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changed the child's name from Eliza to MmTy- 

 am, and wished to have her married to a Moo- 

 sulmaun. 



It is said that Meer Ali Buksh, a son of Meer 

 Roostum, is to marry one of these ladies, and 

 two cousins of another branch are to have the 

 others, but the present impoverished state of 

 the Khyrpoor treasury is a bar to the arrange- 

 ment. I liked what I saw of these Meers, who 

 seem to be much respected by all about the 

 durbar; and these marriages are desirable as 

 tending to cement the interests of the several 

 branches of the Talpoor family. Meer Ali 

 Moorad had another son, Meer Sohrab Khan, 

 but he died young. 



Meer Mahomed Khan, son of Meer Gholaum 

 Hyder, married a daughter of Meer Roostum. 

 He is a great miser, and is known as Mahomed 

 Khan Kookuree, from living entirely on fowls, 

 one of which he makes last for two days. 

 Kookur is Sindhi for a fowl. The sons of this 

 Meer are fine young men, and appear to be on 

 very friendly terms with all the members of the 

 reigning branch of the family. 



Mrs Gholaum Husseyn, having been a visitor 

 for weeks together in tlie Zunanas, had an op- 



