Riyaz al-salatin 8.7
The Riyazu-s-salatin (Abdus Salam) 8.7
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8.7
The head of these Chiefs, who is styled Governor-General, resides in this city, and his deputies are appointed and sent out to each district, and remit to Calcutta the revenue-collections from each district. The officers of the Board of Revenue are in Calcutta. "Wonderful is the City of Calcutta in Bengal; For it is a model of China and England. Its buildings please the heart and the soul, And tower to the height of the air. A master-hand has wrought such workmanship in it, That everything is a paint and everything beautiful. From the exquisite workmanship of the English, Reason, in contemplating it, becomes confounded.