The Washington times., 1903-12-27
THIS INDIAN PRINCE
NOT SEEKING A WIFE
Nasir Ali Khan Just See
ing New York.
GUEST OF COLLEGE CHUM
Should He Marry, One Spouse Would
Be Ample, Thinks On
entail Youth.

I q.
Nasir Ali Khan. brother of the Nawrab
of Rampur, reigning monarch OF that
| great principally Of northwestern India.
I whose hngly ancestors fourished in the
| days when Noah was at work on the
ark, is going to see New York in three
/ weeks
! This young prince-he is barely twenty
! received a reporter I'm his suite of
| apartments at the Savoy Hotel. whore
! he is guest Of Mrs Henry Duveen.
/ with a brusqueness and breeziness that
had as little of the pomp of Oriental
royalty about it as the manners of a
! Connecticut drummer.
| The Sahebzada speaks English with
! the fluenCy and rapidly or an auc-
/ uoneer. and the only tinge Of royalty
! about him is an impressive manner and
an attitude Of authority by divine
/ right" which even ten years in an Eng
/ fish public school and university has
/ failed to rub of.
Anticipates Questions.
/ The Sahebzada has also a disconcert-
ing way of anticipating questions and
anwering them by an inquiry
After greeting his interviewer with
eourtly grace and stretching himself on
a deep-cUShioned sofa. his royal high
ness nervously adjusted his glasses and.
as the reporter was about 10 open his
! lips, said
4 have not yet had time TO receive
any Impressions of this great city.
have seen nothing but your great cliff
like buildings as / stood on the deck of
the Lucania coming up the bay
Il rode from the ship 20 the hotel in a
carriage and saw only occasional flashes
Of activity from the carriage windows.
Then you see l am cosmopolitan.
s,9ve lived practically all my life in Eng
land and am thoroughly English myself
Not Heir Presumptive.
Yes. I am the brother of his high
ness the Nawab OF Rampur but / am
not the heir presumptiye, as my brother
has SON."
Prince" interrupted the reporter
have you any matrimonial idea in
view in coming to New York?''
The Sahebzada took the question with
the utmost seriousness He replied in
| short, snappy sentences:
"Matrimony is a thing we never have
In view. Matrimony has us in view. 1
am rather young to think OF matrimonv
now, though If / were living in India 1
should be married ere this"
Would you have more than one
wife," asked the reporter
The prince frowned and nervously
pulled at his glasses
One Wife Would Satisfy.
THAT is rather difficult question
to reply TO. My brother has but one
wife To be Mohammedan is not nee
I essarily 10 be polygamous.
u don't Il
reply to this question / would be sat
isiied with one wife"
Then you have no set ideas with
which you viii govern your future mat
| rimonial selectionY'
THE things Of the future replied the
SahebZada quickly, Il leave TO the fu-
ture
will you ever return to Rampur to
live?"
That can hardly answer I am very
happy in England I care little for
Oriental luxury-that is, I do not care,
for it so much that I need it"
The reporter started, when with a
subtle quiekness the prince exclaimed.
You are going to ask me If I intend
to 90 out in society while in New
York l leave all that 20 my hostess
Mrs Duvcen.
I am entirely at her service. In Lon
don 1 attend all the large functions.
am also well acquainted with all the
Kings Of Europe
Pray do not think me bumptious in
saving this. Such matters are mere in
cidents to my life.
Here for Holidays.
IT am only here for the Christmas
holidays with my dear friend. Jeffrey
Z. DUveen. Mr.. Duyeen and are col
lege chums. as YOU say here.
We occupy the same digs. that is.
apartments. at COLLEGE / am i'm nv
third year and he is in his second. / am
of University College and he Of Merten
College, Oxford. We are taking the five
year course.
Yes, I attended the coronation Of
King Edward as the representative Of
my brother. l have not been home in
ten years.
Some summer, however. 1 will take
Jeffrey Duveen TO Rampur and give him
little taste Of Oriental luxury. as he
and his mother are kindly giving me a
little taste OF New York life"
Not Yet Twenty-one.
The reporter managed % interIard:
How old are you, pIince?'
am nor yet tWenty-One, he replied,
quickly, nor am l any longer a boy.
am twenty"
The Sahebzada remarked inadvertent-
~ that his brother was a recognized
monarch and was saluted in every coun-
try he visited with a salvo of thirteen
guns
He said this as merely a casual II t of
interest. The prince then suddenly rose
to his feet and said.
Il do not think II would be courteous
10 my hostess. Mrs. Duvecn, to say any
thing more, | would not for the world
appear bumptious."