Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 14.12.10

14.12.10

after which he wrote to his Deputy at Mürshüd-abad, that " Thanks be to God, he had obtained a " complete victory, and such as his heart had wished ; and that, " therefore, there remained nothing more on his part, than to "distribute to the Seyd and to the needy families of that city, the " sums that had been vowed for their relief. He commanded him " to keep always in his eye the content and satisfaction of the " inhabitants committed to his care, as the main object of his " administration ; so as to afford some consolation to a loyal people "that had already suffered but too much from the apprehensions of the iniquitous government of a set a miscreants that had murdered his children, overwhelmed his family and essentially injured his loving subjects." These letters being dispatched, he sent trusty officers and other persons of his household to confiscate and bring away the property which that ungrateful nation had left at Deher-banga. At the same time letters came from the Zemindar of Betia, humbly setting forth, that the "families of Shimshir-qhan and Serdar-qhan had been lodged with him by their owners, as in a place of safety; and that should these defenceless persons be suffered to depart to some other country, he would undertake to pay to His Highness a Nuzur or present of three lacs of rupees." This offer was not accepted; and trusty persons were sent to bring that family away.