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A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II

CHAPTER V
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He had given eight lacs, in our Government promissory notes, to his wife, and three to his son, and he took some lacs with him to Cawnpore, all made during the five years he held office.

Sobhan Allee Khan, his deputy, was made to pay into the Treasury seven lacs, and five in gratuities--all made during the same five years.

Sobhan Allee died last year on a pilgrimage to Mecca, with the character of one of the ablest and least scrupulous of men; and his sons continue to reside at Cawnpore and Allahabad, with the character of having all the bad, without any of the good, qualities of their father.

The widow of Jugmohun manages the estate; but she has adopted the nearest heir to her husband, the present Rajah of Bhuderee, a fine, handsome, and amiable youth, of sixteen years of age, who is now learning Persian.

He was one of the many chiefs who took leave of me yesterday, and the most prepossessing of all.


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