The present nizam is Mahbub Ali, who was born in 1866, was partially educated in England and is very popular with all classes of people–particularly with those who profit by his extravagance. The revenues of the state are about $20,000,000 a year, and the people are very much overtaxed. The nizam's taste for splendor and his desire to outdo all the other native princes in display have caused the government of India considerable anxiety, and the British resident at his capital, whose duty is to keep him straight, enjoys no sinecure.

Haidarabad is one of the oldest cities in India, with a population of 355,000, inclosed by a strong wall six miles in circumference. The city stands in the midst of wild and rocky scenery and is one of the most interesting places in India, because the nizam is fond of motion and music and color, and has surrounded himself with a large retinue of congenial spirits, who live at his expense and pay their board by amusing him. As the most important Moslem potentate except the Sultan of Turkey, he has attracted to his service Mohammedans from every part of the earth, who go about wearing their distinctive national costumes and armed with quaint weapons–Turks, Arabs, Moors, Afghans, Persians, Rajputs, Sikhs, Marathas, Pathans and representatives of all the other races that confess Islam. His palaces are enormous and are filled with these retainers, said to number 7,000 of all ranks and races, and the courtyards are full of elephants, camels, horses, mounted escorts and liveried servants. It reminds one of the ancient East, a gorgeous page out of the Arabian Nights.

INDEX

Abu, Mount

Afghanistan

Afridis, the tribe of

Agra, fortress of

religious celebration at

Agriculture

Ahmedabad, city of

Ajmere, city of

Akbar the Great

tomb of

Allahabad, city of

Aligarh, city of

Amber, city of

Ameer of Afghanistan

Americans in India

American trade in India

Amritsar, city of

Architecture, Mogul

Ahmedabad

of India

Area of India

Art schools

Army, the

Banyan trees

Baluchistan

Banks of India

Barbers

Barbar, the Emperor

Baroda, state of

Bazaars, native

Bazaars of Delhi

Bearers, Indian

Benares, city of

Betel chewing

Bibles in India

Bird training

Birth rate

Black Hole of Calcutta

Body guard, Lord Curzon's

Bombay, death rate in

city of

residences of

ghat-burning at

Improvement Trust

Monkey temple at

old city of

public buildings of

railway station at

statues in

street-cars of

University of

Bordeaux, Austin de

Botanical Gardens

Brahmins, the

Brahminism

Brahmin priests

Buddhism

Burning bodies

Cadet corps

Calcutta, city of

Calcutta, residences of

Black Hole of

Canteen, the army

Caravans

Cashmere, province of

shawls

Caste

Castle in Bombay

Catholic missions, Roman

Cave temples

Cawnpore, city of

Census of India

Christian population

Cities of India

Civil service, Indian

Coal mining

Coffee planting

College, the Moslem

at Jeypore

Colleges

the Phipps

Contortionists

Costumes, Hindu

Cotton trade

Council of India

Courts

Crime

Criminals, professional

Crops

value of

Curzon, Lord

Lady

Customs, religious

social

Customs-house at Bombay

Cutch-Behar, Maharaja of

Dak bungalows

Darjeeling, city of

Dead, burning the

Death rate

at Bombay

Deccan, the

Delhi, city of

palaces of

ancient

tombs of

Docks at Bombay

Drawing room, Lady Curzon's

Durbar, the

East India Company

Education

Elephanta Island

Elephant riding

Elephants working

Ellora, cave temples at

Embroideries, Indian

Emigration

Epidemics

Etiquette in Calcutta

Fakirs, Hindu

Famines

Farming

Fattehpur-Sikri, city of

Frontier Question

Funeral customs

Ganges River

Gaya, town of

Ghats, burning

Girls, English and American

Goa, colony of

Gods, Hindu

Government house at Calcutta

of India

Governor of Bombay

Guilds, Indian

Gurkas, the

Haiderabad, Nizam of

Hall of the Winds, Jeypore

Himalayas, the

Hodson, Colonel

Holiday week in Calcutta

Hotels of India

of Delhi

in Muttra

Hospital

Humayon, tomb of

Hume, Rev. R. A.

Hypnotism, Hindu

Idols

Illiteracy

Income tax

Indian Ocean, temperature of

Indigo

Infanticide

Irrigation in India

Jains, religious sect of

temples of the

Jeejeebhoy, Sir Jamsetjed

Jehanghir, the Mogul

Jewels

Jewelry

Jeypore, city of

Maharaja of

Jodpore

Juggernaut, the

Khyber Pass

Kipling, Rudyard

Kitchener, Lord

Kutab Minar, the

Laboring classes

Lahore, city of

Lamington, Lord

Land laws

Languages of India

Levees, the viceroy's

Literature, Hindu

Lucknow, city of

Magicians, religious

Manufacturing

Mark Twain, anecdote of

Marriage customs

Mayo College

Mendicants, religious

Minerals

Miriam, the Christian princess

Missions, American

Mizra, Gheas Bey

Mogul Empire

Moguls, the last of the

Mohammedans

Mohammedan College

Monkey temple at Bombay

Monsoons

Mortality from snake and tiger bites

Mosques in Delhi

Mountains of India

Museum, the imperial

Mutiny, the

Muttra, city of

Native princes

Nautch dancers

Nepal, state of

New Year Day in Calcutta

Nomenclature in India

Nur Jehan

Occupations

Officials, English and native

Opium trade

Palace, the viceroy's

Palaces, the Mogul

Parsees, the

Patterson, Consul-general

Peacock throne

Pearl carpet

Pearl Mosque

Peerbhoy, Adamjee

Peshawar, city of

Petit family of Bombay

Phipps, Henry

Pilgrims

Police

Politicians

Population of Bombay

of India

foreign

Portuguese colony

Postal service

Poverty

Princes, native

Progress of India

Prosperity of India

P. and O. Steamers

Quinine crop

Racing horses

in Calcutta

Railways

Railway travel in India

stations

station at Bombay

Rainfall

Rajputs, the

Rajputana, province of

Ramadan, feast of

Ranjitsinhji, Prince

Rarjumund Banu

Readymoney, Sir Jehanghir

Red Sea, temperature of

Reforms in India

Religions of India

Residences of Bombay

Rice eating

Road, Great Trunk

Roberts, Lord

Ruins of Delhi

Rulers, native

Russians, fear of

policy of

Salaries of officials

Schools, native

Servants, native

Shah Jehan

Shopping in India

Sights of Bombay

Sikhs, the

Simla, summer capital at

Siva, the demon god

Sleeping cars

Snakes

Snake charmers

Social customs of India

Society in India

Stables at Jeypore

Starvation

Steamers, P. and O.

Steamship passage to India

Street sprinkling

Sugar planting

Superstitions

"Suttee" forbidden

Taj Mahal

Tamerlane

Tata, J. N.

Taxes

Tea-planting

Telegraphs and telephones

Temperance in the army

Temples

of Delhi

of Ahmedabad

Tigers

Tiger catching

Timour

Thibet, invasion of

Thugs

founder of the

Throne, the Peacock

Tomb of Akbar

Tombs of Delhi

Towers of Silence

Travellers, English and American

Trust of Bombay, the Improvement

Universities

University of Bombay

Tata, the

Viceroy, authority of

receptions of

Voyage to India

Wages

Water, impurities of the

supply

Wedding customs

Wheat growing

Widows in India

Widow burning

Winter in India

Women of India

of Bombay

English and American

Xavier, St. Francis

Younghusband, Colonel

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