrank Cass Co. Ltd. in writing. PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby. A.Wheaton&Co.,Ltd.,Exeter To DARLING, telephoningMr. Wiggleswortb Andhand in hand, on the edge ofthe sand, They danced by the light ofthe moon. Edward Lear, The Owland the Pussycat