21 G ISWUNT RAO AHEER RAO. 



made known to the British Resident by 

 Her Highness Banka Bhaee, grandmother to 

 the late Rajah, who stated that their near 

 relative, Iswunt Rao Aheer Rao, had always 

 been considered by the late Maharajah as 

 his successor, and was looked upon as such 

 by the officers of the Durbar and the people 

 generally. The Rajah died on the 11th of 

 December, and on the 21st of the same month 

 Colonel Lowe, a member of the Supreme 

 Council, added a note on the Minute of that 

 date in reference to the succession, and the 

 Resident, in making his report, said, with 

 reference to the qualifications of Iswimt Rao 

 Aheer Rao, ''He is 18 years of age, reads 

 Persian and writes Mahrattah ; he is amiable 

 in disposition and sensible ; not apparently 

 possessing brilliant talents, but tractable; his 

 constitution seems delicate, but he has not 

 suifered from any serious illness for the last 

 three years. He is unmarried, and would 

 decidedly be preferred by the mass of the 

 courtiers to any other youth for the Musnud, 

 whether given to him by adoption or grant 

 from the Company." 



After the death of the Rajah, their High- 

 nesses Banka Bhaee and his widows repeatedly 



