98 HUKEEM EMAUM OOD BEEN KHAN. 



gentlemen of position in India, and was de- 

 lighted with London society. The Hukeem 

 was not a native of Sindh ; indeed, he was the 

 first of his family who had ever been in that 

 comitry, for his ancestors had long been settled 

 in the hills north of Delhi. He had himself 

 been all his life in courts, and was personally 

 known to several of the princes of Rajahj^oo- 

 tanah, having, as he assm'ed me, held high 

 offices successively under the Rajahs of Oodey- 

 poor, Jessulmeer, and Biccaneer. The cause 

 of his quitting the service of the last-named 

 prince was, he told me, an unfortunate rivalry 

 between the Rajah and himself; and he, the 

 Hukeem, being the favoured lover, his royal 

 master gave him his dismissal ; upon which he 

 crossed the desert to Khyr230or, where he re- 

 ceived a ready welcome from Meer Ali Moorad, 

 with whom he remained about ten years. The 

 Hukeem had evidently seen a great deal of life, 

 and was generally liked and esteemed, as both 

 his manners and appearance were highly in his 

 favour. On first coming to England he was 

 much trusted by the Meer, and, I believe, 

 served him very faithfully; but His Highness 



