Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-28

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Ina Reuisrs telegram of the 2lst OF
.october I read "A repetition OF sne
Iohur ordeal has occurred IN . Brah-
min villsg, near Neemuoh, IN benssi'
the object hc,ng TO AVOID the Ienk-
Du,h.r sssresmsnt. The two victims
calmly assembled the funersl-pyre ana
hr,yely met oesth. The villagers a.
,errsrds took their charred heads to
O5evpors. Neemuch rs town and
British csntonment IN the territory OF
Cv.lior. AND u situated Ut short dis
tsros from The boundary separating
thai trsc, Of country from the State OF
Oaeypore, Ia Esjp0otsns. IL is Just
xberc one would expect the Johur to
teke place. i any here for 1t Is es-
sentIslly Rsipuot rite, Like the sAcr'-
ace OF WIDOWS and orphans. The
,,,essut rsss i~ remarkable one, for
lohui. in pa, history, was never useo
70 avoid sss.-, ment. and the telegram
does not say whether the victims are
male OF iemsle.
Jobur Is al avial riIe. A whole
tribe nav become extinct by II, g. is
seen hy several instances recorded IN
abe histor, Of the l.sJpoot States.
What il signifies is the burning oil wo-
nan 10 save ,helr honor. The Ralpooi
IS profoundly Jealous OF the honor o.
hrs women, and 10 prevent their falling
into tn. hands Of c0nquerors, taen 10
h, dealt with a. was often the case IN
.he WAYS with the NohEmmedsnS, be
has yecouYss 20 the JOhur--thAt IA u
say. the immulAtior { every female OF
the family. And tbe Rsjpoot woman
Gladly embraces such q refuge from
pollution or. even II she were not ID
lear Of being forced away as captive
she would prefer It 70 living on as a
widow.
The loss Of 3 battle or the capture OF
a city during the Moh2mmedeu iuvs-
sions was usually the time when THIS
dreadful rite was practiced. az toe
end Of the famed siege Of Oheetore, the
sncient capital Of the Rama Of Obey
pore. hy Ala uddin. IN 1903, the ksl-
moot chief after GIL arduous day, pass
ed the night II bordering the means oy
which be might save from the general
destruction one al least Of his twelve
sons. Eleven Of them fell during the
next few DAYS. and when but one son
remained to THE Rama he proclaimed the
Johur. The funera-pyre was lighted
within pubtsrrAneKn chambers, where
sbe suns rsys had never entered. and
the defenders Of CheetOre beheld the
oue,ps and their own wives and
osurhters. to the number OF several
thousands. pass II procession 10 the
FIRE. The beautiful Pudmsui. the con-
sort OF the Rama. who was believed 10
be the chief object OF attraction for the
conquering 1srtar, came last II the
thronc. The door Of the caverns
closed. tie fires ragged within. and the
honor Of he kslpOOt women wa saved.
When Afterwards Als-uddln entered
the cspltal. or the death Of the Rama
ard his surviving son, who fell II the
conflict. he found II strewn with the
bodies OF IT'S defenders, while smoke
vel issued from the recesses where the
women bad persisted
Again, during the second siege O.
CbeCtort by BshadooT, Shat OF buJrht,
III 1880. when the bravest had fallen IN
defending the breach caused BY his az
tillerv M vas served by Portuguese a6-
venturers,, the JohuI was proclaimed.
There wa little time 70 build the pyrc.
Combustihles were heSped up IN hun
riedlv-made hollowE II the ground and
magazines were placed around them.
The mother OF TIE infant prince led the
procession ef willing victims to their
doom. ard 1900 females were thus
inundated a. once
In The Johur on the occasion OF
Firoz Shah's attack upon Jessulmlr,
some vesrE after the event above de-
scribed. 10000 females were destroyed.
The Johur was prRcticed mol only
when the foe was the lustiul and blood
thirsty Tartar there are also instances
Of {, in the iuieT-iTibsl wars OF the
Ia poois. Numerous inscriptions on
stone and on brass. according 10 the
archs ologists, record a. the first token
Of victory tie captive wives OF the foe.
anc The law OF Manu- with regard &c
female csptivef II wa Is analogous TO
those Of Moses and Monammed OF the
same point.