Storia do Mogor 149.2

149.2

Muhammad Amin Khan issued forth, and finding himself in the last extremity, he sent an embassy to the Pathans through a holy man of Balkh. He said he would pay them a great deal of money and comply with their wishes. But the enraged Pathans would not hear a word, and, cutting off the holy man's head, fell upon Muhammad Amin Khan's soldiers, sparing not a single one. Muhammad Amin Khan had recourse to a device to save his own life. That is to say, he ordered his secretary, Muhammad Riza, to take the seat on his elephant, and thus he was destroyed, the Pathans supposing that it was Muhammad Amin Khan himself. They contented themselves with cutting off this man's head and carrying it into the mountains. Muhammad Amin Khan, with the aid of some Pathans in his service, clothed himself in their manner, and these men conducted him until he had got out of the hills and arrived at Peshawar. When they reached the city it was night, and the commandant would not open the gate, fearing some treachery. Nevertheless, through the urgent petitions forwarded to him by Muhammad Amin Khan, the commandant sent men to examine well by torch-light the marks on his face, so as to see if it were really Muhammad Amin Khan. He had to suffer this affront in order to save his life. But how did the Pathans deal with the wealth and the family of Muhammad Amin Khan ?