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Rh the new Code for the education of European children in India; and pupils are prepared for the Government High, or Final Standard Examination.

The building was stormed and taken on the 17th November,1857. Shortly after its capture, it was here that Generals Outram and Havelock had their memorable meeting with Sir Colin Campbell, (see para. 106).

The Tarawali Kothi, or Observatory (now occupied by the Bank of Bengal) was built in the reign of Nasir-ud-din Haidar, under the supervision Lt Colonel Wilcox, Astronomer Royal, who had it fitted with the necessary astronomical instruments.

The Colonel died in 1847, and Wajid Ali Shah dismissed the establishment. The instruments were put by, but they were all destroyed in the Mutiny. The Fyzabad Moulvie, Ahmed-ul-lah Shah, better known as Dunka Shah, from his always having a drum beaten before him when he went out, made this place his head-quarters during the rebellion; and the rebel leaders held their meetings here, (see para. 107).

The Shah Najaf, or Najaf Ashraf, is situated on the right bank of the Gumti close to the Horticultural Gardens. It was built by Gazi-ud-din Haidar, the first King of Oudh, as a Mausoleum, and contains the remains of this King, his wife, and other members of the royal family. It derives its name "Najaf" from the hill on which the tomb of Ali, the. son-in-law of Mahomed, is built, of which this tomb is a copy. It has been largely endowed by the King for the maintenance of an establishment to look after it, and to defray the expenses of the illumination which takes place there twice a year, once during the Mohurrum festival, and again on the anniversary of the King's death, a night being set apart, during the Mohurrum, especially for European visitors, who are admitted to the building to see the illumination up to midnight, after which the native public are allowed access to the place. (see para. 105).

The Kadam Rasul, or "Prophet's foot-print," was a Mahomedan place of worship built in the time of King Nasir-ud-din Haidar (1827-1837) on an artificial mound of earth to the east of the Shah Najaf. It contained a stone