Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 18.4.5

18.4.5

but continued to increase his acquisitions, until by intense application and gradual labour, he arrived at the utmost height of science; and now he is famed for universality of learning. In the science of theoretical and practical physic especially, he is reputed to have not his equal. With all his merit, and all his knowledge, he was in imitation of all the learned men, his predecessors, fond of retirement, and obscurity, passing his time in perusing the works of ancient masters; nor was he drawn out of his retirement, but by the evils that poured at once upon his country. His master died during the siege of Isfahan; and his father retired to the mansions of Divine mercy. Meanwhile, the country of Iran becoming a scene of oppression and troubles, and a variety of revolutions succeeding each other, he remembered his native country of India, and resolved to return thither. After his arrival in Bengal, he lived some days at Pūraniah; but in a little time he thought proper to quit that country, as Seif-qhan had some abruptness in his character, as well as some profligacy in his morals. From thence he repaired to Azim-abad, where he met Abdol-aaly-qhan, the poor man's paternal uncle, who thinking himself honoured by such a guest, received him generously, and undertook to support him with decency.