XIII.
1763.
[Start
for
Astrakhan
-
Rentils
friendship
-
"Avoiding
temptation"
-
Granddaughter
of
Avan
-
Avans
history
-
Project
of
marriage
-
Emin
"stonehearted
like
Charles
XII.
of
Sweden"
-
Pathetic
farewells
-
Kizlar
-
Russian
general
Stupition
"grumbling
like
a
bear
with
his
tail
cut"
-
His
German
wifes
exaggerations
-
Escort
of
Cossacks
-
Journey
through
mountains
-
Tiflis
-
Heraclius
-
His
nobles,
"born
24
hours
before
the
devil"
-
The
graceless
wolf
of
an
old
Armenian
proverb
-
Kherim
Khan
threatening
Tiflis
-
Emin
enlists
800
Armenians
-
Heracliuss
cowardice
and
Emins
disgust
-
Revolt
in
Ispahan
-
Kherim
retreats
-
Heracliuss
jealousy
and
treachery
-
Emins
honest
dealings
with
Heraclius
-
The
price
offered
for
Emins
blood
-
His
enemies
-
Heraclius
bewildered
-
"All
haramzadas
and
the
patriarch
just
as
bad!"]
Having
now
provided
himself
tolerably
well
with
money,
the
necessary
evil
of
life,
he
took
leave
of
all
his
good-hearted
friends,
set
out
with
a
single
servant,
a
relation
of
his,
in
a
sledge,
by
the
Imperial
order,
in
the
month
of
March,
and
arrived
in
fifteen
days
at
Astrakhan;
where
he
surprized
the
prophesying
Armenian
merchants;
who,
seeing
him
come
back
so
very
quick,
in
five
or
six
months
time,
took
for
granted
that
he
was
the
very
man
whom
Haly
Moses,
the
great
patriarch,
had
foretold
six
hundred
and
twenty
years
before;
and
bringing
their
children
with
them,
prostrated
themselves
at
his
feet.
He
begged
they
would
leave
off
that
slavish
mode
of
paying
respect,
since
he
himself
was
one
of
them:
but
the
next
morning,
when
they
came
to
visit
him,
and
brought
presents,
he
refused
to
take
them,
making
apologies,
and
saying,
that
he
had
done
nothing
yet
to
deserve
them:
they
were
very
fine
rich
pieces,
various
sorts
of
tissue,
to
the
value
of
some
hundred
dollars.
Mr.
John
Rentle
and
his
wife,
at
whose
house
he
lived
before,
were
more
rejoiced
than
all
of
the
others
together.
Every
one
naturally
wishes
to
see
a
man
of
an
extraordinary
character,
or
his
portrait
when
he
is
talked
of,
as
either
good
or
great.
Mr.
Rentle
was
in
every
respect
brave
and
generous
to
the
very
soul,
fit
for
enterprizes
in
forming
governments,
and
worthy
of
his
illustrious
nation
the
Swedes;
but
his
very
look,
eyes,
face,
shape,
and
height,
exactly
resembling
Emin,
who
shall
never
forget
him
as
long
as
he
lives.
He
offered
more
earnestly
than
Mr.
Miller
to
leave
his
wife
for
a
time,
and
follow
Emins
fortunes.
Emin
had
now
a
house
to
live
in,
which
saved
Mr.
Rentle
the
trouble
of
entertaining
him;
and
to
preserve
himself
from
temptation,
he
went
over
the
frozen
river
Edel,
pitched
a
tent,
and
lived
there
three
weeks,
about
half
a
mile
from
Astrakhan,
till
the
snow
melted
and
the
roads
were
opened.
His
reason
for
so
doing
was
very
strong.
When
he
was
at
Kizlar,
he
found
Avankhans
wife,
an
old
lady
of
sixty-five,
with
her
grand-daughter,
who
had
been
absent
from
Astrakhan
for
some
time,
and
were
just
returned
from
Borughan,
a
Circassian
village,
a-days
journey
to
the
south
of
Kizlar,
where
people
go
to
bathe
themselves
in
the
hot
waters;
and
those
two
ladies
had
been
there
for
the
change
of
air.
He
was
advised
by
his
friends
to
promise
marriage
to
the
young
damsel
of
fourteen,
as
she
was
the
only
girl
in
that
country
of
beauty
and
education,
and
of
the
most
distinguished
family
in
all
Armenia.
