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hearts are praying to their divine creator for the re- 

 lease of the MusulmamprisonGYS; it was my determination, 

 after receiving leave from the holy prince of regions * 

 Ali Ibn Mausa Reza (on whom be eternal blessings) 

 to march on the second day after the feast of Fefer -}- 

 towards the disputed quarter, aided by the divine power, 

 and accompanied by an army raging like the troubled 

 ocean. 



VERSES. 



I shall overflow my bankp, and fly like an impatient lover to his 



mistress ; 

 Like a torrent, will I rush, with my breast eyer on the earth. 

 Hafiz ! if thy footsteps desire to gain, by the true path, the holy 



bouse, 

 Carry along with thee the virtue of the exalted oi Nejef. 



I HAVE represented also, that I have sent the high 

 in dignity, Mahsum Ali Beg Gerailt, ambassador 

 to the court of i^«;«, and that he is attended by a re- 

 spectable escort ; and that hc^iully acquainted with 

 my wishes and sentiments. 



You will no doubt be rejoiced to hear, that, as it was 

 lo be hoped from the goodness of God, this peace with 

 the Turks is not likely to endure ; and you may rest 

 in expectation of my approach. For, by the blessing 

 of the most high, I will advance immediately, with an 

 army elated with success, skilled in sieges, numerous as 

 emmets, valiant as lions ; and combining with the 

 vigor of youth the prudence of age. I will attend on 

 the exalted prince, and then proceed towards the 

 Turkish frontier. 



• One of the twelve Imams, who died at Meshed in Khorasan, 

 ■where he is buried 



I Tais feast happens at the conclusion of the month oiRamzan. 



