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Updated: June 21, 2025
"'It is their purpose to re-establish Dahbur Dhu, my grandfather, upon the throne of the moghuls. "'As thou knowest, I am next in succession, and Dahbur Dhu is feeble and decrepit. "'The British are not in sufficient force to withstand a combined attack. "'See, then, Lal Lu, what this means for me; what it means for thee.
"'They have shot the regimental officers, and have put to death every European they could find. "'They are now on their way to Delhi to proclaim Dahbur Dhu, thy grandfather, sovereign of Hindustan. "'The Moghul is old. "'Thou art next in succession. "There was no signature.
"To this, for a reason which shortly transpired with almost laughable incongruity, Dahbur Dhu assented, and Prince Otondo established himself at this royal residence with an outward manifestation of satisfaction, at least.
"In a little while the merchant had traversed the short distance intervening and was admitted through the courtyard gates. "The last of the kings of Delhi was a decrepit old man named Dahbur Dhu, whose sole object in life seemed to be an attempt to reanimate the pomp and pageantry of a dead dynasty.
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