"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٥‎٩‎٥] (١٧٨٢/١٧٥٠)

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from tlie court to the apartments. These consist mainly of small rooms furnished
with carpets only ; but the drawing-room is large and is so peculiar that I have made
a plan of it. Its shape is that of a cross, each of the three shorter ends being occupied
by a window, so that the upper half of the room is almost a lantern. The recesses are
filled up with broad divans, on which it is pleasant to sit and look at the view.
The originality of the Nawab 1 (jbal-ud- Daulah appeared as markedly
in his testamentary dispositions as in any act of his life. So early as
1847 the bestowing of his property after his death began to weigh
upon his mindj and he expressed to the Political Agent, Major Rawlin-
son, his wish to make a will whereby, after providing for his wife and
some old servants and for the maintenance of the tombs of himself
and his only son (who predeceased him), his estate should be transferred
in trust to the British Resident at Lucknow for the benefit of some of
his relations in that city. He also asked that he might be allowed to
deposit the will which he would make with the British Political Agent
at Baghdad, and to appoint the Political Agent who might be in ottice
at the time of hib demise to be his official executor. The matter having
been referred to the Government of ludin., the desired permission was
granted by them in ISdS; but it does not appear that any will was
deposited by the Nawab in the Political Agency until 1875. The will
then deposited seems to have been attested by the Residency Surgeon
and two other English witnesses in 1883.
In 1884 the Nawab requested that Government of India Promissory
Notes for il 1,00,000 of which he was the holder might be enlaced for
payment of interest at the Government of India's Treasury at Baghdad ;
and the request was granted, as a personal favour, though the payment
of such interest at places out of India was contrary to practice and could
not be claimed as a riu'ht. In 1885 the xsawab was anxious for the
transfer of the Notes to the name of the Resident, by whom the interest
accruing thereon should be applied to the maintenance of his (the
Nawab's) tomb after his death, and for the continuance of payment at
Baghdad of the interest in question. The Government of India, how
ever, decided that the concession regarding the place of payment was
personal to the Nawcab and must cease at his death; they pointed out
that the Promissory Notes could easily be deposited in a bank in India,
whence the local executor or trustees could obtain the inteiest as it fell
due by drawing bills on the bank; and they apparently prohibited the
Resident at Baghdad from undertaking any responsibility in regard to
the Nawab's tomb.
The Nawab Iqbal-ud-Baulah died at Kadhimain on the 21st Decem
ber 1887. His will was found to be eccentric and obscure; but it is