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ambition, and during the lifetime of her husband had always had a 



■ great share in the administration of the government. She saw no 

 '.prospect of being consulted by the young prince, but expected that 



Nizam Sa' would, if assisted by her in seizing the government, be 

 almost entirely under her management. She, therefore, entered into 

 his schemes, and urged the young prince to proceed on this tour of 

 inspection, with a view of removing from the capital the troops, who 

 were for the most part greatly attached to him, in this tour ; but the 

 day that the prince left Mundala, Nizam Sa' pretended that his feelings 

 had been hurt by some neglect on the part of his nephew, and refused 



i to move. This had been concerted between him and Belas Koouk, 

 who now insisted that the prince ought to return, and, by conducting 

 his uncle to camp in person, offer some reparation for his pretended 



: neglect. 



The unsuspecting youth, at the suggestion of his step-mother, 

 returned to Mundala accompanied by only a few followers, and among 

 them Luchmun Pasban, a man of extraordinary strength and courage, 

 who always attended him. They alighted at the door of Nizam Sa"s 

 house, and immediately entered the court ; but before any other could 

 follow, the door was closed upon them. Luchmun called out " Treason," 

 seized the young prince by the waist, and attempted to throw him 

 upon the wall of the court yard, which was about ten feet high ; but 

 in the act of doing it, he received, in his right side, a cut from the 

 sabre of Goman, a follower of Nizam Sa. This checked the effort, 



! and the prince, unable to reach the top, fell inside : and before Luch- 



■ mun could grasp his sword his right arm was severed from his body 

 by a second cut from the sabre of Goman. Leaving him to be des- 

 patched by his, Goman's, father, Loksa and his two brothers, whom 

 Nizam Sa had employed to assist him in this assassination, Goman, 

 now made a cut at the forehead of the young prince, who staggered 

 and fell lifeless against the door, which his followers were endeavour- 



Iing in vain to force from the outside. 

 A shout from the inside " that Nizam Sa was king," echoed from 

 the partisans of Belas Koour without, added to the general unpopu- 

 larity of the young prince, completed the revolution ; and all that 

 remained was, to satisfy those who might be glad to avail themselves 

 of the opportunity to invade the country under the pretence of punish- 

 ing the regicides and usurper. An agent was immediately sent off to 

 the Pe?hwa; as the paramount authority, and to pacify him the dis- 

 tricts of Pana Gurh (50), Deoree (51), and Gorjainur (52), were assign- 

 ed in lieu of the tribute which had been promised on the death of 

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