Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 16.7.9

16.7.9

and he set out the next morning for Azim-abad, having first wrote to Seradj-ed-doulah in the terms of an impassionate lover, who supplicated the favour of his shewing once more that beloved face of his to an alienated old man, whose sole delight in his old age centred in that enjoyment. He added some reasonings to engage him to abandon his project, but it was in such a condescending manner, as might not give offence. The letter was delivered to Seradj-ed-doulah at Baghalp8r; and he answered it immediately in these words: "Your Highness, with "all these demonstration of love, attention and condescendence, "is keeping my enemies about your person, and raising them to "high dignities and eminent commands; for instance, "Hussein-coly-qhan. Whilst I, whom you say to be your darling, "am kept without either office or employment, and am in fact in "a state of depression and contempt, when compared to him. "The proof of which is, that on my returning from Bardevan, not "one man was at the trouble of coming to my encounter to "receive me. To Sayd-ahmed-qhan, Puraniah has been given "in full sovereignty. His brother, Nevazish-mahmed-qhan, is "lording it all over Bengal; but for me there is nothing in store, "but fair words, and caresses, and expressions of love; nor has "anything been done for me, that might raise my character, or "increase my influence, or give me some importance in the eyes "of my relations and friends, or in the estimation of the world;