Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 19.25.7

19.25.7

and after advancing some cosses, even beyond him, he found himself on the banks of a river, without knowing whither he was going, or where he was actually. But now his last day was come, and the moment of his death was at hand. Most of Qhadum-hassen-qhan's men had lost their way; both because they were in a forest, and because they were confounded by having the enemy at their heels. Dispersed in the middle of the woods, it became impossible for them to reach the rendezvous. It is even reported that Qhadum-hassen-qhan, for want of accommodations, had passed the whole night upon his elephant, as did most of his men upon their horses; and that he had undergone every hardship imaginable during the whole night. At day-break, his people could not discover the morning star, and they concluded that it must be hidden by the chain of mountains close to which they supposed themselves to be actually. But now their case was deplorable; they had a river in front, the enemy in the rear, and were at a loss what would become of them. The next morning, luckily for them, Miren's last hour was now come; that hour which the Divine Providence had set apart for that tyrant's chastisement, and for a day of retribution.