Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 22.2.7
A Translation of the Seir Mutaqherin (Haji Mustafa) 22.2.7
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22.2.7
So unexpected a catastrophe, and so sudden a change, could not fail of exciting a great ferment at Calcutta. Governor Vansittart, disappointed and confounded beyond measure, wrote a threatening letter to Seyd-mahmed-qhan, to inquire how the murder of that unfortunate man had come to be perpetrated almost under his eyes. The letter, amongst other matters, contained these verses of the poet's: —