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Show ENGLI8H QUEEN IN ASIA, Daughter of a Private Soldier Married Jar Mahnmmed Rao. Thero Is living at Orenburg, in southeast Russia, a certain Moharaneel Jnr Mahommcd Rao, who began life ail plain Miss Alice Clifton. I Born in Delhi during the old pre-l mutiny days, her father was n prlvatel soldier In tho East India company's! army. Her mother, though uneducatj cd, was noted for her good humor, audi good looks. I Alice when barely 14 years old ati traded tho attention of tho MaharaJ Jah Jar Mahommed Rao, ruler of f small Central Asiatic Khanate, whdl happened to be visiting friends in thJ old Mogul capital. I By him sho was espoused, and onl her husband's death somo ten orl twelve years later, sho becamo absoJ lute nnd autocratic ruler of his "klng-l dom." Nor did she make by any means! a bad "queen," if report is to be be-l lloved. I Do Courcy, who visited her "capital"! In 1S08, described her as dlgnlfled.l shrewd nnd thoroughly capable. Andj on ono occasion, nt all ovonts, shel fought and defeated, tho chief of r.l neighboring Khanate, 'showing sho wasl not deficient In personal courago. I She could not, however, of course,! stand against tho ever-eucroachlngl power of Russia, and in 1873 she wasl compelled to surrender "kingdom" andj "crown" Into tho hands of Gen. Tsch-I nndyr, tho conqueror of Khiva. I By him sho was treated with everyl courtesy aud consideration; and later j on tho czar granted her a perpetual pension, together with tho lease for llfo ot the handsome houso In Orenburg Oren-burg sho now Inhabits. Stray I Stories. |