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rank, that be shall bo turned out of the Jumat Khanaof the Khojahs,and
restrained from exercising the power and enjoying the position of head
of the Khojah caste. In his opening speech, Mr. Anstey observed that
the prayer of the Plaintiffs was of-the most comprehensive kind, and
undoubtedly it is most " comprehensive," so much so, as to pass the
limits of my comprehension. In the 7th paragraph of the Prayer, the
Plaintiffs pray that: " TheDefendant Mahomed Hussain Hoossanee, is
otherwise called Aga Khan"—I may here say in reference to the several
names borne by the Defendant, which formed one of the grounds for
Mr. Anstey's numerous sneers, that " Aga" and "Khan" are titles ;
" Mahomed Hussain" are his personal Jiames; and " Hoossanee"
means that he is descended from the Imam. Hoossain, the son of Ali
and Fatima. To suggest, therefore (which has been done) that in
using those different names and titles, Aga Khan has been skulking !
about under a number of aliases, is an offensive, and gratuitous, insult. \
He is admitted by Mr. Anstey and Mr. Scoble to be a Syud, that
is, a descendant of Ali, and his genealogy is ancient and splendid. He
is the representative of a long line of religious Chiefs, and only one
link is even suspected in the line of succession.—The prayer against
him is that, he " may be restrained, by the order and injunction of
this Honorable Court,. from interfering or claiming to interfere, or
setting up or maintaining any claim to interfere in the management
of the said trust premises, or generally of the affairs of the said Khojah
sect, or in the control or visitation of such management, or in the
election or appointment of any Mukhi or Kamaria, or other trustee,
or officer thereof, and also from excommunicating or exjielling from
the said sect, or depriving of any of the rights or privileges thereof, or
endeavouring or pretending so to excommunicate, expel or deprive,
or denouncing or threatening any member of the said sect for the
reason, or on the pretence that such member cloth resist or oppose,
or hath or shall have resisted or opposed that Defendant's claims or
pretensions, in the premises of this Information and Bill mentioned,
or any of thorn; and also from depriving, hindering, or impeding
any member of the said sect of, or in, his right to attend, and act,
speak, and vote at any of the meetings of the said community, or
of, or in, his right of access to the Jumat Khana, Musjid, Burial
Places, and other the public houses, lands, and places of the said
community, or of, or in his right of user of the said moveables or
rank, that be shall bo turned out of the Jumat Khanaof the Khojahs,and
restrained from exercising the power and enjoying the position of head
of the Khojah caste. In his opening speech, Mr. Anstey observed that
the prayer of the Plaintiffs was of-the most comprehensive kind, and
undoubtedly it is most " comprehensive," so much so, as to pass the
limits of my comprehension. In the 7th paragraph of the Prayer, the
Plaintiffs pray that: " TheDefendant Mahomed Hussain Hoossanee, is
otherwise called Aga Khan"—I may here say in reference to the several
names borne by the Defendant, which formed one of the grounds for
Mr. Anstey's numerous sneers, that " Aga" and "Khan" are titles ;
" Mahomed Hussain" are his personal Jiames; and " Hoossanee"
means that he is descended from the Imam. Hoossain, the son of Ali
and Fatima. To suggest, therefore (which has been done) that in
using those different names and titles, Aga Khan has been skulking !
about under a number of aliases, is an offensive, and gratuitous, insult. \
He is admitted by Mr. Anstey and Mr. Scoble to be a Syud, that
is, a descendant of Ali, and his genealogy is ancient and splendid. He
is the representative of a long line of religious Chiefs, and only one
link is even suspected in the line of succession.—The prayer against
him is that, he " may be restrained, by the order and injunction of
this Honorable Court,. from interfering or claiming to interfere, or
setting up or maintaining any claim to interfere in the management
of the said trust premises, or generally of the affairs of the said Khojah
sect, or in the control or visitation of such management, or in the
election or appointment of any Mukhi or Kamaria, or other trustee,
or officer thereof, and also from excommunicating or exjielling from
the said sect, or depriving of any of the rights or privileges thereof, or
endeavouring or pretending so to excommunicate, expel or deprive,
or denouncing or threatening any member of the said sect for the
reason, or on the pretence that such member cloth resist or oppose,
or hath or shall have resisted or opposed that Defendant's claims or
pretensions, in the premises of this Information and Bill mentioned,
or any of thorn; and also from depriving, hindering, or impeding
any member of the said sect of, or in, his right to attend, and act,
speak, and vote at any of the meetings of the said community, or
of, or in, his right of access to the Jumat Khana, Musjid, Burial
Places, and other the public houses, lands, and places of the said
community, or of, or in his right of user of the said moveables or