The
history
of
her
grandfather
Avan
would
take
up
volumes,
if
it
were
written
in
a
proper
manner.
To
make
it
short,
he
was
born
of
a
noble
family
in
Stirvan,
revolted,
with
eighteen
others,
and
deserted
from
Calbaly,
sultan
of
that
province,
whom
he
surprized
by
night
on
the
Armenian
side
of
the
river
Cur;
and
by
firing
repeated
vollies
in
different
places,
induced
him
to
believe,
that
an
army
of
mountaineers
had
surrounded
him,
so
then
he
decamped
precipitately
with
18,
000
men,
leaving
behind
him
considerable
booty;
which
Avans
party,
assisted
by
the
neighbouring
Armenian
villagers,
carried
away:
five
hundred
mule
loads
of
fire-arms
were
distributed
among
the
subjects
of
five
chiefs
of
Karabagh;
where,
by
all
accounts,
there
had
been
no
more
than
two
match-lock
pieces
in
each
chiefs
arsenal.
It
was
Avan
the
First
who
introduced
complete
fire-arms
in
those
mountains.
This
happened
some
years
before
the
destruction
of
Shah
Sultan
Husin.
The
last,
when
Peter
the
Great
was
alive,
and
not
wanting
to
encourage
him
with
his
letters.
The
Armenian
mountaineers
from
that
time
began
to
hold
up
their
heads.
Avan
made
himself
an
independent
prince,
with
a
formidable
army,
while
he
had
to
do
with
the
Persians
alone,
whom
he
beat
in
several
battles,
killing
no
less
than
70,
000
of
them;
but
when
the
Osmanlus
took
possession
of
great
part
of
Persia,
with
a
larger
army,
yet
he
could
not
have
been
overpowered,
if
the
odious
Turks
had
not
brought
with
them
the
plague,
which
obliged
Avan
to
go
over
to
Russia.
The
writer
is
not
sure
he
was
created
prince
by
Peter,
or,
after
his
death,
by
his
niece
the
late
Empress
Anne.
When
he
was
in
Russia,
the
government
made
him
general;
and
at
the
head
of
12,
000
men,
he
marched
to
Derbund,
in
order
to
enter
Armenia,
but
died
there
soon
after,
to
the
great
misfortune
of
the
Armenians.
His
son,
Prince
Atlukhan,
having
been
in
that
service
long
enough,
was
promoted
to
the
rank
of
lieutenant
general,
but
was
unworthy
to
be
called
the
son
of
Avan-khan;
and
after
a
most
debauched
life
died
at
the
age
of
thirty-three
years,
leaving
an
only
daughter,
then
an
infant,
and
heiress
to
a
great
landed
estate,
besides
an
immense
treasure
in
jewels.
When
Emin
returned
from
Moscow,
he
found
the
grandmother,
with
her
grand-daughter,
returned
from
Kizlar.
He
chose
to
live
in
an
asylum,
rather
than
in
a
princesss
house
with
peace
and
plenty,
and
with
a
young
lady
of
fourteen,
when
he
was
about
thirty-three.
The
old
lady
was
ready
to
consent,
and
even
to
persuade,
and
nothing
could
have
hindered
his
being
married:
so
that
he
might
have
done
very
well,
and
by
this
time
have
been
high
in
the
Empresss
service,
whose
predecessor,
Elizabeth,
was
extremely
fond
of
the
princess,
Emins
friend,
and
sent
three
times
for
the
young
angel
to
see
her,
with
the
old
dowager.
Peter
the
Great
also,
the
father,
sent
a
letter
to
prince
Avankhan,
in
which
the
dear
brother,
and
his
glorious
signature,
promises
that,
as
soon
as
she
is
married,
provided
it
be
to
a
soldier
by
profession,
he
shall
be
made
a
general.
This
gracious
letter
of
Peter
the
Great,
the
young
lady
had
shewn
to
Emin
three
times,
perhaps
with
an
innocent
intention,
that
he
might
form
an
inclination
to
matrimony;
but
he
was
stone-hearted,
like
Charles
the
Twelfth
of
Sweden,
and
sacrificed
all
that
prospect
of
advantage
to
the
cause
of
his
country,
except
the
singular
satisfaction
of
having
acted
honourably,
in
not
causing
a
spot
to
be
cast
upon
the
reputation
of
that
harmless
angel.
