28 MEER ALI MOORAD. 



thrown In lils way. He was threatened with 

 the highest displeasure of the British Govern- 

 ment, and apprized that they would prevent his 

 being received in England with the respect due 

 to his rank ; and they certainly ke])t their word, 

 as the Court of Directors refused their assent to 

 his presentation to the Queen. 



Upon the news of the insurrection reaching 

 England, Meer All Moorad gave the President 

 of the Board of Control the strongest assurances 

 of his loyalty and fidelity to the British Govern- 

 ment ; and at once sent instructions to his 

 eldest son, Meer Shah Nowaz, who was then 

 acting as his representative, to place every man 

 and horse he could muster at the disposal of 

 the Chief Commissioner in Sindh ; and such in- 

 structions were carried out to the full satisfaction 

 of that functionary. Shortly afterwards His 

 Highness quitted England at the particular 

 desire of the Right Hon. Vernon Smith, then 

 President of the Board of Control, and in the 

 firm belief that his territory would be speedily 

 restored, as the reward of his well-proved 

 fidelity under the most trying circumstances. 



Such is a hasty sketch of the antecedents of 

 Meer AH Moorad Khan Bahader, Talpoor, the 



