. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . d to SirC. Napier in Sind, for which he receives a pension from our Government. For many years this genuine Heir and successor of the Viex de la Montaingne hashad his headquarters at Bombay, where he devotes, or for a long time did devote, thelarge income that he receives from the faithful to the maintenance of a racing stable,being the chief patron and promoter of the Bombay Turf ! A schism among the Khojas, owing apparently to the desire of part of the well-to-do Bombay community to sever themselves
. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . d to SirC. Napier in Sind, for which he receives a pension from our Government. For many years this genuine Heir and successor of the Viex de la Montaingne hashad his headquarters at Bombay, where he devotes, or for a long time did devote, thelarge income that he receives from the faithful to the maintenance of a racing stable,being the chief patron and promoter of the Bombay Turf ! A schism among the Khojas, owing apparently to the desire of part of the well-to-do Bombay community to sever themselves from the peculiarities of the sect and toset up as respectable Sunnis, led in 1866 to an action in the High Court, the objectof which was to exclude Agha Khan from all rights over the Khojas, and to transfer theproperty of the community to the charge of Orthodox Mahomedans. To theelaborate addresses of Mr. Howard and Sir Joseph Arnould, on this most singularprocess before an English Court, I owe the preceding particulars. The judgment wasentirely in favour of the Old Man of the H. H. Agha Khan Mehelati, late Representative of the Old Man of the Mountain. ]£c Wid, que je bous ai bit si iitttt sa court . . rt fait a croirca cele simple gent out U tat rnicur que il tat un grant prophctc. [Sir Bartle Frere writes of Agha Khan in 1875 : Like his ancestor, the Old Oneof Marco Polos time, he keeps his court in grand and noble style. His sons,popularly known as The Persian Princes, are active sportsmen, and age has notdulled the Aghas enjoyment of horse-racing. Some of the best blood of Arabia isalways to be found in his stables. He spares no expense on his racers, and no pre-judice of religion or race prevents his availing himself of the science and skill of anEnglish trainer or jockey when the races come round. If tidings of war or threatenedVOL. I. K 2 148 MARCO POLO Book I. disturbance should arise from Central Asia or Persia, the Agha is always one of thefi
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