, 1875-12-04

Few Who Can D1nst Arlcteut Descent
-TAu Prince OF Wales Of Nohjct
blood thRu Host OF Ihcms

Few Who Can Dunst Ancient Descent
-Tho Prince OF Wales Of NohIcr
blood thau 11osa OF Ihom.
AlttR's IFli;aH Mat..
People In England have sort of misty belief
that tue natiye Princes and Chiefs Of molern
India can trace back tLeir liuoago II not thor
thrunos, to tino when our Ieuton forcfathets
wore bti roaming. rs untutored savases. ia thcir
Rajahs aud Nawabs whom tho comlug OF the
prince OF Wales brought to Bombay. there WAS
hardly one who could boast OF 80 high and
sncleut descent as the Prince linsolf. With
TIM exception, indeed. Of udaiper anl faw
ono ns' ri!oso ] rrinceiiy taanE dates iurthof
baok than the first quarter Of the
eighteenth century. Most OF them, nt auy rase,
aro sprung from mon WHO carved out Kingdoms.
large or small, for themselves from tho arscks
OF tho Emrlto which Dabar founded, and which
began to break up oven in the days Of Anrang-
zib. hfoat at then,, In short, represent dyuaa-
ties a. least as modoru ~ the Last Iudls uoui-
pany. THO Nizam himself, bad ha appeared st
tho Prince OF Wales, whose descent from one
English Alfred places him slnost on levcl
with the oldest Princes Of Rajputana. Hln an
castor, Chin killct Khan, tho original kisam-ul-
bIulk, Was the sou OF m 0tficer IN Aurkn9Zib'a .
service. Tho 1latah Of Kolspur dates bach to
slvsji. lbo founder OF the Mnratba powor III tho
middle of ttp aeyenteanth century. The Arst
GAikwAr Of Dlrndh waa Lieutenant OF tiIq
Maratha peahwa in tho e!ghteonth century: Alf
Murad, tho Amir Of Kin rpur in Sind. Is Priced
Of atill younger line. Iha NawAb Of JnnaBarb!!
iu Kattawar, represents = dynssty founded by 1
so9cicr Of fortuna In l1B5. Yhs Jam OF EanAi,a-
gar couaes Of An Old Katput stock, but h1s sove.
raignty goos TO further back than tho time Of
Horny VIII. Tho Rstput Thakar OF Bhaanagst
la younger in rank by two contu1iea. Nearly IS
modsrn Ia the S!dl Nassb Of Jintra. . desceud-
ant of tho Abyasiniau chiefs who served so faltl-
fully tho last hlohammedaa Kings Of Blispur.
Tho ntjah ot fdar IN GujAtat c!Aims nsar kin
ship with Jodhpur, but dates 1o'ltfcsllY from
war Prince took possession OF tbs realm assigned
them by thur older brother. then VioeroY OF
GujArat. It ~aa ontv ID the sixteenth
century that tho frat Rao Of Clutch gained
founded BY m Afghan ia the lime Of Akbat.
Tho kAuab Of Radnsnpur dstos from tho sayen-
teeuth century. Akbar received tribute from the
Hindu AAish Of Nsjpipla. II NO come 10 other
Princes "ho will meet their future King olse'
where, We shall find shat most Of tbem dAte their
titles from qulte modern times. slnahia Ana
IIol1as arc sprung from Lsutenanta Of tho
AarathA PoshwaB. Tia Nsjah Of Patialia claims
descent from q Jas chiat who Eose TO power
about Two oeutnrics ago. Tho rssgnsag house IN
NAwAbs OF isAmpur to tho last. II WAs in tho
tast century TINT tho presnnt Kingdom
OF TrAsaukor was founded. Tho old
sr dynssty h of Goetn t,, x. s.' .,
Nanoa Mltn fspRtsA AtA AfteE h1a uo"uia1t VI
Iippa Sultan, when MysoF also wAs restored 70
lis former ruters. 1u point Of long and proud
dcaceut, few pr,noes sven IN ltajputanA can oe
said to surpass the Flinco OF W1ies. Tha young
Malashph Of Mewar Of Udsipur may, Indeed.
point to \ lipekao snnotlsd by great nAmes aud
oleatly traoaAbIo 70 tbs warrior Chiefs Of Ch.or.
but Jatpur wss {oupded ip tho tsnth caatuFy
aud Jodhpur In the hftooath whtlo the smaller
liafput BtAtes and the Jas State Of DhsrtpuE, asa
OF still later origin. In paying hoaiage. thsrs.
any Of the patise rriacsa oau be In Any WAY
wounded, nor arc tuey llkaly 10 forget t4at but
for English fosbesrancs ts~ Of them would se~
tain the poWcr thoy now eujoy."