[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Later Mughals (1707–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later) › [Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirīn](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin) › [A Translation of the Seir Mutaqherin (Haji Mustafa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa) › 16.1.6 # Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 16.1.6 A Translation of the Seir Mutaqherin (Haji Mustafa) 16.1.6 - **Language:** English ### [16.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.16.1.6) that her eldest son-in-law, Nevazish- "mahmed-qhan, being a man of a weak conduct, and of weaker intellects, it became evident that on her husband's demise, Sayd-ahmed-qhan, although her son-in-law likewise, would become a sworn enemy to her other daughters, and of course to her two grand children, Seradj-ed-doula, and his younger brother Ecram-ed-doula. After such a chain of reasoning she concluded that so important a Government ought to be lodged in such hands as she might trust entirely." The Princess having said so much, lowered her tone of voice, and with an air of concern and affliction, "she mentioned the high salaries and expensive pensions which her nephew had been bestowing upon the principal nobility of the province; and she glossed over them as upon so many misdemeanours, which took their rise in deep schemes, and concealed remote views and high-flown designs." Such a speech from a Princess, that had given her husband the highest opinion of her wisdom, could not but make a deep impression on his mind; but the Princess, as if doubting her own influence in instilling her own jealousies in her husband's mind, took care to employ another engine, still more powerful. She taught Seradj-ed-doula to mutter publicly, "that if the Viceroyalty of Azim-abad was bestowed on Seyd-ahmed-qhan, he (Seradj-ed-doula) would not survive the affront, but would make away with himself. He used to say that the Bahar was his father's property. - [Previous: 16.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.16.1.5) - [Next: 16.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.16.1.7) - [Up: 16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.16.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.16.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.16.1.6) · Pramāṇa