Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.24.4

78.24.4

now that evil days are fallen upon me, he treats me cavalierly’.” When the Mirzā heard of his ceremonious words, he said: “Come and see me without obeisance, for I waive that.” Still he made his salām, when he went to see him. The Mirzā said with sorrow; “I had no intention of rebellion and revolt, but when it became a matter of life and death, I took my own course and threw myself into a foreign country, but even there I was not left alone. Since by fate’s decree this defeat was destined to come upon me, would that I had been defeated by you, who are my co-religionist, that it might have brought you into notice, and not by this Husain Qulī Khān, who is an alien in religion and sect!” Husain Khān then returned to Kānt-u-Golah, and there he heard that the Mirzā after a short respite had died in prison at Multān:— “He counted a few breaths, and became helpless, Destiny smiled that he too was no more.”