Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 42.1.3

42.1.3

the King of which country wants to sell him to his father, but he is rescued by the interposition of the Persian Monarch, who receives him most generously — Capitation tax enforced by Aoreng-zib against the Hindoos — Their singular and respectful way of complaining of it — Brilliant character of Qhan-djehan, a celebrated General — Famous Battle of Hersol — Another battle — Terrible sally of the Author upon Aoreng-zib's character — Aoreng-zib attacks the King of Bidjapûr, and also that of Haider-abad — Crafty instructions given by Aoreng-zib to his Envoy — Curious answer of the King of Haider-abad — The Fortress of Salir surrenders to the Imperialists — Strange kind of artillery contrived by the besieged, at the Siege of Ramedj — Odd contrivance of the besiegers — Unsuccessful Siege of Bidjapûr — Heroical behaviour of an Imperial Princess — The Emperor repairs in person to that siege — Disgraces his eldest son — The city reduced by a horrible famine — The Siege of Haider-abad — Several battles about that fortress — The Imperialists defeated, receive assistance from some elephants in rut — The Haider-abadian Generals propose a combat between twenty of their number and twenty Imperial officers — The King of Haider-abad flies to the Fortress of Golconda, and leaves the city of Haider-abad to be sacked and plundered — The two Brahmans, his Ministers, put to death against his will, by the Grandees of the State — The Author resumes the Siege of Haider-abad — Artful management of Aoreng-zib's — His fanatical conduct ingenuously defended by his Envoy, Saadet-qhan — Aoreng-zib's manifesto against the King of Haider-abad — Sultan Mu'dzzem, eldest son of the Emperor, is disgraced for attempting to bring on a pacification between the Emperor and the King — He is imprisoned — Noble answer of the Imperial Prince — The King of Haider-abad deserted by most of his officers — Vigorous sally of the besiegers — The Emperor debauches almost all the Generals of the besieged — Famine in the Imperial Camp — An escalade miscarries — Amazing quantities of necessaries in Golconda — Noble and curious letter of the Haider-abadian King to the Emperor — Three mines of the besieged have a retrograde effect, and kill an infinity of people — The Emperor repairs to the counterscarp, and behaves with the utmost intrepidity — The besieged King forsaken by all, except Abdol-rezac — Admirable character of that General — Golconda betrayed and surprised — Amazing exertions of Abdol-rezac — Fearless behaviour of the King of Haider-abad — Verses he pronounces extempore — Singular meeting and conversation between him and the Imperial Generals — Noble proceedings of the Emperor towards Abdol-rezac — An historical account of the Fortress of Golconda, which serves as a citadel to Bagnagor, or Haider-abad — Immense riches found in it — Romantic, but historical, account of Aböl-hassen, the last King of Haider-abad.