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They are direct imitations of wooden construction, and are copied, with greater elaboration of carving, in the marble shrine inside the Jâmi Masjid. The cell where the saint is said to have lived is on the right-hand corner of the mosque. The birthplace of Jahangir is pointed out in a dilapidated palace not far from this mosque.
It has been made hideous by modern additions which have converted it into officers' quarters. The entrance to the Mûti Masjid is very plain and unpretending, so that one is hardly prepared for the beauty, purity, and the unaffected expression of an exalted religious feeling which characterize the interior.
Perhaps the spirit of a problem. Let y be the Khyber district, z the tribes, and x the spirit of the rumpus. Find x. Get me?" "Not exactly. Got quinine in your kit, by the way?" "Plenty, thanks." "What shall you do first after you get up the Pass? Call on your brother at Ali Masjid? He's likely to know a lot by the time you get there." "Not sure," said King. "May and may not. I'd like to see him.
The change was far from agreeable; flies and mosquitoes swarmed around us, the ditch outside the walls was filled with pools of stagnant water, and a horrible stench impregnated the air, increasing the sickness among the already enfeebled soldiers, and still further reducing our scanty number. September 23. The next day I started with D , of my regiment, to view the Jama Masjid, or Great Mosque.
"Good men and good luck to 'em!" Then he rode back to his own men. "Where starts the trail to Khinjan?" be asked; not that he had forgotten it, but to learn who knew. "This side of Ali Masjid!" they answered all together. "Two miles this side. More than a mile from here," said Ismail. "What next? Shall we camp here? Here is fuel and a little water. Give the word " "Nay-forward!" ordered King.
"But a very little while ago I spoke with King sahib in Ali Masjid Fort, and he is no cappitin, he is leftnant. Therefore thou art a liar twice over nay, three times! Thou art no officer of Khyber Rifles! I am a jezailchi, and I know them all!" "None the less," said King, "I am an officer of the Khyber Rifles, newly appointed. I asked you, have you a letter?" "Aye!" "Let me see it." "Nay!"
To King sahib, the arrficer at Ali Masjid I bore a letter also, and left it as I passed." "Had they no spare horse at Ali Masjid? That beast is foundered." "There are two horses there, and both lame. The man who thou sayest is thy brother is heavy on horses." King nodded. "What is in the letter?" he asked. "Nay! Have I eyes that can see through paper?"
As the Mohmands were evidently present in great strength and hostilely inclined, and as his hospital establishment and commissariat were six miles in rear, and the brigade which ought to have covered his left flank was also behind by abandoning Pani Pal he would not only lose his communications with the latter and expose the former to danger and the risk of being cut off and captured, but would leave open the road by which the Mohmand contingent in Ali Masjid might retire from that fortress after its fall, or by which it could be reinforced in case that fall should be delayed.
September 7 to 14 Strength of our force General Wilson's order Volunteers for artillery called for All our batteries open fire Number of casualties during bombardment Frequent sorties Death of Captain Fagan, Bengal Artillery Breaches examined Orders for the assault Details of columns The assault Blowing in of Kashmir Gate Details of the operations Cowardly tactics of the enemy Gallant conduct of Private Moylan, 61st Regiment Gallant conduct of Surgeon Reade, 61st Regiment Doing of Nos. 1 and 2 columns Nicholson mortally wounded No. 4 column attacks Kishenganj Conduct of the Kashmir troops They lose their guns Their search for them Failure of the attack on Kishenganj Intention of the enemy Work of the Cavalry Brigade Support by the Guides infantry Casualties on September 14 Bravery of the native troops Temptations to drink All liquor destroyed We construct more batteries Reported intentions of the General These overruled The enemy attacks our advanced posts We storm the magazine Further advance of Nos. 1 and 2 Columns The 61st move to the church Colonel Skinner State of the church Unsuccessful attack on the Burn bastion Eclipse of the sun The Burn bastion captured The enemy begin to retire Capture of the Lahore Gate and Garstin bastion The Palace and Selimgarh taken The Jama Masjid taken The 61st move to Ali Khan's house Casualties Reflections
Above all, in the far distance towered the Jama Masjid, or Great Mosque, its three huge domes of pure white marble, with two high minarets, dwarfing into insignificance the buildings by which it was surrounded surely, the noblest work of art ever built by man for the service of the Creator.
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