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Rh on the opposite side; and the prince had infallibly been killed, had he not avoided the blow by inclining his body to the left. At length Manuwer-khan, after performing many feats of valour, fell, surrounded by the few intrepid men who had refused to survive their brave commander. This bloody action cost the lives of many persons of illustrious rank; the prince Bedar-bakht, who commanded the left wing, was slain, as also his brother Wallajah, a young prince who had never before been in action.

It now became necessary to announce these losses to their father, Mahomed Aazem. This unfortunate prince, who tenderly loved all his children, but particularly the eldest, heaved a deep sigh, and said that victory and life were henceforward alike indifferent to him. With these words he ordered his driver to carry his elephant into the midst of the enemy's ranks, where his howdah was so thickly struck with arrows that one would have imagined it had rained arrows on that day. He was followed by a chosen band of guards, personally attached to him, not one of whom would leave their master. Mahomed Aazem, regardless of his own safety, but anxious about the royal child, Ali-tebar, covered him with his buckler, after having made him squat in the howdah, though he himself remained exposed. He still pushed on,