The
old
princess
sent
over
his
breakfast,
dinner,
and
supper,
every
day;
and
each
time
with
letters
so
moving,
that
they
would
have
brought
down
an
iron
town;
but
he
only
shed
tears
bitterly,
and
sent
apologizing
answers.
The
princess
Avan
was
a
woman
of
great
natural
sense,
and
finding
he
would
not
consent
to
coming
over
to
live,
was
very
uneasy
lest
he
should
catch
cold,
and
proposed
to
him
to
sleep
in
a
separate
house;
but
he
could
not
be
persuaded:
he
only
went
three
different
mornings
very
early,
stayed
just
time
enough
to
read
the
letter
beforementioned,
and
immediately
went
away
to
his
covered
waggon.
On
the
last
day,
when
he
took
his
leave
of
them,
he
said,
he
would
be
as
good
as
his
word,
and
return
to
them,
if
it
should
please
God
to
grant
him
success
in
his
plan;
otherwise,
he
never
should
think
himself
worthy
of
being
one
of
her
Highnesss
common
footmen.
The
scene
was
pathetic;
all
three
were
drowned
in
tears;
hardly
able
to
speak,
hanging
over
one
anothers
necks,
and
just
able
to
bid
adieu.
Emin
only
consoled
his
mind,
by
thanking
his
Maker,
that
he
had
done
no
harm,
but
had
a
good
intention
in
that
uncommon
proceeding,
when
he
might
have
married
and
acquired
an
immediate
fortune,
without
being
obliged
to
see
the
face
of
the
Greek
prince
Heraclius,
whose
heart
was
full
of
envy
and
jealousy.
When
he
arrived
at
Kizlar,
he
waited
on
Stupition,
who
could
not
believe
his
own
eyes,
but
thought
he
was
in
a
dream,
when
he
saw
Emin
with
a
powerful
passport
and
a
strong
commanding
letter
from
two
very
great
ministers,
setting
forth,
that
if
all
the
Armenian
inhabitants
of
Kizlar
(excepting
those
who
had
been
naturalized)
should
follow
Emin
Hovsepwitz,
they
were
to
be
convoyed
without
any
pretence
or
hindrance;
and
that
whatever
behaviour,
good
or
indifferent,
general
Stupition
should
shew
to
the
said
Emin
Hovsepwitz,
should
be
placed
to
their
account.
And,
to
convince
him
more
fully
that
he
could
be
a
judge
of
the
character
of
Emin,
and
of
his
principles,
it
was
added,
"By
our
will
and
pleasure
he
is
to
pass
through
the
town
of
Kizlar
honourably,
without
any
sort
of
molestation.
And
whereas
by
a
calumnious
false
imputation,
he
was
obliged
to
return
to
the
Imperial
college
of
foreign
affairs;
he
there
passed
an
examination,
and
came
off
with
honour
and
applause.
Given
under
our
hands,
"
&c.
&c.
Stupition,
stupified
and
confounded,
grumbling
like
a
bear
with
his
tail
cut,
did
not
know
what
to
do
with
himself.
He
had
been
weak
enough
to
believe
his
German
wife,
who
said,
that
she
had
seen
Emin
in
the
king
of
Prussias
army,
commanding
the
death
regiment
of
hussars,
where
he
did
more
havock,
and
destroyed
more
Russians
in
the
battle
of
Castrin,
than
the
greatest
part
of
the
kings
army.
When
her
husband
put
the
question
to
Emin,
he
said,
he
should
be
very
proud
if
it
were
true,
not
of
destroying
Christians
but
of
just
fame;
but
that
in
fact
he
had
been
no
more
than
seven
days
with
the
king.
However,
they
took
for
granted
that
he
was
the
man,
but
did
not
think
proper
to
speak
the
truth.
Then
the
lady
thought
herself
very
wise
to
prig
up
her
head,
and
her
husband
looked
vain,
thinking
he
possessed
a
jewel
of
a
wife.
This
happened
before
the
report
was
made
and
he
was
sent
back.
Emins
name,
through
such
report,
grew
every
day
more
and
more
like
a
snowball,
which
in
a
few
days
melts
to
water;
for
his
English
education
had
so
good
an
effect
upon
him,
that
he
never
could
be
made
so
weak
as
to
be
in
the
least
vain
of
himself:
and
he
must
acknowledge,
that
if,
instead
of
a
snowball,
his
fortune
had
been
turned
into
real
solid
gold,
(which
would
equally
have
melted
with
a
strong
fire,
)
he
should
have
chosen
to
bestow
it
rather
on
honest
soldiers,
to
fight
for
the
liberty
of
their
country,
than
to
sit
drinking
wine
to
the
healths
of
rich
Armenian
merchants,
who
would
have
been
glad
to
hear
of
his
profession,
especially
since
their
own
purses
are
made
inaccessible,
through
good
and
salutary
laws.
