I then said aloud in the presence of all the assembled chiefs, “I have given Amyr Hussyn my promise of safety;” but he with that pride and haughtiness, which was habitual to him, said in the Tūrky language, “if I had been in your place, I would not have done so;” I replied, “I thank God that I am not like you, who cannot forgive, and can be guilty of perjury, and dare to offend both God and the Prophet.” At this moment, Ky Khuserū bent the knee, and demanded vengeance for the blood of his brother, who had been killed by Hussyn; I endeavoured to mitigate his anger, and sent for Shykh Muhammed and the other Cazies and Judges; before their entrance, Muhammed, the ruler of Badukhshān, said in a tremulous voice, “Amyr Hussyn has been the cause of the ruin of my family, and has embittered all the days of my life, by murdering several of the pious Princes of Badukhshān;” Muhammed, the son of Byan Seldūz, also called out, “thousands of the families of my tribe are wandering about the deserts in consequence of Hussyn’s injustice, and he has plundered the greater part of our cattle and property:” many others of the chiefs were also very clamorous that he should be put to death. But in consequence of my near connection with him, I found my blood begin to boil, and melancholy rushed on my heart, but I was helpless, because the clamour was universal, and the hearts of the people were turned from him. I then asked the judges, what do you say in respect of putting Amyr Hussyn to death; they replied, “if the heirs of the persons whom Hussyn has murdered, forgive him, it is well, otherwise, by the law of retaliation, he must suffer death.” When the words of the judges had reached the ears of the complainants, one of them who had been in the service of Hussyn, said, “O Prince, this Hussyn has much injured and oppressed mankind, and has been guilty of great violence, and through covetousness, confined and imprisoned one thousand seven hundred men and women, who were liberated on the day you came here;” I said, “perhaps they were kept in confinement till then, that they might not complain against him.” One of the learned body said, “I have read in the heavenly books, that it is more incumbent to destroy a wretch who oppresses or injures mankind, than it is to kill a snake or a scorpion, for the former plots mischief deliberately to the ruin of another, whilst the noxious reptile only stings, when he is afraid of personal injury, and to save himself.” When these words were heard by all the persons in the Assembly, viz. that it was proper to put to death an oppressor or bad man, and the Amyr Aljaitū who had been (Sepah Salār,) Commander in Chief of the army of Hussyn, seeing my melancholy, and that I would not consent to the execution of the Prince, remonstrated with me; I replied, “Amyr Hussyn is my prisoner, he shall not be put to death;” I then rose to leave the Assembly.