After him, _Míyán Ahdad_, the son of _Omar Shaikh_, the son of _Báyezíd_, who is known among the illustrious persons by the name of _Ahdád_, sat on the throne of authority. He was just, and an adherer to rule; he kept himself thoroughly firm in the precepts of his august predecessor; he never intended to amass wealth, but gave every one the due reward of his labor; the fifth part of the wealth which was collected from the wars against the infidels he deposited in the public storehouse, and it served to reward the meritorious warriors. In the year of the Hejira 1035 (A. D. 1625-6), under the reign of the lord, now an inhabitant of heaven, _Nur-eddin Jehán-gír Pádshah_, he was reduced to great straits by _Ahsan Ulla_, surnamed _Zafer Khan_, the son of _Khájah Abu-’l Hassan Tabrízí_, and by the chieftains of the Pádshah, and besieged in the fort _Navágher_, where, hit by a musket shot during an attack on the fortress, he reached the term of his life. It is said that, before the day of his death, which these sectaries call “the day of union,” Miyán Ahdád opened the book _Kháir al Bíán_, and, having read in it, said to his friends: “To-morrow is my day of union:” and it happened as he had said. The author of this book saw a pious person from Cabul, who told him: “On the day of Ahdad’s death I rejoiced, and spoke of him in bad terms; at night I saw in a dream my master, who forbade me to do so, and said the sacred text: ‘_declare that God is one_,’ applies to Ahdád.” And his disciples name him _Ahdád_, “the one.” It is reported that after the “uníon” of Ahdád, the Afghans, having taken up _Abd ul Khader_, the son of Ahdád, betook themselves to the mountains; and the Padshah’s army, who had not expected to obtain possession of the fort, entered it. The daughter of Ahdad, who had not found an opportunity of escaping, was wandering about the fortress; one of the soldiers attempted to seize her; the maiden, having thrown her veil over her eyes, precipitated herself from the wall of the fort, and met her death: every one was astonished at the deed.