Elihu Jan's Story: Or the Private Life of an Eastern Queen (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Elihu Jan's Story: Or the Private Life of an Eastern Queen

Elihu jan is not a fictitious character. She was brought up in the Court of Lucknow from her seventh year, as related in the first chapter of the following work. She was for many years hookah attendant to the queen of Oudh, and of course thus became acquainted with much that happened in the palace. After the mutiny, she was first an ayah in the household of Mr. Johannes, the wealthy merchant of Lucknow, and sub sequently entered my wife's service in the same capacity. She has been with us now nearly three years, is still in our service, and.

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