Meer Hassan Ali, B.: Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: descriptive of their manners, customs, habits, and religious opinions ; made during a twelve years residence in their immediate Society (Band 2) (London, 1832)

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bountiful. May I not again be thrown into
similar scenes to those your generosity has been
exercised to release me from ? Who but your-
self and my own dear uncle could ever feel that
lively interest for my preservation ?'

" Meer Hadjee Shah would willingly have
conveyed the poor girl to her uncle's residence
near Yumen, had it been possible; but his ar-
rangements were made to sail by an Arab ship
to Bombay, which if many days postponed
would detain him nearly another year from
India, where he was aware his return was ex-
pected by his wife and family ; and he was not
willing to give them cause for uneasiness, by
any further delay; he however went out to
make inquiries at Mocha for some safe means
of getting Fatima conveyed to her uncle.

"In the mean time she revolved in her mind
the several circumstances attending her actual
situation in the world, and before the next
morning had well dawned, she had resolved on
urging her kind protector to take her with him
to India, before whom she appeared with a
more tranquil countenance than he had yet