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SCENES IN INDIA. 
Whenever the begums or the wives of the omrahs, 
or other women of character, want to pay their com- 
pliments^ they first notify their desire to those who 
wait on the outside, and from thence their request is 
sent in writing to the officers of the palace, after which 
they are permitted to enter the haram. And some 
women of rank obtain permission to remain there for 
the space of a month. But besides all the precautions 
above described, his majesty depends on his own vi- 
gilance, as well as on that of his guards.” * 
* Ayeen Akbery, vol. i. part I. 
