Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 19.12.6

19.12.6

but, however, he did not seem to relish my entering into a negotiation with him, as it would have been highly improper to exclude at that particular juncture the persons which had hitherto been employed in negotiating with Ram-narain; and still more so, to change them for others, especially at a time when Mirza-issac, the Cashmirian, (styled Mir-c8li-qhan) by whose means the negotiation had been carried on, had much power over the General's mind, who trusted altogether to his own abilities and penetration. However, the negotiation did not end well; and whether by the negotiator's supineness, or by his master's reposing, through ignorance and inexperience, an implicit confidence in his agent, Mahmed-c8li-qhan came at last to lose his pains, his dominions and his life. "He that sits at your elbow, ought to be even better than yourself; "He ought to be such as may contribute to the improvement of both your intellects and morals." The reader, probably, will not find fault with our giving him some detail on that subject. Radja Ram-narain having, as we have said, taken fright at the very name of Emperor, and at the fame of his troops, quitted the garden where he had encamped in the middle of his way, and retired within the city walls; where he applied himself to every measure that could strengthen the towers, and repair the whole extent of their circuit; appointing those Commanders, which he chiefly trusted, to the guard of the most exposed parts;