Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 19.19.4

19.19.4

insomuch, that for a year together, that is, so long as that Prince sat upon the throne, they had miserably lived at Azim-abad, without receiving any satisfaction about those considerable arrears due to them from the treasury. Three years after, as I chanced to repair to the Shah-zada's army, where I was necessitated to join his cause, in the manner already mentioned, I recollected Dilir-qhan's unhappy situation, and I wrote him a letter to recommend to him my consort, and my family, left at Azim-abad ; and also to invite him over to the Shah-zada's service ; for we had been intimate friends together, and in pursuance of a custom in Hindia, we had exchanged turbans. He answered me, " That my consort and his head must stand or fall together, and that I might make myself easy on that subject ; but that as to passing into the Shah-zada's service, he was glad to inform me that, if even Mir-djaafer-qhan should be reduced to his last soldier in the world, that last soldier would be himself." He added these words : Pray, my friend, put up your prayers to Heaven, that to Whomsoever I may be once attached, to him I may remain faithful for ever. Miren, who was of himself too insidious in his temper to need the caution given him by his father, kept fair with Dilir-qhan, until Ram-narain's return, and he thereby put him off his guard. For Ram-narain's return was the time fixed for paying the arrears due to that Commander ;