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V1LL0IETTEE BEGUM. 295
" The late Nuwaub of Furrukhabaad was first
married to a lady of birth and good fortune,
Villoiettee Begum, by whom he was not blessed
with a son; but he had other wives, one of
whom bore him an heir, who at the present
time enjoys the musnud of his father.
" Villoiettee Begum was beautiful in person,
and possessed a heart of the most benevolent and
rare kind; her whole delight was centred in
the exercises of those duties which her religion
inculcated; she spent much of her time in
prayer, in acquiring a knowledge of the Kho-
raun, in acts of kindness to her fellow-crea-
tures, and in strict abstinence.
" It was her unvaried custom at meals be-
fore she touched a morsel herself, to have
twelve portions of food, selected from the
choicest viands provided for her use, set apart
for as many poor people; and when they had
been served, she humbly and sparingly partook
of the meal before her. She was possessed of
great wealth, yet never expended any portion
of it in the extravagances of dress; indeed, so
humble was her appearance, that she might
" The late Nuwaub of Furrukhabaad was first
married to a lady of birth and good fortune,
Villoiettee Begum, by whom he was not blessed
with a son; but he had other wives, one of
whom bore him an heir, who at the present
time enjoys the musnud of his father.
" Villoiettee Begum was beautiful in person,
and possessed a heart of the most benevolent and
rare kind; her whole delight was centred in
the exercises of those duties which her religion
inculcated; she spent much of her time in
prayer, in acquiring a knowledge of the Kho-
raun, in acts of kindness to her fellow-crea-
tures, and in strict abstinence.
" It was her unvaried custom at meals be-
fore she touched a morsel herself, to have
twelve portions of food, selected from the
choicest viands provided for her use, set apart
for as many poor people; and when they had
been served, she humbly and sparingly partook
of the meal before her. She was possessed of
great wealth, yet never expended any portion
of it in the extravagances of dress; indeed, so
humble was her appearance, that she might