Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 18.1.2

18.1.2

and some officers want to rescue him — Mir-djaafer-qhan takes possession of the palace, where his son governs absolutely — Abominable character of that young man — Seradj-ed-doulah barbarously murdered, by his order — Affecting narrative of his death. The course of our history requires now that, before we part with Aaly-verdy-qhan, we give some account of the learned and pious men that lived in his Court and in his dominions; or who, coming on the report of his munificence, had just time to see him before his death. The foremost of them was the Moluvy, or Doctor Nassyr, a native of Sheh-pura, and a descendant of Shems-eddin, the Complaint-promoter, whose tomb and monument are in great repute in the province of Aud. The Moluvy's grandfather had quitted the place of his native country, to come and settle in that town, in the province of Bahar; and in his youth, that is, in the times of the Navvab Saistah-qhan the Forgiven, he had been a disciple of Mollah-sheh-mahmed-Shirazi, a learned man, who after having passed some time in Bengal, had quitted India, and returned to his beloved country, which had been all this while the constant object of his regrets. The disciple, who was enthusiastically attached to his master, and to the sciences, quitted both friends and country to follow him into Iran; and such was his attachment to his studies, that although he was so distressed, as to travel all the way on foot, from India to Iran, he never missed a day's lesson.