Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 17.3.10

17.3.10

With evident signs of emotion and pity, he ordered that letters of pardon should be immediately dispatched for that man, with orders to send him to Murshud-abad; and he returned thanks to the intercessor for having put him in mind of so meritorious a piece of work. May God bless you, said he, for your having brought such an action in my way, and procured me such a happiness! If the Crown-officers prove dilatory, give me notice of it quickly, that I may provide against their malice, and deliver that poor Seyd from that scene of evil and affliction. Such instances of his beneficence were without number, and they are remembered by all to this day. My mother having been obliged to quit Patna in order to go to Murshud-abad, where she had some particular business, carried her whole family thither, to wit, my two younger brothers, Seyd-aaly-qhan and Ghalib-aaly-qhan, as well as her daughter's husband, Mir-assed-aaly; and finding herself obliged to remain in that city longer than she expected, she was somewhat at a loss how to subsist honourably. That blessed man no sooner heard of this, than he undertook her support; and without waiting for any prayer or recommendation, he of his own accord settled upon her a plentiful and honourable pension; and besides that, he made her yearly presents of precious stuffs fit for her person and family, especially of those that were bespoke for his own family in quantities at Djehanghir-nugur, Maldah and Nediah.