Muntakhab al-lubab 188.6

188.6

Now that it had pleased Heaven to exact vengeance, and to befriend the young inheritor of the throne, he stepped boldly forward, ready to show his loyalty and devotion in vigorous action. When the noise of contention rose high in every quarter, Sa'adat Khan, under the direction of Haidar Kuli Khan and the orders of I'timadu-d daula, obeyed them and the dictates of his own courage. He went boldly into the inner apartment, where the Emperor had retired. He got there just at the time when the partisans of the two brothers were raging with violent designs against His Majesty. The Nawab Kudsiya (the Emperor's mother), in her motherly love, forbad the entrance of the brave Sa'adat Khan. Assuring the inmates against harm from their enemies, he threw a shawl over his face and went boldly in; then with the utmost devotion he took the hand of the Emperor and led him out. I'timadu-d daula mounted him on his own elephant, and sat behind him as his attendant.