Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 297.11

297.11

and caused himself to be sown up in a raw skin, which produced his death. After which his body was sent to the Caliph. Upon the arrival of the corpse, the Caliph, sending for Surpa Devy, said, ‘Behold ‘Mahomed Kasim in his shroud: it is thus I ‘punish the sins of those servants who insult the ‘deputy of the prophet of God.’ Surpa Devy replied, with a smile full of triumph and of sarcasm, ‘Know, oh Caliph, that Mahomed Kasim respected my person as that of his own sister, and "would no more have polluted my bed than that of his mother. He, however, put to death my father, my mother, my brother, and my countrymen, and in his death, indifferent to my own fate, I have gratified that revenge which has so long been consuming me." The Caliph became much disconcerted; and having dismissed the damsel, he lamented over the body of his faithful and innocent servant.