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...mare, Rosita, is the property of Major H. H. Raj Rajeshwar Saramad Rajhai-Hindustan Maharaja Dhirej Sri Sir Ummaid Singh-ji Sahib Bahadur of Jodpur, is the British star. Gargantilla, spectacularly marked veteran of the last series from the Whitney stables, will be among those under Milburn...
...Burmese natives killed three British officers attached to an expedition operating through Upper Burma to free all remaining slaves. Over 1,000 slaves were freed by similar expeditions, last year, and the native chiefs appear incensed over this interference with their ancient property rights by agents of the British Raj, the power which seized Burma, by right of armed invasion...
...smiled. The Aga Khan is a direct descendant of Fatima, daughter of Mohammed. From his princely Persian ancestors he inherited wealth only to be called stupendous. His grandfather, his father and himself have received enormous grants from Britain as a reward for their championship among Moslems of the British raj in India. Even the late President Roosevelt sought the influence of the Aga Kahn to tranquilize certain Mohammedan tribes in the Philippines. Now the great Khan to whom the Powers render tribute was bidding for a diamond. Turning to the auctioneer he condescended to jest. "Four thousand nine hundred...
...Raj Saheb of Dhrangadhra, was educated in England by private tutors under the guardianship of Sir Charles Ollivant, Director of the Bombay, Baroda, & C. I. Railway...
...everyone knows, the Aga Khan III claims descent from Mohammed and the earliest Persian monarchs. As such, he and his late father and grandfather have rendered invaluable service to Britain by loyally championing the British raj in India and British interests generally throughout Mohammedan countries...