The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-20
Ghings Sbroad.
From the Home Journal.
IN CENTRAL INDIA.
BY FRANK VINCENT, JR.

situated in the Kaiser Bagh, or Caesar
Garden. 1t is the great work Of the ex-
kings reign, and was built at a cost Of
four millions Of dollars, being completed in
1850. As every one knows, the equiya-
lent Of the world Kaiser in English is
Cesar, and this ambitious title was adop-
ted by the kings Of 0udh, who affixed it
to their seal These gardens are fully a
mile in circuit. Passing beneath mas
sive gateway, adorned with immense
mermaids, paiated with red bodies and
green caudal terminations, entered a
smaller garden in which is the Badshahd
Munzil, the fayorite residence of the king.
The ex-king's vizier, the notorious Allie
Nuki Khan, to whom he gave the entire
control Of state business, and who in reali-
ty ruled 0udh, appropriating many iaLhs
of public revenue to himself, is said to
have resided above the mermaid gateway,
in order that he might be close TO the king
and obtain instant information Of all he
was doing. Proceeding, passed under
a magnificent arch called the Ldkhi gate,
because it cost Iakh Of rupees--ffty
thousand dollars-in building,) and en-
tered beautiful garden entirely surroun-
ded by palaces, many Of which we're for
merly occupied by ladies Of the harem,
but are now empty, though in a tolerabIe
state Of preservation. About the centre of
this garden is a large marble and glass
barradari, an open arcaded pleasure-house
used for dances, theatrical performances
and concerts, and now belonging to a
resident rajah. Throughout the enclosure
are little marble pavilions. There is a
remarkably handsome one in which his
Majesty Wsjid Allie used to sit, dressed
in the yellow robes Of fakur, as II slur
upon the Hindu faith The Kaiser Bagh
now belongs to the English government,
which keeps the grounds in order, but has
not repaired the buildiugs sacked by tho
troops of Sir Henry Havelock.
Lucknow was Importantly connected
with the insurrection of 1857, and the de-
fence of the British resideney by mere
handful of Europeans against the hosts Of
insurgents forms one of the most stirring
episodes in the records of Indian warfare. -
The "Residency" was built in the year
1898, and derived its name from having
been the abode of the political resident Of
the East India Company. 1t was origi-
nally large three-storied brick edi6ce,
and, together with a few neighboring
houses, is noted as being the scene Of the
heroic defence against the Sepoy mutt
neers, where, for five long months, little
band Of noble hearts held out with unex-
ampled courage and endurance against
hordes of well-armed, well-provisioned and
ferocious enemies. The various buildings
have been preserved as nearly as possible
in the same condition as that 10 which
they were after the ''relief" of Sir Colin
Campbell, and the grounds are neatly
turfed or laid out in beautiful flower.
gardens. The only parts Of the buildings
which now remain standing are the walls,
aud these are terribly battered with shot
and she'll The names and uses to which
each were put are inscribed upon them.
Thus, in one Of the rooms is a tablet
which shows the traveller where Sir
Henry Lawrence died, and near by is a
splendid monument of sandstone, in the
form Of cross, and beautifully carved,
which bears simple inscription in memory
of Sir Henry and the brave men who fell
in the defence of the Residency, 1857.
The Great Mambarra Is the architectural
gem Of Lucknow, and the work Of Asaf-o.
dowla, at cost of five hundred thousand
dollars, gold, according to native report.
The word mambarra signifies holy palace,
place Of Mohamedan worship, a depot for
the tasees representations of the shrine Of
the sons of Allie ct Mecca used at the
Moharrum festival. II is said that the
only restrictions the nawab put upon his
architects in making their plans, were that
the building should not be copy Of any
other structure, and that it should surpass
everything Of the kind ever built in beau.
ty aud magnifcence. The Mambarra was
begun in year of terrible famine, being
undertaken in part to supply the poor with
bread, aud was completed in 1883. 1t is
built Of brick aud stucco, and the extreme
length is three hundred and three, the
width one hundred and sixty, and the
height sixty-three feet, while the walls arc
sixteen feet in thickness. In the centre
is an immense hall, Zone hundred and
sixty-seven feet long, fifty-three broad, and
fifty in height and at either end Of it are
octagonal apartments, each fifty-three feet
in diameter, with ceilings more lofty even
than the hall. In this great hall is q
marble slab said to cover the remains Of
the nawab, but all its furniture was pilfered
| by later ruler, Ghazee-oodesn- II ydey, Il
embellish his own tomb---the Shah Najeel
already described The remaining decora
tious of the building were destroyed by ths
English troops at the taking Of Lucknow
and now the Mambarra is utilized as al
arsenal, the rooms being filed with artil
lery and ordnance stores,
But the Hossiaabad Mamba,ra, whiel
was built in memory Of Hosein, a gEandsor
Of Mohamed, Is the most interesting q
the many ''lions' Of Lucknow. II stand
upon a raised stone platform. aud all ii
sides hayelarge windows delicately painted
empire, [the ancient Racfria. \ reaehip,