Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 33.8.7

33.8.7

The officers accustomed this longwhile to speak in an imperious style, and inconsolable at their being deprived of such productive Districts, swore to stand by each other, and the next day they sent their agents to the Vezir with the proposals. Meanwhile, my father, who had been informed of the turn which this affair had taken, and was unwilling to accept the condition, sent his resignation by the channel of the above Kishen-chund, whom he followed soon after to the Vezir's quarters. That Minister, after having passed a couple of hours in giving a public audience, in which he transacted business with my father, with Seif-eddin-mahmed-qhan, with Nedjib-qhan, and with Nagur-mull, and some others, was getting up to retire to his private appartments, when he was stopped by the Brigade agents, who by Nagur-mull's management had joined together in informing him that the Brigade Sin wanted a large sum of money in part of their arrears. The Vezir, without seeming embarrassed, answered that he had no objections, but that the corps must be reviewed first. The agents, sensible that no penmen would dare to form difficulties in a day of review, consented, and they only requested that some Mutsuddies might be appointed to review their corps. The Vezir, on hearing these words, turned towards Nedjib-qhan, and directed him to review the Brigade; to which that officer consenting, he immediately sent orders to his son, Zabeta-qhan, to pitch up a tent in an open spot, and to review the Brigade.