'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' [‎54] (271/684)

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DYNASTY OF THE KAJARS.
Arab, the Kullar Agaszy, assisted by the Balbas
tribe, succeeded in taking his uncle prisoner,
and capturing the fortress. This event being re
ported at the foot of the splendid throne, Mirza
Raza Kuly, Secretary of State, was, by the royal
order, appointed to seize all his wealth; and
Ashraf Khan of Damawend was selected to guard
the fortress. The victorious army, proceeding by
way of Maragah and Salduz, appeared, on the
6th of Muharram, in great splendor, outside the
city of Roomeah. The chiefs and nobles of the
surrounding districts were admitted to kiss that
threshold which resembles Paradise and is replete
with happiness. All the wealth, effects, goods,
and insignia of authority belonging to Muhammed
Kuly Khan were confiscated to the royal ex
chequer, or became plunder to the victors: these
were the fruits of former extortion from the pen-
nyless and from the orphans, whose eyes are
always streaming; or from the Fakir, to whom the
plunder of a measure of flour is as the plunder of a
field of corn. The silver and gold, the horses and
camels, in the collecting of which this rebel had
spent the capital of his life, and in the amassing of
which a hundred hearts had been made to groan,
were now blown about, in one day, by the storrn
of events. The morning sighs of the oppressed
thunder like battering-engines against the battle
ments of the tyrants.
After settling the affairs of Roomeah, on the
17th of the month Moharram-ul-haram, the ban
ners distinguished by victory advanced, by way ol
Sal mas, towards Khoie; and in a plain in the vici
nity of that place the rose-coloured pavilion was
erected, and rivalled the vaulted heavens.