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31\. See, for instance, the case of Chinana Chetti, younger brother and successor of the east coast commercial magnate Malaya, who appears to have held various public offices and on occasion to have commanded troops in the field (Moreland, *From Akbar to Aurangzeb*, 156). For a late example of the tie-in of finance, commerce, and military affairs, see K. Leonard, "Banking Firms in Nineteenth-Century Hyderabad," *Modern Asian Studies* 15 (1984): 177–201.