Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ... THE RESIDENT'S MIR MUNSHI 37 dust and debris of its fall arose controversies and discussions without end. Bankruptcies, law proceedings, claims and counter-claims, pamphlets, narratives, charges, explanations--a whole literature grew round the dismal subject. The personality of the GovernorGeneral became engaged in it. The members of the Supreme Council were divided over it. Before it was finally laid to rest, the Board of Control had dragged the Court of Directors before the King's Bench to answer to a writ of Mandamus. Little wonder, then, if the figure of an Indian Munshi is found at work in the innermost maze. The Resident's confidential Native Secretary was accused by the trustees of Messrs. Palmer & Co. of various acts of corruption. To examine these charges, the Resident's two Assistants, with a third officer, were formed into a Committee. As inquiry proceeded, the Munshi appealed for protection to his master. Mr. Martin responded by dismissing from their posts two of the prosecutors, English officers in the service of the Nizam. This should have proved sufficient avis aux interesses. But, as the Indian phrase goes, the Munshi's ikbdl was bad; his luck had turned. When the Committee's finding against the Munshi was sent, with the record, to the Supreme Government, the Resident, inspired possibly by his underling, combated their conclusions. But, when your ikbdl is bad, you may as well throw up the sponge. Whether you are a Mughal Emperor, or a mere Munshi, your hour has come. The Supreme Government agreed with the Committee, and condemned the Munshi to dismissal. The Resident was transferred to an equivalent post elsewhere; his judgment merely, not his integrity, being in question. The officers whom he had so summarily dismissed...
