Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 4.14.5

4.14.5

to wit, Sheh-abdol-vahed, Sheh-mahmed-aaly, an eminent preacher, and Abdol-aaziz. Daûd-khan himself, who found his person compromised in this affair, deputed Copûr-chund, after having put in his hand a Sûrut-hal, or narrative of the whole disturbance signed by the governor, by the Cazy, by the Commander-in-Chief, and by all the Crown-officers, which certified that the Gentoos were not in the wrong, and that the Mussulmen were the aggressors. But as soon as the three deputies were arrived at the capital, they were all three cast in prison by Ratan-chund's management, a man zealous in his sect, who found means to stifle their complaints. And God only knows how long these innocent persons had remained in prison, had not Qhoadja-mahmed-djaafer, the dervish or religious, chanced to hear of them, and concerned himself in their unhappy case. This personage was no less a man than a brother to Qhandôran, one of the principal lords of the court; a pious man, who devoted to the love of God, had renounced the world and lived retired. It was in his retreat that he heard of Ratan-chund's cruel partiality; and from thence that he requested his brother to get those unfortunate persons released. So great a favour made such an impression upon one of them, namely, on Sheh-mahmed-aaly, the Vaez or preacher, that from that moment he attached himself to his benefactor;