Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 22.7.12

22.7.12

Having found means to procure some people for himself, he would not admit Mir-abboo's guards within the house, under pretence, that without an order from the Navvab, he could not follow them. Mir-abboo having availed himself of these words to attack the Doctor's character, got some spies, or harcaras, and some considerable officers residing in town, to subscribe a paper, by which they attested that Aaly-hibrahim-qhan, in defiance of the order of His Highness, had not made the Doctor over to Mir-abboo. Mir-cassem, who was fully sensible of the declension of his fortune, and knew how much reproachful words would seem to be out of season, contented himself with mentioning the Doctor's plea. The Qhan answered, that he had from the very first order recalled his own people, and left the Doctor to himself. "Let "then whoever pretends to be my servant," added he, "be "brought hither and examined; and let him be punished as "a liar and impostor, by Mir-abboo's people." The Doctor, whilst those disputes were taking place at camp, was gone to the Dutch factory; where, having prevailed by dint of money on the Master of an old condemned boat, to ferry him over to Hadjipoor, where there were some English troops, he got into that crazy vessel with Mirza-himmet-ally, his security, and put off from shore. On sight of this, the guards appointed to prevent any boat from crossing over, or even from moving at all, made haste to embark in other boats, and they went in pursuit of her.