'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' [‎159] (376/684)

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then the men and women of the district, now en
joying tranquillity under the shadow of the Eight
Imams' protection, would become the prey of his
blood-shedding warriors, or the sport of his intrepid
Turks. Consequently, from the dictates of pure
mercy, the king accepted the intercession of this
perfect sage; and these stipulations were accepted
by the king, and ratified on both sides. His ma
jesty also conferred on Husain Khan Kajar Kullar
the Sardarship of Khorasan, in addition to
the goverment of Nishaboor. The victorious stan
dard was then put in motion, in the direction of
Teheran, the capital; and during some days the
king gave himself up to the pleasures of the chase
in Chesmeh Aly, the rival of the groves of Irem:
from thence the dust raised by the army, the asylum
of victory, became collyrium to the eyes of the
inhabitants of Samanan. His highness. Prince Mu-
hammed Waly Mirza gave delightful banquets, and
piesented suitable offerings to his majesty.
During the occurrence of these events, Mahmud
Mirza the Afghan, who, as before described, had
come to Khoie to solicit the help and support of
the climate-conquering sovereign, had turned his
face from the monarch dignified as heaven,to the dis
trict of Ka'in ; he then collected a small force, and,
trusting, to the efficacy of the matchless sovereign's
never-failing prosperity, advanced to Kandahar. On
t e day of his arrival he spread this intelligence: "An
army of the brave Kajars is approaching, accompa
nied by Mahmud Mirza." When this was reported
tu the General stationed in Kandahar on the part of