NUNC COCNOSCO EX PARTE THOMAS J. BATA LI BRARY TRENT UNIVERSITY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/northindiabetweeOOOObarn The Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies of the University of California is the coordinating center for research, teaching programs, and special projects relating to the South and Southeast Asia areas on the nine campuses of the University. The Center is the largest such research and teach¬ ing organization in the United States, with more than 150 related faculty rep¬ resenting all disciplines within the social sciences, languages, and humanities. The Center publishes a Monograph series, an Occasional Papers series, and sponsors a series published by the University of California Press. Manuscripts for these publications have been selected with the highest standards of academic excellence, with emphasis on those studies and literary works that are pioneers in their fields, and that provide fresh insights into the life and culture of the great civilizations of South and Southeast Asia. RECENT PUBEICATIONS OF THE CENTER FOR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA STUDIES PADMANABH S. JAINI The Jaina Path of Purification KAREN ISAKSEN LEONARD Social History of an Indian Caste: The Kayasths of Hyderabad THOMAS R. METCALF Land, Landlords, and the British Raj: Northern India in the Nineteenth Century North India Between Empires This volume is sponsored by the CENTER FOR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA STUDIES University of California, Berkeley RICHARD B. BARNETT North India Between Empires Awadh, the Mughals, and the British 1720-1801 University of California Press Berkeley, Los Angeles, London University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England ® 1980 by The Regents of the University of California Printed in the United States of America 123456789 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Barnett, Richard B North India between empires. Awadh, the Mughals, and the British, 1720-1801 Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Oudh—History. I Title. DS485.094B37 954'.2 78-64459 ISBN 0-520-03787-1