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AN APPEAL TO THE LADIES of HYDERABAD

Scandal in the RAJ

BENJAMIN B. COHEN

Harvard University Press

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTSLONDON, ENGLAND2019

Copyright 2019 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

All rights reserved

Photo: Abadee dancing girl of the Oudh Court of Lucknow. No. 12. The Beauties of Lucknow. Calcutta, 1874.

Photo credit: Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Design: Graciela Galup

978-0-674-98765-4 (alk. paper)

978-0-674-23922-7 (EPUB)

978-0-674-23923-4 (MOBI)

978-0-674-23921-0 (Web pdf)

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE PRINTED EDITION AS FOLLOWS:

Names: Cohen, Benjamin B., author.

Title: An appeal to the ladies of Hyderabad : scandal in the Raj / Benjamin B. Cohen.

Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018045876

Subjects: LCSH: Jang, Fathah Nawaz, 18521904. | Donnelly, Ellen Gertrude, 18541912. | MiscegenationIndiaHistory19th century. | ScandalsIndiaHistory19th century. | IndiaOfficials and employeesBiography. | IndiaHistoryBritish occupation, 17651947. | IndiaRace relationsHistory19th century. | Hyderabad (India : State)History19th century.

Classification: LCC DS475.2.J36 C64 2019 | DDC 306.84 / 5092254dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018045876

For Nadja

CONTENTS

In almost all cases, I use the English spellings of individuals names as they used them, except in direct quotations. Mehdi Hasans name appears in a variety of waysMahdi Hassan, Mehdi Husain, and so onbut since he opted for Mehdi Hasan when he published his own work in English, I employ it here as well. Similarly, in his autobiography, the Nawab Server Jung used a particular spelling for his nameServer rather than Sarvar or Sarwarso I follow suit. Other names are also spelled in various ways. Syed Jaffer Hussein, for instance, is also referred to as Husain and Hussain. I use the most common version and trust context will make alternate usage clear. I apply more modern spellings for some Indian towns and citiesthus Kanpur not Cawnpore, and Ambala not Umballabut retain earlier spellings for othersthus Calcutta not Kolkata, and Bombay not Mumbai.

For readability, I refer to the couple at the center of the pamphlet scandal by their first names, Mehdi and Ellen, rather than Mr. and Mrs. Hasan. In other cases, I use the more common convention of referring to individuals by their surnames. Many of those who were hostile to Ellen referred to her by her middle name, Gertrude, but she used Ellen when referring to herself; honoring the couples practice from the time, I do the same. John Seymour Keay was always referred to as simply Seymour Keay, a practice I too follow.

Mehdi Hasan and the Donnelly Family

Mehdi Hasan Khan Fateh Nawaz Jung	Canning College graduate; chief justice of the Hyderabad Court; home secretary in the Nizams government
Mrs. Mehdi Hasan, ne Ellen Gertrude Donnelly	youngest Donnelly daughter; resident of Lucknows back lanes; wife of Mehdi Hasan
Michael Donnelly	Donnelly patriarch; a drunk, man of letters, or both
Lucy Donnelly	eldest of the Donnelly daughters; married Henry Hodges; widowed
Esther Donnelly	second Donnelly daughter; married Edward Bigex; mother of Isabelle; widowed; married Egisto Amedeo Benvenuti (Chicago, Illinois); lived in Paris
Hyderabad Officials
Mahbub Ali Khan	sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Indias largest and wealthiest princely state
Osman Ali Khan	seventh Nizam of Hyderabad; son of Mahbub Ali Khan
Server Jung	private tutor to the Nizam and later private secretary; childhood classmate of Mehdi turned adult nemesis
Salar Jung I	prime minister of Hyderabad State (18531883); a modernizer and gifted bureaucrat
Salar Jung II	prime minister of Hyderabad State (18831887); son of the first Salar Jung; known for his size and tendencies Mehdi and Ellen; resigned early toward debauchery; friend of Mehdi and Ellen; resigned early
Asman Jah	prime minister of Hyderabad State (18871893)
Vicar-ul-Umra	prime minister of Hyderabad State (18931901)
Kishen Pershad	prime minister of Hyderabad State (19011912)
Mushtak Hussain	deputy prime minister under Asman Jah; ally of Mehdi; fellow north Indian; eventual co-founder of the All-India Muslim League
The Legal Teams
O. V. Bosanquet	second assistant Resident at Hyderabad and magistrate who presided over the pamphlet scandal case
FOR THE DEFENSE:
J. B. Boyle	assistant to Norton
John Edgelow	assistant to Norton
Eardley J. Norton	chief lawyer for the defense of Mitra; an advocate of the Indian National Congress; compiler of the Norton photographic album
FOR THE PROSECUTION:
John Duncan Inverarity	chief lawyer for the prosecution
A. C. Rudra	lawyer for the prosecution; former journalist
Member of Britains Parliament
John Seymour Keay	one-time employee of the Nizams government; private businessman in Hyderabad; member of Parliament; indefatigable ally of Mehdi; hostile to Plowden and Server Jung
Viceroys of India
Lord Lytton	18761880
George Robinson, first marquess of Ripon	18801884
Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple- Blackwood, first marquess of Dufferin	18841888
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, fifth marquess of Landsdowne	18881894
Victor Bruce, ninth earl of Elgin	18941899
George Curzon, first marquess Curzon of Kedleston	18991905
British Residents and Assistants at Hyderabad
John Cordery	Resident, 18831888
Dennis Fitzpatrick	Resident, 18891891
George R. Irwin	first assistant Resident under Plowden
Trevor JohnChicheley Plowden	Resident, 18911898; powerful player in Hyderabad politics; discreetly hostile to Mehdi; critic of Keay; close to Server Jung
Other Significant Figures
Steuart C. Bayley	Resident at Hyderabad in 1881; secretary in the Political and Secret Department, 18901895; later a member of the India Council, London

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