The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-08

(An0tice, nabob) Hamud ALI Khan, the son OF tue
Vizier to the late King. lie IL very rich man, as
the RUvernmentaliow him pension, aud have also
gwen him large estate. lie lives In great style,
and maintains d numerous narem and three ele-
pnants. lie has been thus rewarded because he
showed the government where the book was IN
which were inscribed the names OF the mutineers,
ana also produced In the nour or need some very I'M
portant papers. which proved the CUNT OF the King
beyond all doubt. Probably yon may also meet
Wen dressed, well mounted hail caste. ThaI -
me grandson by q native woman OF ola
Colonel Skinner who was az ono time the
political agent OF the East India Company o. Deini.
Colonel SKINNER from the stories they tell OF nun
must have been wicked old man. OF that type with
which ''rhe Bengal TIgern and other farces ana
comedies have made the theatregong public fainll-
lar IL - not quite certain whether he married the
native woman by whom he had son or no.; but Il
Is quite possible he did So for he left all his wealth
to Der child ana mis- later days ne was Dious and
buit the Episcopal church lin which the white resi-.
dents OF Delhi si wcrshlp) In fultlment as tablet
In The church declares OF u VOW made while lie was
lying wounded on the field OF battle. The present
'young SSinnern Is very wealthy, and though he
tian.
But 1t is time that something is naid aDout what
most people come to Delhi to see-its antiquities.
FIRST and greatest among these Is that wonderful
Kooub Minar, which Is probably the lortest column
in the world. IL is some eleven miles from Delhi,
far days journey In India, but the ride IS by no
means embarrassing. ON either nand, as you go
along, you pass oy the ruins OF several OF those
ancient Delhls referred to In previous part OF this
letter, ard perhaps as your eyes glance or the
decaylug cupoa OF some ancient tomb they 1ai on
long string OF camels, with heavy loads OF gram or
huge elephant carrying o burden OF Heaven only
knows how many nunured seers or a native plough
drawn by couple Of hump-backed Indian cattle. AT
the stopping place, where yeu change horses, you
are surrounded with Two or three score OF beggars
who live III the holes IN The mud mi s. which yea
occasionally pass All the way out TO the kootno
anywhere out OF the East; and you arrive at tho
Great Minar In the best frame oil mind possible TO
appreciate work or art purely Oriental In lis con-
cepton. The guide books VIII tell you that the ootub
Is column OF red sandstone and marble $50 feet in
height There are five little BALCONIES on the outside
Minar the distance DetWepa which Qlninlslcy
In a greater ratio than the decreased diameter
jastihes-an ingenious conrivance OF the architect
ana which eXaSgerates the perspective and makes
the column appear much higher than IL really Is.
From base to summit the kootub Is elanorately
adorned with nutlng5 anu carvings From the base
to tho llrst balcony the perpendicular nutlngs are
alternately angular and semLcrcuiar, from the first
to the second balcony they are all semcrc llar and
from the seeond to the third all angular These first
three stories are OF red sandstone; the two upper ones
are of white marble, mad with inscriptions IN back
marble. Most Of the INSCRIPTIONS passages from
the korSn. But the GUIDE books utterly tan,
as all mere verbal descriptions must do, in
giving an adequate description OF the effect unon
tho mind produced by tins wonderful pillar. II has
now stood FOR more than SIX centuries and with tn9
exception OF crack caused by lightning few
years ago l. Is as fresh and new AZ when It's last
Stone was LAID. lt seems, In very fact, the most
sLupendous building that mortal hands can erect.
one can understand Its architect concelving the de-
sign of erecting a Tower OF DaDel when should
penetrate tue heaven above or course, 81 Peters,
at Rome, Is much larger building; but the slender
ness OF The Kootub ADDS Immensely To the lnipre5-
sion It creates upon the mind.
