To balance him, there was another man, known by the name of the Great Rajah Nundcomar.

This man was accounted the highest of his caste, and held the same rank among the Gentoos that Mahomed Reza Khan obtained among the Mahomedans.

The prince on the throne had no jealousy of Nundcomar, because he knew, that, as a Gentoo, he could not aspire to the office of Subahdar.

For that reason he was firmly attached to him; he might depend completely on his services; he was _his_ against Mahomed Reza Khan, and against the whole world.

There was, however, a flaw in the Nabob's title, which it was necessary should be hid.