'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' [‎191] (408/684)

DYNASTY OF THE KAJARS. 191
fort advanced to repel, and to drive back the enemy
with weapons of every description. It so happened,
however, that the defenders of one of the bastions*
disregarding the laws of vigilance, had retired to
their home before the occurrence of this event :
the Russian and Georgian soldiers scaled that very
bastion, took the fort, and during three hours gave
themselves up to slaughter and plunder. They put
to the sword Juwad Khan, with one of his sons,
and 3600 persons besides. After the capture of
the fort, and the perpetration of this foul massacre,
they expelled from the fort the survivors of every
class, high and low; and that strong fort, which
had been garrisoned by True Believers only, being
emptied of every resident, the infidels established
themselves in the pastures and quarters of the
country. After this astounding event, Ashpukhdar,
giving way to pride and arrogance, despatched mes
sengers to the Governors of Karabagh and Erivan,
urging them to submit, and surrender their respec
tive forts. Although these governors were appa
rently loyal in the discharge of their duty, yet in
wardly they were not sorry to have pretences of this
nature, to plead as reasons for delay and neglect
ln executing the royal orders, and in performing
the commands of the Government. It was during
these events that the matchless sovereign was
engaged in the reduction of Khorasan ; so that the
account of it, coupled with the intelligence of the
capture ol Meshed the Holy, the sanctuary of Reza,
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presume Nasib Beg Shams uddeen Lu and the Armenians
to ' Klve been stationed in this bastion.