Примеры chieftain

• Some chieftains fought them and were subdued, others submitted and received a share of the territory.

• It is difficult to see how the local leaders could have managed without the approval of the chieftains.

• On seeing his son as a bandit chieftain, the old count does actually die of shock.

• Another important question that lacks proper attention is the mutual tie between the ' new ' local leaders and the chieftains.

• That vicious viper, a tender lamb before, stealthily took the shears and shouted to the chieftains.

• There was also another category of land known as minor 'inam' lands which was revenue-free lands enjoyed by a few institutions and chieftains.

• Sometimes, support was sufficiently taken-for-granted that no actual election was held; the factional chieftains simply bargained among themselves, in the light of their known bloc of votes.

• At the same time the chieftains had to gain the support of their local leaders, otherwise their power would have been even more fragile than it was in reality.