Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 12.10.3

12.10.3

and on the other hand, you know that my " honour, as a soldier, and my character, as a dutiful nephew, " depend, in the eyes of the world, and in the eyes of my relations " and kinsmen, on my repairing in all haste and with a proper " number of troops and necessaries, to the assistance of a man, who " is at once my master, my superior in command, and moreover "the founder and author of the welfare of our whole family and " race. Hedaiet-aaly-qhan answered : That he reckoned himself " to be one of the men most attached to his family and person ; and " that he would be ready to execute to the best of his abilities, " such commands as he would lay upon him, as he felt the importance of the occasion, and would pride himself in his being able " to lighten in that crisis, such part of his burthen, as would be " allotted to him." The Governor pleased with this glimpse of hope answered : " That at present there were but two articles that " galled him exceedingly. The first was the discharging such "arrears as were due to the troops; a piece of justice, without which they would not suffer him to depart, and without which nothing could go forward. The second was the propriety of his leaving the Government in such able, trusty hands, as would put it in his power to appear before the Viceroy, his uncle, with such a number of troops and such a quantity of artillery, as would prove adequate to his station and rank;