1 to Bokhara. They availed ilifem selves of the opportunity, ate!
2 aceu ir<! him of the crime of being a heretic, who hnil visited
3 all the sacred places of devout niusselmans; they asserted also
4 that he was in possession of a diploma obtained from the Ulemas
5 (learned, literary men) in Bokhara, for converting the tints ( ’mans
6 living in Russia. Hoshbogi examined the diploma in my p'o-
7 seneo, and stated that it contained nothing more titan the
8 assertion that I)-had undergone u severe examination in the
9 Arabic language, to the satisfaction of his examiners: thus he
10 was acquitted ; but his accusers caused him to he brought before
11 the Emir, when lie and his diploma were again examined, with,
12 however, the same result.
13 A short time before my departure, Hoshbogi requested me, by
14 the bread and salt which I had eaten in his house, to write to
15 him from Russia, informing him whether this eldjee (ambassador)
16 was a Christian or a muteelman. I was of opinion that it could
17 be easily ascertained, even at Bokhara,'by examining his body ;
18 besides that, Ins light hair indicated that he was not an Arab.
19 The minister probably did not like to urge the matter any further,
20 because Monsieur 1). had brought him some valuable presents.
21 When 1 entered Bokhara, 1 was forbidden to write; and I did
22 not transgress that prohibition. It is probable that, the English-'
23 men who came shortly after n»y departure to Bokhara (Colonel
24 Stoddart and Captain Conolly) acted otherwise, which led to the
25 discovcrv of their being spies, on account of which they were
26 beheaded. Dr. Wolff, whose acquaintance I made at Lahore,
27 and whom I saw lustjear in England (at the Isle Brewery, near
28 Taunton), told me that these two Englishmen had been taken as
29 spies and convicted, and that it was Ubd-ool-Sumw Khan, a
30 Be rain n rogue, who informed against them, and afterwards c.niisod
31 lloslibegi to lie beheaded; and who, eventually, was himself
32 decapitated.
33 In consideration of my attendance on the various patienrs,
34 1 obtained, by r rder of the minister, |iermi»-ion to pass cm hoise-
35 ba< k through all the bazaars of the holy city, accompanied by i
36 ,-rvnnt of his. Nevertheless, f f observed many fanatic snidciils
37 plotting against me, on whom I had my revenge, although not