The Rashīdī History 235.2

235.2

Ali Mirak Barlas was my uncle's maternal uncle, by reason of which connection, my uncle and I used every effort to further his interests. But Mirza Ali Taghai was not friendly towards him. Without showing it, he was afraid that my uncle's intentions were evil and his devotion insincere. On [Muhammadi's] account, Mirza Ali Taghai's dislike for my uncle increased, while Muhammadi, on every occasion, sought to defend my uncle. At length, Shah Muhammad Sultan was killed by [Muhammadi]. It has been mentioned above, how the Khanims and the heirs of the dead man, were bent on retaliating by the death of Muhammadi, and how my uncle and I rescued him from that calamity. This produced bitterness against me on the part of my maternal aunts, their children and my other relations. All this [hostility] was encountered for the sake of Muhammadi.