The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-17

SUez. April S.-StriCtly speaking the
term MOhammedan India could be ap-
piled 70 only those frontier districts in
which the MOhammedans have a pre-
ponderating influence, but the NOLAN
medan emperOrs left such conspicuous
monuments of their reign in Lucknow.
Delhi and Agra that it does not violate
the proprietieS to thus describe this sec
ton The MOhammedans themselves
have laid virtual claim to this territory.
by the establishment of their chief col
lege at AligahT. nearly equi-distant
from Agra ard Delhi. ana their claim g..
still further strengthened ny the fact
that they have a very large percentage
Of the population Of both of the last
named cities
Ir approaching this section Of India
from the east the tourist passes through
'-ewnrOTc, made memorable by the
massacre Of the British residents dur
Ing the mutiny IF 1857. The recollection
Of the mutiny is still fresh in the minds
Of the British officials. and numerous
monuments have been reared 10 the
bravery of the beSieged gar-isons.
At Calcutta one is shown black
piece IF pavement which covers 2 part
Cf The Black Hole Of Calcutta Ghe rest
If the hole is now covered by q build
inED where i'm 1156 146 human beings
we're forced 10 spend the night. and
from which only twenty-three escapeI
alive. The hole was p DIV "A feet. and
only Is or IS feet in height, and the aw-
iul sufferings of those who persisted
there are COMMUNICATED by an ObeltSk
which stands near by.
Bat the cruelty praCticed at the time
81 the mutlny far more stirred the Eng
'lSh heart, and the uprising vas more
extensive. several cities contain memo
he
'awnpore and is called THE Angel OF
the Resurrection II is made Of white
marble and represents an angel with
hands crossed and each holding 4 palm.
j stands uDOn an elevated mound I'm q
beautiful park. and is incIosed by a
stone screen. It was the gift Of Lord
and Lady Canning and bears the fol
loving inscription: Sacred to the per
petu1l memory Of a great company OF
Christian people, chiefly women and
children. who near this srot were crue1-
y murdered by the followers of the rebel
Mana DhUndu Pant of Bithur. and cast
the dying with the dead. into the well
below. on the 10Th day of July. 1857"
There is also at CaWnpOTe, in another
mark, stately memorial church, the
inner walls Of which are lined with tab
lets containing the names Of British sol
dlers who lost their lives during the
mutiny.
Lucknow is not far from Cawupore.
and here, too. the mutiny has left its
scars and monuments. The Lucknow
residenCy. now an ivy-mantIed ruin was
the scene of the great siege that lasted
from the lst of July 1855, to the 18th of
November At the beginning there were
within the walls 900 British troops and
officers, 80 volunteers. 100 native
troops, 500 women and children and 7OO
nOn-COm Blatant natives; total about
5000. When relief came but 1000 re-
NAMED. The night before the arrival of
Sir Colin Campbell with rc-enforce-
lnents one of the besieged. a Scotch girl
dreamed Of the coming Of relief and her
dream gave rise to the song 50 familiar
a generation ago, The CampbcIIs Are
Coming"
There are in Lucknow a nUmter Of
tOmbs, mosques and buildings that gave
US our first glimpse Of the architecture
Of the MOgul emperOrs-great dOmes. gf-
santiC gateways and graceful rinarets.
stately columns and vaulJed galleries.
The most interesting Of the buildings
Imambarah, built by Assf-Ud-daulah
contains a great hal more than $50
feet long and 7bout 80 feet in breadth
and height Or one side of the court &
q private mosque and on the other Il
group IF apartments built around a we'll
as protection against the summers
heat. From the top Of the Imam barah
one obtains an excellent view Of Luck
now and its surroundings.
At Aligahr I found a great education
a institution which must be taken into
consideration in estimating the future
Of MOhammcdenism I'm India. Il was
founded in 1877. largely through the in
duence and hberaiity of Sir Syed Ahmed.
who until Eis death in 1898 devoted him
self entirely TO its development. He was
a laTge-minded man and full Of zeal
tor the enlightenment Of his cO-relie-
iOnists He recognized the low intel
Iectual standard of the MOhammedaR
Indians, ard the controlling purpose Of
his life vas TO assist I'm their improve
merit. At first his educational enter
prise met with a cold reception at the
hands IF the leaders of his church. En-
issaries we're even sent from Mecca TO
assassinate him, but, nothing daunted.
he pursued his plsns until the church
recognized the Importance
Cf the school.
As the Mohammedans are numerical
~ weaker than the Hindus and unable
10 core with them in intellectual con
tests. Sir Syed opposed the national
congress proposition which the Hindus
have long urged, and the Aligahr school
became conspicuous for it's pro-Britisb
earnings on this question. This may ac-
count in rart for the interest taken In |
N nv the colonial government. CThe
Central Hindu college at Benares re- /
fuses government aid and is, therefore, /