Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 33.13.1

33.13.1

The Prince being disarmed by this manoeuvre, the Vezir remained inactive for a fortnight; when one day, on pretence of going to visit Shah-nizam-eddin's Monument, he assembled vast number of armed men at his Palace gate, and at once sent ten or twelve thousand of them to Aaly-merdan-qhan's Palace, with orders to besiege it, and to confine the Shah-zadah's person. The troops having in a short time bored holes through the walls, penetrated within the outer courts, whilst others were getting upon the terraces, and began firing so briskly that they soon killed the greatest part of those who had shewed themselves from within. Mir-djaafer-aaly and Ozm-aaly-qhan, who saw all this, and were ready armed, as well as the Prince, observed to him, "That it was better to make a sortie upon the enemy, and to fight them manfully, as the consequence would be either to perish bravely like men of honour and character, or to effect an escape. That in the first case, they would jump at once into eternity, with their heads encircled by the Tulip garlands of martyrdom; and in the second, they would get rid of their pursuers, and recover their liberty." The Prince consented. He had only a few men with him, but these were determined and resolute. Mounting their horses, they advanced to the back part of the house, where there was a certain breach in the wall which looked on the river;