English studies . Qalcutta. In the year of grace 1636, the Honourable Com-pany of East India Merchants had been estabhshedfor nearly five-and-twenty years in the town ofSurat, the great eastern port of India, when thedaughter of the Great Mogul fell sick. The physicians,having sought the remedy in vain, contentedthemselves with saying : Allah alone dispenseshealth ! The princesss father was that famousShah Jehan, who raised the Taj to the memory ofhis beloved, the Queen Mumtaz Mahal. He lovedhis daughter as he had loved his wife, and couldnot face the fear of losing her. In his distress, hebet
English studies . Qalcutta. In the year of grace 1636, the Honourable Com-pany of East India Merchants had been estabhshedfor nearly five-and-twenty years in the town ofSurat, the great eastern port of India, when thedaughter of the Great Mogul fell sick. The physicians,having sought the remedy in vain, contentedthemselves with saying : Allah alone dispenseshealth ! The princesss father was that famousShah Jehan, who raised the Taj to the memory ofhis beloved, the Queen Mumtaz Mahal. He lovedhis daughter as he had loved his wife, and couldnot face the fear of losing her. In his distress, hebethought him of the Firanji, whose outlandishdoctors have a cure for every ill. He sent a courierto Surat. The courier returned with a ships doctor,a Mr. Boughton, who, in fact, restored the princessto life. The grateful emperor asked Boughton tofix his own reward. The doctor, with the commer-cial patriotism of an Englishman, asked that the 237 238 ENGLISH STUDIES. East India Company might trade free of duty inBenga
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