My guide from the Durbar had staid behind at Lainteng, and though Meepo and all my men well knew that this was not the frontier, they were ignorant as to its true position, nor could we even ascertain which of the rivers was the Lachen.
I anticipated some novelty from a visit to a Durbar (court) so distant from European influence as that of the Rajah of Jeelpigoree.
The Nepal Durbar was naturally furious, the more so as the Dingpun had no caste, and was therefore abhorred by all Brahmins.
Just now too, the Durbar had ordered every attention to be paid me; and I hardly passed a village however small, without receiving a present, or a cottage, where beer was not offered.
Evil it is in full durbar To cry to a ruler of gathering war!
Sibi, where the annual horse show and Beluch Durbar were to take place.
The maharajah and durbar having acquiesced in all the terms and conditions imposed by the British government, the governor-general has every hope that the relations of friendship will speedily be re-established between the two governments.
On the attainment of his sixteenth year, the maharajah to be recognised as of age, and the regency of the ranee and the council of regency to cease, or sooner, if the governor-general and the Lahore durbar so agreed.
The durbar of Lahore purposed the deposition of Moolraj, and negotiated with him for that purpose.
At this conference the Vakeel asserted that he had received no reply from the Durbar at Lahore.
The bait of money to be paid, and to accompany them, was also offered, and at length the Durbar broke up at 2 P.
The Durbar of the forenoon of the 18th was protracted till 2 o'clock, but I have not the details of the afternoon Durbar.
He drew out his sword and ran to the durbar like a maddened lion, and stood armed before his son-in-law.
Before doing so, Sundara asked them all to present themselves in the durbar hall [29] early next morning.
It was during this tour that he held a Durbar or Royal Court at Agra, which was remarkable even in India for the display of barbaric wealth and the assemblage of princes of royal descent.
Great Durbar for the like of him--the Great Durbaron which lakhs and crores had been spent--the Great Durbar all India had been thinking of for months?
On the 26th the Viceroy held a grand durbar for the reception of the Talukdars.
Those of the Chieftains attending this durbar who had shown conspicuous loyalty during the rebellion were not allowed to leave without receiving substantial rewards.
Everyone rose, and remained standing until the great man took his seat, when the Foreign Secretary came forward, and, making a low bow, informed His Excellency that all who had been summoned to attend the durbar were present.
The durbar at which the Maharajas Sindhia and Patiala, the Begum of Bhopal, and the Nawab of Rampur were invested, was a most imposing ceremony.
Each Prince, with his suite, was met at the entrance to the camp, and conducted up the street to the durbar tent by mounted officers, the salute to which he was entitled being fired while the procession moved on.
Lord Canning held his second durbar at Cawnpore on the 3rd November, when he received the principal Chiefs of Bundelkand, the Maharaja of Rewa, the Maharaja of Benares, and a host of lesser dignitaries.
It used to be the throne-room, where was held the durbar when the president enthroned a new king.
If I had it I would have a durbar every day, instead of once or twice a year.
The durbar in an Indian regiment takes the place of the formal orderly-room of a British regiment.
At the end of what was a Durbar in all but name the Prince was only beginning his functions for the day.
On New Year's Day the Prince of Wales held a Chapter of the Order of the Star of India in place of the Durbar which could only be held by the direct representative of the Sovereign.
This shows that our Chief places exceedingly little faith in any protestations the Tigre king may make, and that he thinks that, even if he does come in to the durbar at this place, yet that he is not to be trusted out of sight.
Sir Robert and the King shook hands, and then rode together to the durbar tent.
The troops remained in a line at some little distance in rear of the durbar tent, the 10th Native Infantry being drawn up as a guard of honour in front of the tent.
I have to hold durbar one last time today, quickly before we leave.
How could he dare refuse to attend my morning durbar audience in the reception room?
You know His Majesty still holds morning darshan from his tent, and has two durbar audiences a day.
All we know is he goes into the garden every day around noon--I think the Hindu woman may be teaching him to play the sitar there--before going to durbar in the Red Fort.
The Englishman had been invited to durbar every day since his arrival.
She had studied him carefully through her screen when he appeared at the afternoon durbar and she had ordered a Persian translation of his letter prepared immediately.
He wished to have at least two thousand people present, and large as are the rooms at Government House, not one of them would contain anything like that number, so Lord Minto had an immense canvas Durbar Hall constructed.
The troops were marched back to their lines immediately after, and a Durbarconcluded the ceremonies of the day.
In the evening I went to the durbar to wait upon the king, where I met the Persian ambassador with the first muster of his presents.
The evening durbar is omitted, the time being spent by the king in hunting or hawking rather, on tanks, by means of boats, in which he takes great delight, his barges being moved along with the leskar on carts.
The place in which the durbar is held is a great court, to which all sorts of people resort.
That night I went to the durbar to visit the king, who, as soon as I came in, sent Asaph Khan to say that he heard I had an excellent painter in my house, and that he wished to see some of his work.
At night I went to the durbar to observe the Persian ambassador, whom I found standing in his place, but often removed and set lower, as the great men came in.
His Highness addressed him in a most kindly manner, and on the following day presented him in Durbar with a shawl of honour.
The Rajah and his suite are waiting to receive us in the Durbar Hall, and unless you object to my cigar, or send me to the right-about, I claim you as my prisoner of war for the evening!
The brilliance of theDurbar Hall smote the girl painfully.
At Bhamo the Viceroy held a Durbar on the house-boat in which the Chief Commissioner was wont to travel in comfort, if not in luxury.
The most memorable incident of his visit was theDurbar held by His Excellency in the Eastern Hall of Audience in the Palace at Mandalay, the first public ceremony held there since Lord Dufferin's Levee in 1886.
I do not propose to tell a twice-told tale by describing the Durbar and its attendant ceremonies.
He was one of the Burmese officers who went to the Coronation Durbarat Delhi in 1903, where he was deeply impressed by the pomp and splendour of the occasion.
The conception of the Durbar and of the incidents grouped round that memorable scene was worthy of the great event which they celebrated.
The most interesting event of these years was the Durbar at Delhi held by Lord Curzon on New Year's Day, 1903, to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Edward VII.
Glorious and soul-stirring was the Durbar itself with all the pomp of heraldry and blazonry of colour.
Equally at home in the direction of a Durbar or the management of a social gathering, with singular charm of manner, he had the delightful gift of being all things to all men.
At Mandalay, in the golden-pillared Western Hall of Audience, a fitting setting for so brilliant a scene, another Durbar was held, glittering with uniforms of British officers and gay with the bright Court dresses of Burman and Shan notables.
When he entered the durbar hall, he saw a small group seated on the dais, consisting of Clive, Admiral Watson, and two or three subordinate officers.
At five o'clock he came into the Fort in a gay litter and held a durbar in our Council room, Mir Jafar salaaming before him and making fulsome compliments on his great victory.
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