Next to the KoOtub comes the Jumma Musjid, the
great mosque OF Delhi, said to be the most beautiful
Mosiem temple In the East IL is built on q raised
quadranguiar stone platform $50 feet square. on
three sides there are colonnades OF red sandstone
ana on the fourth stands the mosque ITSELF 1t IS OF
white marble, snrmoantad WIN the usual three
cupolas, nanled at each end by tall mnaret The
Jumna Mus i'll IS, therefore except in sze but little
dlllerent 10 the general run OF Mosem sanctuarles.
OF the otner sights OF Delhi-the Emperor Huma-
yoon's tomb. Suiitur lungs TOMB, the tomb or
Nizam-ood-deen the tomb OF Jehanara-tnere can be
little SAID IN newspaper letter. They have been
described over and over again in most OF the de-
scriptlve works on India, and their merits a
snow have been greatly exaggerated. In fact none
OF tne sights OF lndia-not even the wonderful TAI,
at Agra-repay the cost and discomfort OF journey
from America, or even Europe, to view them. i
traveller III Inua must find his main compensation
for his expenditure OF time and money IN the interest
that all thoughtful men must Iee III studying closely
one of the most curious systems OF human society
on the face OF the earth.
Exciting News from the Persian GuIE-A Bril-
tish Gunb0at Despatched TO the Scene OF
Disturbanccs-Attncik by sheilk synd Upon
Bundcr Abbas-rhe sultan of Muscnt Sup
posed to Have Instigatod the AssauIt-DiGi-
cuities of the English Political Agent-Cho-
Icra in PesIinwur-TerribIs Condition OF
Observation-Disclosures Of People Dying
from Starvation.
BOMBAY, Oct. 2. 1902
The Persian Gulf rs again IN a blaze. from one END
10 the other. This was formerly It's chronic state
and so long the most turbulent and lawiess races
in tho world, the Bedouins, have only the fear
OF such government rs the Sublime Porte and
Persia before their eyes 10 restrain them from
mischief, little change for the better can be ex-
pected. There has now been almost uninterrupted
quiet since the last revolution in Muscat, almost
year ago. After SO long lu 1t is but natural that
there should be a severe Storm And the storm has
come.
Tho most important OF these disturbances has
been the sackiug Of the town and island or Bahron,
which practically enjoys the advantage OF British
protection. little over year ago the legal sheik OF
this place, a Wild untamaoie Arab named Mo-
hamei bin Khuleala, was expelled from the island.
ostensbly by the people whom no ruled but really
in consequence OF demand made by the 20
litica agent OF the British government, Colonel
Pelly, for reparation for some pirarical outrages
upon trading craft under tho British dag, perpe
trated at tho instigaton OF the said Mohamed. At
that time In fact, Baarcin was nothing better than
q nest OF sea bandltti, and Colonel Pely. knowing
that IT would never be anything else so long as
Mohamed was its ruler. compelled the people to
Danish him and set up his brother, tho sheik All IN
his place. Under Ali affairs have been compare
lively quiet especially as occasional visit from
Colonel Pelly aud gunDoat has reminded the people
or the necessity OF being wen behaved. But Mohamed
has meanwhile gradually been gathering together
q force OF Wild Bedoulns in the interior-sodiers
OF fortune, whom the prospect OF loot would tempt
to any enterprise, however perlous. He did not OF
course hope to permanently hold Bahrein; he merely
expected to revenge himself upon bis brother, and
piunder the inhabitants. Colonel Pelly, who ia re-
ported to be by no means the smarest or men, heard
nothing or these hostile preparations, ana IN the
early part OF last month Mohamed hearing that no
Eng sh steamer, either OF the naval or commercial
marine In the harD0r, transported himself and
his de5peradoe3 IN heet OF bungalows over 10
the Island. me rest OF the story can be guessed.
Shek ALI made some show or resistance, but was
killed in the encounter, aud the town was delivered
over unreseTveiy TO the tender mercles OF these
desperate robbers. Severed minor shelks were MISC
gaio. Most of tho merchants In the place are Hin
docs or Paisee3 (their technical name Is "Banians)
and they have doubtless lost their all. The latest
ruuiors are somewhat contradictory. One says that
o rally was made 10y the inhabitants under a local
shelk, and that Mohamed was captured and put IN
irons pending the arrival OF The British gunboa and