Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 216.3

216.3

The King, supposing that the Captain was deterred from fear, resolved to go on board his vessel, on the plea of enquiring after his health, but in fact to allay his suspicions. He ordered his barge, therefore, and was accompanied by five or six of his favourite officers: such as Ameer Nus Farooky, Shooja Khan, Lungur Khan, the son of Kadur Shah of Mando, Alup Khan, the son of Shooja Gukkur, Sikundur Khan, the governor of Sutwas, and Kuns Row, the brother of Medny Row. He directed that his attendants should not even carry arms with them; and although his ministers and officers represented that it was undignified and imprudent in the King to go, it was of no avail: for it is recorded in holy writ, that ‘when death comes, it will not delay for one moment, nor will it be stopped in its progress.’ He placed his foot in the barge, and set off. The Captain having laid his plans for seizing the King, proceeded towards the shore to meet him, and attended him on board his own vessel, where he began to exhibit various apish attentions and politeness, though treachery was at the bottom. Bahadur Shah was also contriving something of the same nature; but fortune did not second his plans, and they failed.