OF NADIR SHAH, &C. 535 



should relieve the distress and dispel the grief of the 

 poor and afflicted ; [" for to protect the ruled is 

 the duty of the ruler.") That we should combat 

 the enemies of the weak, and eradicate the distemper 

 of sedition from the body of the state : not deaf deaf 

 to the voice of the helpless and unmindful of those that 

 are prisoners) we should break such sacred engage- 

 ments, to conciliate the approbation and yield to the 

 power of a proud enemy. 



By the great and powerful God, this day is big with 

 ruin to their enemies and with joy to the sect oi Shiahs, 

 the discomfiture of the evil-minded is the glory and 

 exaltation of the followers of All When the avenger 

 is at hand the wicked tremble and are appalled. Thdr 

 eyes roll wildly like one in the agonies of death. Let the 

 danger pass over, and it is forgotten. They revile and 

 mock with their tongues. 



This is a just description of the Turhshxx'^t. Why 

 should we listen to more prevarications ? Or why 

 confine ourselves to the bank of the Aras * ; 

 when it is manifest, that the peace, which has been 

 concluded, is contrary to the will of God and irrecon- 

 cileable to the wisdom, or dignity of imperial greatness. 



I HAVE stated to the minister of the exalted prince, 

 that such a peace cannot be permanent, and that I con-^ 

 elude the mission of an ambassador to have been an act 

 of compulsion, as I cannot believe that the prince 

 would, under other circumstances, have consented to 

 such a degradation of his dignity. But at all events, 

 as offerings are continually made in the palaces of the 

 lords of the faithful, and the holy men with broken 



* Araxes. 



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