Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 18.1.5

18.1.5

and this small pittance, joined to his portion of the paternal estate, he managed with so much industry and economy, as to live honorably himself, whilst he proved a sure resource to the needy and necessitous, and especially to the forsaken widow, and the forlorn orphan, all which he constantly admitted, in great numbers, at his table partaking of a simple fare in their company, without pretending to live better by himself in private ; and it would be difficult on that subject to give him all the praises he deserves ; nor does the historian make any difficulty to acknowledge the impotence of his tongue, on that extensive article. We ought also to observe that on his return from having kissed the sacred and sublime thresholds, he altered his name from Daood-aaly-qhan, which he had, to that of Zair-hossein-qhan, which he assumed, constantly glorying in the alteration. After a glorious life of seventy years, he repaired to the mansions of Divine Mercy; and it was observed that at the moment of rendering the ghost, after a virtuous life in which he had been invariably serving his God, he had that adorable name in his mouth; and that he breathed his last in pronouncing the words, O God! may the Almighty's mercy rest upon him for ever!