Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 12.16.9

12.16.9

and he departed for the Imperial Court, where he arrived after a troublesome journey, and where we shall leave him at present, reserving the remaining part of his history, as well as that of Abul-mansur-qhan's, for the subsequent sections of our narrative in which we shall professedly treat of the reign of Mahmed-shah, and Ahmed-shah, as well as of the revolutions that took place in the capital of the Empire. At present it appears proper to bring together under one point of view, and in a single volume, whatever we know of the revolutions of Bengal and Azim-abad, as far down as the year 1194 of the Hedjra; and especially the history of Aaly-verdy-qhan, an illustrious house, which having risen in these very provinces to the summit of power, glory and riches, is now fallen and totally extinct. As soon as we shall have accomplished this task, which we have imposed on ourselves, we shall then with the assistance of the Omnipotent One, who is the rightful succourer and the rightful bestower of favours, take up again in another section that part of our history of Hindostan, which belongs more particularly to the reigns of Mahmed-shah, of his son, Ahmed-shah, and of his grandson, Aalem-ghir the second; interspersing our narrative with occasional particulars of those illustrious or eminent men, who have figured on the theatres of Shah-djehan-abad, Lahor, and Ilah-abad;