Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 14.12.15

14.12.15

The nuptials were celebrated in so generous a manner, that he made rich presents to the new married couple, conferred a number of favours on the whole family, and at their own request, he dismissed them to Deher-banga, which was their native place, and where by his order they were complemented with several villages that furnished amply to their subsistence. Another instance of Aaly-verdy-qhan's benignity of temper, and of his regard for the sex in particular, may be observed in his attention to Mir-habib's consort, that bitter enemy to his person and family. The consort of that General, even after his flight and defection, had continued to enjoy perfect safety in Moorshood-abad, where she remained several years, always respected by the Government. But as the keeping such a family any longer in that Capital was susceptible of inconvenience, the Viceroy wrote now to his Deputy, to have that lady conveyed to the frontiers with her whole family in the most decent manner, after having complimented her with a larger sum of money than that which she had requested herself for the charges of her journey. The order bore that her person should be entrusted to some approved man, whose business should be not to lose sight of her, until she had been delivered into her Lord's hand. All these events happened about the time when news came, that the Emperor Mahmed-shah had departed this life, and that his son, Ahmed-shah, had become in his stead the ornament of the Hindostany Throne.