'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' [‎284] (501/684)

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DYNASTY OF THE KAJARS.
tribe, Muhammed Hasan Khan, brother to Selim
Khan, who by the deceased sovereign's order, in
the year in which he marched to Karabagh, had
been deprived of sight through the agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. of Mus
tafa Khan Davalu Kajar ; and also, that the prince
had issued his commands for the chastisement
of Selim Khan himself. Through his simplicity,
Selim Khan, attaching credit to this report, sent his
tribe and family to a mountain called Kulah San
Kursan ; and having despatched a person to the
imperial stirrup, used every effort to procure se
curity for himself. The Prince Viceroy, in exces
sive anger at such a display of opposition, had
at first, without further consideration, determined
on the plan of destroying the foundation of his ex
istence : through the requests and entreaties of
the nobles however, and also calling to mind his
former, services, he ordered the Vizir's son, the
honoured Mirza Abul Kasimf, to remove his ap
prehensions. The envoy found him in the town
of Shakaky, and with the pure water of friendly
admonition washed away the dust of suspicion from
the page of his soul. In return for this important
benefit, he pledged himself, without causing further
trouble to the champions of the Faith, to get Mus
tafa Khan into his power, either by persuasion or
force. At this period a great sickness prevailed in
the prince's camp at Ak Su, caused by the corrupt
state of the atmosphere; the complexion of most
of the troops became of a saffron hue; and their
erect stature, through weakness and disease, as
sumed the form of bruised reeds.
* Mirza Bazurg's son.