The Rashīdī History 123.5

123.5

At the middle season of your youth, in the manner of your noble ancestors, you restored the fallen Moghulistan to its former glory, and together with Yunus Khan, you seized that opportunity, which had been long sought by your forefathers, and brought under your control those states which they so earnestly coveted. Thus you spent nineteen years in complete success. It is now clearer than the day, that the power of your victorious forces cannot be compared with the numbers of Shahi Beg Khan's army. Hence it is your obvious duty to remain in Moghulistan, both for your own personal safety and for the welfare of your people. For though you may there be exposed to many hardships, that is better than extinction. It is, moreover, quite evident to me that should you ever fall into the hands of Shahi Beg Khan, he will subject you to the most painful of tortures, and will deem your death his own life: on no account whatever will he spare you.'