Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 12.21.5

12.21.5

The report added, that each particular house was already allotted to each particular man ; and that after the victory, each house would be made over to its new owner, with the furniture, riches, women and children it contained, in full property. But God did not approve the iniquitous scheme ; and as it did not fail to make the deepest impression on my mind, which from that moment became a prey to sorrow and anxiety, I resolved to look out for my destiny in the book of Hafyz of Shiraz, whose verses may be said to be so many unerring oracles of futurity, and the intelligible tongue of the invisible one ; and on opening that book, with the proper rites, the first verses that occurred at the head of the page were these : "Do thou leave that matter to thy God ! and make thyself easy ; " For if thine enemy shall not have pity on thee, thy God will." And thanks be due to God, Almighty, that this oracle came to be verified literally. Mustapha-qhan, on his arrival at Monghyr, had ordered his nephew, Abdol-rassool-qhan, to insult the fort with his brigade, a ruinous fortification, which although quite neglected, had some renown. The Governor and his little garrison put themselves upon their defence; but as that fortification did not seem to deserve much ceremony in that officer's opinion, he alighted, and putting himself at the head of his men, he mounted to the assault. In an instant the besiegers got upon the wall, and seized the fort;