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remove him from office. The nature of the dis-
agreement between the two remains unknown to
this day ; there have been many conjectures, but
the secret was so well kept by the Nizam that no
one ever knew the real cause of his displeasure
with the man who had been such a favourite.
His administration 'launched with some eclat' went
on smoothly for a short time. Master and Minister
alike in age and eager to get the best out of life,
made it a season of new hopes and pleasures, of
sunshine and smiles. New modes of enjoying life,
new forms of grandeur and magnificence, new
fashions in costume and stately equipages and
gorgeous uniforms—cheerfully supplied by English
traders —gave splendour to the scene. I am remind-
ed of Gray's lines when I think of it.
' Fair smiles the morn and soft the breezes blow
\ As gliding smoothly o'er the azure realm,
- In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes,
| Youth at the prow and pleasure at the helm,
Unmindful of the rising whirlwind's sway
That hushed in grim repose, expects his evening prey/
For soon the air darkened, clouds appeared on
the horizon and ominous rumours were heard and the
son of Salar Jung the Great vanished into dark-
ness. After his retirement in 1887, he went to
Europe and travelled in different countries for
some months and was in England during the
summer, shortly after Queen Victoria's Golden
Jubilee. The house occupied by Sir Asman Jah
in London during the Jubilee, 19 Rutland Gate,
was taken for him and he stayed there with his