From the time that the heir is called to the _throne_, he never leaves his house, but stays at home to receive homage, and distribute blessings and food to needy travellers of all religions.

He gets from the King of Oude twelve villages, rent free, in perpetuity; and they are said to yield him twenty-five thousand rupees a-year, with which he provides for his family, and for needy travellers and pilgrims.

This eleemosynary endowment was granted, about sixty years ago, by the then sovereign, Asuf-od Dowlah.

The lands had belonged to a family of Kumpureea Rajpoots, who were ousted for contumacy or rebellion, I believe.

He was plundered of all he had, to the amount of some twenty thousand rupees, in 1834, during the reign of Nuseer-on Deen Hyder, by Ehsan Hoseyn, the Nazim of Byswara and Salone, one of the sons of Sobhan Allee Khan, the then virtual minister; but some fifteen days after, he attacked the tallookdar of Bhuderee, and lost his place in consequence.