[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Later Mughals (1707–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later) › [Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirīn](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin) › [A Translation of the Seir Mutaqherin (Haji Mustafa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa) › 42.27.4 # Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 42.27.4 A Translation of the Seir Mutaqherin (Haji Mustafa) 42.27.4 - **Language:** English ### [42.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.42.27.4) Here is the text, (the Printer has the manuscript; let it be produced): "Arrived at the Capital (Shudjah-ed-dowla) he expected a benefit from the very change of air; but his wound becoming worse and worse, and by this time affecting his health considerably, it was discovered now that it had degenerated into a Cancer, &c., &c. Whether these four lines be English in Idiom, you, as an Englishman, have a right to determine, although the opinion of even a semi-Englishman, who reads and scribbles these thirty years past, ought not altogether to go for nothing. I say you, as an Englishman, may possibly object that they are not English in idiom. Be it so; but I need no man's assistance to maintain that they are English in grammar, and syntax. Nevertheless, the printer thought them English of Bengal; and here is his English of Europe: — "Arrived at that Capital, he expected a benefit from the change of air; but his wound becoming worse and worse, and by this time had considerably affected his health, it was discovered that it had degenerated into a cancer." Shocked at such an enormous liberty, I wrote a note of complaint, backed it by a very angry one, called on the printer myself, spoke angrily, corrected again. It was five o'clock; this hour is not to be passed by. - [Previous: 42.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.42.27.3) - [Next: 42.27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.42.27.5) - [Up: 42.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.42.27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.42.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.42.27.4) · Pramāṇa