'The dynasty of the Kajars translated from the original Persian manuscript presented by His Majesty Faty Aly Shah to Sir Harford Jones Brydges ... to which is prefixed a succinct account of the history of Persia previous to that period illustarted with plates and a map of Western Persia' [‎113] (134/684)

PRELIMINARY MATTER.
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most solemn which their religion prescribed, were
conveyed to the captives. To these assurances, and
to these oaths, they trusted, and were deceived; for,
on the reddition ot the citadel, they were brought
out one by one into the presence of their victor,
and there one by one, before his eyes, butchered in
the most barbarous and insulting manner. The
young prince was placed under strict confinement,
and a most dreadful proscription took place in
the city.
The movements of the eunuch, Aga Muhammed
Khan, in Mazenderan, now began to give the usurper
uneasiness, and attract attention. With a view of
repressing these, his grandson, Aly Morad Khan,
was sent as Governor to Isfahan; but the affection
which the inhabitants of that city expressed for
Abdul Faty Khan, with a reflection on his own
situation, and on that of the character and situation
of his grandfather, induced Aly Morad to espouse
the cause of the captive prince, and proclaim Abdul
Faty Khan king of Persia.
The usurper was not slow in endeavouring to
^ring matters to a crisis; and he would soon have
met his grandson in battle, had not death at once
put an end to his crimes and career. It is not
unlikely that the defection of Aly Morad inflamed
the natural cruelty of Zikey Khan's mind; par
ticularly as, after obtaining possession of the
citadel of Shiraz, he had treated him with con
fidence. Be this, however, as it may, on his ar-
^val at Yezdikhast his sanguinary excesses greatly
^creased. The murder of a Syed or descendant of
the Prophet, and the subsequent orders given for
h