60 
LIVES OF THE MOGHUL EMPERORS. 
he quitted the citadel that very evening, disguised as 
a pilgrim, with only two servants. He had previ- 
ously taken the precaution of securing his most va- 
luable jewels in his girdle. Having wandered about 
until morning, and fearing detection, he entered a 
mosque, and hid himself in the cupola of the minaret, 
— the tower whence the muazins, or criers, proclaim 
the periods of public devotion. 
The muazin soon afterwards ascending the mi- 
naret to announce the hour of early prayer, detected 
Hussyn in his lurking-place; and though the latter 
endeavoured to bribe him to silence by presenting him 
with a string of valuable pearls, the man immediately 
repaired to the victors camp and reported the discovery 
which he had just made. The officers and soldiers, 
on hearing this, ran to the mosque. Meanwhile, 
Hussyn, observing their approach, endeavoured to 
conceal himself in a dark recess beneath the tower ; 
but, unfortunately for him, a part of his pilgrim's 
robe being seen, he was discovered and dragged be- 
fore the conqueror. Timur, unwilling to violate the 
promise he had made, said to the officers near 
him, “ I renounce the right I have of taking away 
his life, and cancel the sentence of his death, by 
which I might revenge myself.” Ky Khusero in- 
stantly bent the knee, and demanded that the 
captive should be delivered up to him, in order 
that he might visit him with a just retribution for 
having killed his brother. The princes and amyrs, 
perceiving that their general was greatly affected at 
the idea of condemning to death so near a relative of 
one whom during her life he had so tenderly loved. 