After
Easter
holidays
were
over,
he
set
out
with
three
servants
on
horseback;
and
the
general,
to
his
mortification,
by
an
order
from
above,
sent
120
cossacks
to
accompany
him
to
a
village
belonging
to
the
Circassians,
at
the
foot
of
Mount
Caucasus.
After
five
days
travelling
from
Kizlar,
he
and
his
servants
were
obliged
to
halt
a
fortnight
on
account
of
the
snow
in
the
passes,
and
to
settle
with
the
mountaineers
about
the
payment
for
allowing
them
to
go
over.
This
commonly
amounts
to
twelve
pieces
of
coarse
linen,
each
to
make
a
shirt
worth
two
English
shillings:
every
man
pays
besides
for
his
bedding;
and
the
packs
of
the
horses
are
carried
on
the
backs
of
those
Herculean
fellows,
for
no
more
than
four
such
pieces
of
linen
for
a
horse-load,
all
the
way,
or
two
days
journey.
It
is
incredible
how
they
climb
up
those
high
mountains,
whose
summits
reach
above
the
clouds.
At
length,
with
infinite
fatigue,
they
passed
over
them,
descended,
and
pitched
tents
at
the
foot
of
them,
near
a
village
called
Stepan
Sminda
(or
St.
Stephen).
The
master
of
the
place
had
orders
beforehand,
from
prince
Heraclius,
to
accommodate
him
with
quarters,
provision,
and
so
forth.
According
to
custom,
the
man
begged
Emin
to
give
notice
in
writing
to
the
prince
of
his
arrival,
which
he
did
very
readily,
and
sent
it
by
one
of
the
villagers.
The
answer
of
his
highness
was
received
in
six
days
from
Kakhet.
After
some
cool
compliments,
it
signified
to
him,
that
he
was
to
march
to
Ananor,
one
days
journey
from
that
place,
to
be
entertained
there
till
futher
orders.
They
stayed
there
four
days
more,
and
received
fresh
orders
to
march
down
to
Teffliz.
His
thirty
men,
who
had
been
sent
away
by
him
a
year
before,
came
every
one
in
good
health,
and
met
him
in
the
way
as
he
was
slowly
advancing.
On
drawing
near
a
village
about
twelve
miles
from
the
town,
on
both
sides
of
the
road,
as
close
as
could
be,
were
standing,
ladies
of
the
city,
with
white
veils,
and
about
4000
horsemen,
Georgians
or
Armenians,
who
met
him
just
half
way,
in
the
avenue
made
by
those
lovely
spectators,
Armenian
ladies
of
all
ranks,
praying
for
the
success
of
Emin
as
he
passed
along,
loud
enough
to
be
heard
by
him.
He
seemed
to
be
pleased,
seeing
handsome
forms,
and
hearing
agreeable
voices;
but
his
heart
all
the
time
whispered
to
him,
"No.
-
Heraclius
is
not
a
man
to
be
depended
on.
"
Since
he
was
sent
thither
by
his
friends
the
Russians,
he
could
not
help
otherwise
putting
on
the
best
countenance.
In
that
grand
manner
he
made
his
entry:
his
men
increased
to
800;
but
he
dismissed
all
except
eighty
of
them.
He
was
conducted
to
an
Armenian
merchants
house,
and
his
servants
to
different
places;
his
horses,
with
the
grooms,
to
an
inn.
He
was
very
well
supplied
with
wine,
and
all
sorts
of
provisions.
He
ordered
guards
of
his
own
men
to
stand
at
the
door,
and
not
to
admit
any
Armenian
or
Georgian
merchants,
with
an
intention
to
avoid
giving
umbrage
to
the
prince,
who
came
six
days
after
from
Telav,
the
capital
of
Kakhet
Georgia,
and
the
next
day
sent
for
Emin,
who
took
along
with
him
a
brace
of
pistols,
with
a
couple
of
spying-glasses,
and
the
letter
of
count
Worronzoff.
