[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) › 17.3.12 # Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 17.3.12 A Translation of the Seir Mutaqherin (Haji Mustafa) 17.3.12 - **Language:** English ### [17.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.17.3.12) and to give himself the merit of having repressed his anger out of complaisance to his adoptive father, he was heard to say in his presence, "that yesterday Ghalib-aaly-qhan had fairly escaped out of his hands; else," added he, "I would have killed him on the spot." These words having been several days together successive repeated in his presence, the good natured lord comprehended that the speaker wanted to feel his pulse on the subject; and losing patience at once, he screamed out: By the thirty chapters of the word of God, had you killed him, I would have cut your throat with my own hands. After this sudden flash of resentment, he recovered his usual tone of voice, and after having spoken with all that tenderness which he constantly shewed him, he gave him a severe reprimand. Ecram-ed-doulah surprised at a speech that proved so contrary to his expectation, wept much and sobbed much, and then said: "You would have killed me for him, then? Yes," replied the blessed man, "I see no great difference between you and him. You are son of one sister of mine, and he is son of another." Ecram-ed-doulah hearing a language to which he was not accustomed, cooled by degrees, and repressed his anger. Such was that blessed man's temper; - [Previous: 17.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.17.3.11) - [Next: 17.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.17.3.13) - [Up: 17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.17.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.17.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.17.3.12) · Pramāṇa