The Sun. — 1844-12-05 (London, England)

BOKIIARA. (From the Delhi Gazelle.)  It is reported by Ibraheem,* who had been sent to Bokhara by Conolly Saheb, magistrate of Bareilly, and who has arrived in Peshawur, that Dr. Wolff Saheb, who had brought a Vakeel from the Schah of Iran and letters from the King of Room, or Sultan Abd-eel-Musheed, to the address of the King of Bokhara, had reached that capital. The Doctor was accompanied thither by some of his own servants and some suwars and people belonging to the King of Iran. Dr. Wolff presented the letters to the King of Bokhara, and asked him why he had murdered the vakeels of the the King of Inglistan without a cause ? The King of Bokhara replied that he had never murdered any vakeel belonging to the King of Inglistan. Neither of the Feringhees who had been put to death had any paper or sunriud from their King showing that they were vakeels. Three years ago a Feringhee, named Stoddart Saheb, had arrived in Bolehare' who did all he could to prevent its being known that he was a Feringhee, and 'hid himself as long as he could. " Subsequently, I, the King, learnt that there was a Feringhee hid in my town, under these circumstances, on hearing which I immediately sent fur him, and inquired of him who he was, and why he had come to Bokhara ? Stoddart Saheb told me in reply that he was a traveller wishing to see the country, and did not disguise that he was a Feringhee. I, the King, immediately ordered him to be thrown into prison. After this the Ameers of my Court represented it was dangerous to keep a man under such circumstances in the country, but that if Stoddart Saheb would agree to become a Mussulman, the case would be altered ; but if he remained as a Christian, either in or out of prison, evil would arise. I, the King of Bokhara, therefore sent for him and told him that if he would become a convert to the holy faith, he should be released, and might live where he pleased in Bokhara, where no doubt he would make many friends, and I would be one of them. Stoddart Saheb, on this, agreed to the proposal, and expressed his readiness to be a Mussulman. Some time after this event another Feringhee named Konolly Saheb, arrived in Bukhara, and stated that he was an Elchee of Shah Sujah. But he had no sunnud from the Shah, nor could he prove by other means that he was an Elchee, and being summoned to attend my durbar, which lie did, had took up his dwelling with Stoddart Saheb. They then began both of them to enter into correspondence with the Ameers of Furung concerning the affaira of Bokhara. Stoddart Saheb also, when Konolly Saheb went to live with him, forsook the Mahomedan religion, and returned to his own faith. On my discovering this, I sent for all the Ulemas and Moulvies of my country, and submitted to them a question to the following effect :—Supposing a person has been converted to the Mahommedan from the Koofur religion, and the same person after some time subsequently renounced the faith of Islam, to return to his former Koofur belief, what punishment is he liable to? The Ulemas replied that, agreeably to the Sheru Shereef, he was deserving of death. After this sentence had been pronounced by the Ulemas I still kept Stoddset Saheb in prison for some time, thinking ho might be a vakeel of the King of Inglistan ; and instituted strict inquiries to find this out. But, all my inquiries proved fruitless, and I was at last obliged to give an order for his execution. When Stoddart Saheb was about being put te death, I asked of Konolly Saheb if he would become a convert to the Mahommedan religion, stating to him thatif he would do this his life should be spared; but, on his refusing to renounce his faith, I ordered him also to be put to death." Dr. Wolff Saheb then asked for the bones of both the Feringhees who had been put to death, as he could distinguish them from the bones of other people, The King of Bokhara then directed the Jullads (executioners) who had carried the sentence into execution to produce the bones of the two Feringhees, and deliver them to the Doctor. The Jullads thereupon brought twice or three times the bones of some other people, but the Doctor said he knew they were not the right bones. The  4 This is the man who brought the notes from Dr. Wolff which were published some time ago, and whose entire nar• rative would have been interesting.—[Ed. D. a.]