Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 19.17.1

19.17.1

As Mûsher Lass himself was settled in that country, he approved his resolution of retiring thither; but he always made it a point to precede him by some cosses. On his passing at Saharseram, I went to see that foreigner; he much complained of the Grandees of Hindostan, who by their misintelligences seemed to mind nothing but themselves, to the ruin of all the world besides; and he severely reflected on Mahmed-cûli-qhan's precipitation, which he ascribed wholly to his ignorance and incapacity. "I have seen," added he, "all the country from Bengal to Shah-djehan-abad, and have been able to observe nothing but the ruin of the poor, and the oppression of the lesser ones, by their rulers and superiors. And although I have proposed to some of those ignorant inconsiderate Princes, namely, to the Vezir Umad-el-mulc, and to Shuja-ed-doula, to endeavour to bring order, tranquillity and union in the empire, after which, Bengal might be easily recovered from the English; I have found attention nowhere; and nowhere did any one pay any regard to my representations; nor did any one so much as once examine the good and bad side of my proposed expedition." This stranger, after some conversation on the same subject, proceeded on his journey; and Mahmed-cûli-qhan, with the Shah-zada, arrived some hours after. My father was with him; but I could easily observe a great change in him. He took up his abode in the same house with me;