Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 33.13.3

33.13.3

he then pitched a number of tents for him, and several more for his men, with others apart for his wounded, of whom he took great care, assisting with necessaries both these and the others. During that trying retreat, the enemy pressed so hard, that every one saw that the Prince was going to fall in their hands or to be slain. In that critical moment, that would have appalled a Rustem and a Sam, the illustrious Seyd, Ozmaaly-qhan, with that daring courage hereditary in his family, and that heroical valour which came to him from the founder of his race, Aaly, the King of braves, turned about to the Prince, and said, " Prince, thou art destined to be one day a resource to an infinity of people, and thy life is, therefore, more precious to-day than ours. Run then forwards and gain some distance, and I will undertake meanwhile to stop the enemy, until thou shalt have distanced him." He said, and with a daringness the more admirable, because of his youth, he turned about and fell amongst the pursuers with such fury, that the sphere of heaven stopped short to look at so much prowess ; and when that young hero fell at last, spent with the fatigue of the slaughter, its eyes were seen to drop tears in great abundance. Atel-rao having seen his guests refreshed and recovered, made a return upon himself, and reflected that his masters in Decan might find fault with him for so openly espousing the interests of Umad-el-mulk's enemies.