"سلالة كاجار مترجمة من المخطوطة الفارسية الأصلية ومقدمه من فاتي علي شاه إلى السير هارفورد جونز بريدجيس...ومعها تقرير موجز في البداية عن تاريخ بلاد فارس قبل تلك الفترة موضحة بألواح وخرائط لغربي بلاد فارس" [‎٢‎٠‎٦] (٦٨٤/٤٢٣)

206 dynasty of the kajars.
merciless sword. Conformably to the royal orders,
the troops were deprived of rest and repose, both day
and night; the spy of slumber was banished from
the sanctuary of the eye; whilst, according to the
dictates of vigilance and attention, they continued
at their posts and passes, prepared for battle and
slaughter. All their intercourse with the world
was so completely cut off, that the swift-travelling
courier of the morning found it impossible to ap
proach the place where this narrow-minded race
were encamped. In the course ot these events, a
considerable number of Georgian nobles, traders,
and artificers of Teflis, and a number ot Russians,
with much money and valuable effects, set out tor
their own country. In the vicinity of Sunker, being
met by the advanced picquets of the victorious
army, under the command ot Aly Khan Kajar, Ph"
Kuly Khan Kajar, and Aly Kuly Khan Shahun,
they made arrangements to cut them oil. The
musket-balls, on both sides, broke the backbones
of the brave, and the bright-flashing spear conveyed
the message of fate to the sides of the warriors.
When several on each side had fallen on the field oi
death, Aly Khan, Pir Kuly Khan, and Aly Kuly Khan,
having charged on the right and left with their in
trepid victory-crowned troops, seized them all in the
lasso of captivity : their property, cattle, riches, and
merchandize, fell to the conquerors,who brought them
to the royal presence as captives, bound hand and
neck in the ensnaring noose. The area of the royal
camp, from the splendor of the angelic features of
Gurj and Rus (i .e. Georgians and Russians), excited