Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 12.5.4

12.5.4

or, if possible, so as to gain them to their party, as this would prove conducive to the scheme of seizing Seyd-ahmed-qhan's person. Instantly the citizens, and the people about this young man, who were all of the complot, sent word to the few musqueteers that held the gates for him, "That if they set them open directly, quarter would be given them ; else, if they waited until Mirza-bakyr should force them open, then they might depend upon receiving the treatment they deserved." The poor people, sensible of their small number, and intimidated by the threats of the multitude that surrounded them, paid no attention to the entreaties and promises of their young master, and they opened the gates ; after which most of them mixed with the insurgents. Mirza-bakyr, who was at hand, and very active in his motions, immediately entered the city ; and going to the palace, he seized and confined Seyd-ahmed-qhan. After which he sat on the latter's Mesned, received the respects of the principal men of the city, ordered his prisoner to be close confined to his apartment, and then took possession of his treasures and furniture. He likewise sent the prisoner's consort, children and family into confinement at the fortress of Bara-baty. Some time before the revolution, notice had been taken of the alteration in the countenance of the new troops, as well as of Mirza-bakyr's approach ;