1 934 THE CHIEF OF BAJOUR.
2 The son of Mir Alam Khan, the chief of
3 Bajour, whe arrived last night, was also pré-
4 gented. He was treated with distiriction, as
5 Alam Khan was the first chief who had openly
6 declared his attachment to the royal cause; but
7 he afterwards proved a faithless character and
8 of a weak mind, as his conduct will amply show.
9 bright khim khwab with gold ornaments, and behind on
10 his right and left were two' attendants. The two French
11 generals having been presented with all due form, we
12 three, who hdd lately joined, passed through the samé
13 ceremony, making a salaam with our right hands as we
14 were named to his Highness. A period was at last put
15 to these proceedings by a few menials entering with the
16 khilats or honorary dresses, and presents intended for tlie
17 French generals. These consisted of chogahs or robes;
18 some trays of shawls and American rifles. We shortly
19 after took leave, a relief both to ourselves and to our host,
20 who, although he looked a prince in every respect, yet
21 being but lately drawn from comparative obscurity, seemed
22 but ill at ease with this public exhibition of his greatness,
23 and I have no doubt was glad when the ceremony con-
24 cluded: We all salaamed to him; which he returned, and
25 ’ we then backed out, passing beneath a semiana or awning
26 under which trays ef flowers were spread out, and thence
27 through the range of ranauts or screens that enclosed a
28 large area in front of the darbar tent.”—-Barr’s Journal,
29 pp: 233-5.