Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 4.11.7

4.11.7

But Emir-djumlah's ill will and machinations would have produced but little, had Zulficar-khan been fortunate enough to listen to the proposal of the Prince of Princes, Hossein-aaly-khan, who had generously offered his mediation, and had solemnly assured him, that if he chose to be introduced through his channel, not a hair of his head would be touched. Such an offer could not long remain a secret; and Emir-djemlah who felt all the consequences which it would infallibly produce, exerted himself in warding off the blow. He, for that purpose, dispatched the new high steward, Tuckurrub-khan, in hopes, that his being a Moghul, &c., as well as Zulficar-khan, would give him the more influence on that General's mind. This nobleman having found a heartier welcome with the Gen eralissimo on that very account, represented to him that, as "the Emperor was dissatisfied in secret with the excessive power assumed by the two Seyd brothers, to reckon upon such a support, and to make his peace with the Emperor through their mediation, would be as much as to lean against a rotten tree that would produce nothing but repentance and disappointment. But where is the necessity of recurring to others," added he, "and what need is there of any mediation?