On
presenting
them,
he
told
his
Highness
they
were
not
worthy
the
acceptance
of
a
prince
like
him;
but
he
could
assure
him,
that
he
was
come
to
present
his
heart
and
service
to
be
wholly
devoted
to
him,
and
was
ready,
on
word
of
command,
to
shed
his
blood
for
him
at
any
time.
The
prince
appeared
to
be
vastly
pleased,
and
was
not
wanting
in
words.
After
returning
the
compliments,
he
thanked
him,
making
some
apologies
for
not
answering
his
letters,
and
saying,
he
was
very
glad
of
Emins
resolution;
-
that
it
was
God
who
sent
him
thither.
Then
he
made
Emin
sit
by
him.
Emin
thought
it
prudent
to
beg
his
Highness
to
let
the
audience
be
private,
which
was
granted
immediately,
and
the
people
ordered
to
go
from
the
levee.
He
then
said,
"Your
Highness
judges
of
my
coming
to
the
dust
of
your
feet,
agreeably
to
my
hearts
wish.
Nothing
in
this
world
can
be
done
without
God;
nor
a
single
hair
fall
from
our
heads
without
his
decrees.
I
have
left
a
country
which
is
no
less
than
a
paradise
upon
earth,
and
preferred
Georgia
or
Armenia,
which,
without
you,
(whom
God
preserve,
)
would
be
no
more
than
a
chaos.
The
people,
as
far
as
appears,
are
disorderly
and
ignorant;
no
good
can
be
expected
from
them,
but
only
confusion
and
mischief,
whose
ears
are
deaf
to
good
words,
and
open
to
bad;
and
who
are
ready
to
magnify
a
fly
to
the
size
of
an
elephant:
therefore,
I
humbly
implore
that
your
Highness
forbid
their
coming
to
me,
or
visiting
me
upon
any
account;
for
the
healer
of
my
wounds,
and
the
physician
of
my
maladies,
is
your
Highness
alone.
"
Heraclius,
on
this
representation,
opened
his
sympathising
heart,
and
said,
"God
has
made
our
minds
alike,
and
under
the
same
planet:
you
are
in
the
right;
they
shall
not
come
to
fill
your
ears
with
nonsense,
for
they
are
not
worthy
to
be
in
company
with
a
person
whose
mind
is
as
pure
as
unmixed
gold.
"
He
then
began
to
complain
of
his
wicked
nobles,
and
their
unruly
disposition;
and
added,
"With
all
my
care
and
pains,
I
cannot
make
anything
of
them,
nor
find
a
single
soul
who
has
sense
enough
to
incline
his
mind
or
bend
his
thoughts
towards
meaning
well;
but,
on
the
other
hand,
they
are
wicked
to
the
soul,
false
to
the
very
bone:
in
a
word,
they
were
born
twenty-four
hours
before
the
devil.
As
for
fighting,
they
do
not
want
courage:
but
what
of
that?
the
wild
beasts
in
the
field
have
as
much;
beware,
and
take
no
notice
of
them:
but
what
shall
we
do,
my
Emin
Aga,
to
make
men
of
them?"
Emin
said,
"Break
them
into
small
pieces
like
glass,
to
be
cast
afresh.
"
The
prince
laughed
at
the
expression,
desired
him
to
come
near,
to
sit
close
to
him,
knee
to
knee,
and
then
asked
how
that
was
to
be
done?
Emin
said,
"It
is
impossible
for
any
man,
who
has
been
brought
up
in
a
wild
way,
without
education
or
experience
of
the
world,
to
give
just
hopes
of
any
thing
good.
The
only
method
will
be,
to
set
up
two
or
three
common
schools,
and
make
their
children
go
to
learn
the
principles
of
religion,
from
seven
to
sixteen,
that
their
faith
may
be
well
grounded:
when
that
is
done,
frame
them
into
companies,
to
be
taught
the
use
of
arms,
like
the
Eropeans,
from
sixteen
years
of
age
to
twenty.
Let
that
be
the
work
of
the
morning,
and
about
three
in
the
afternoon
let
heroic
lectures
be
read
to
them,
about
three
quarters
of
an
hour;
short
and
sweet:
then
let
them
go
to
play.
"
Here
the
prince
interrupted
Emin,
saying,
"What
shall
we
do
for
money
to
pay
the
school-masters?"
He
said,
"It
may
very
easily
be
managed:
let
every
man
give
a
penny
every
morning
to
his
child,
when
he
goes
to
school,
to
put
into
the
masters
hands;
six
pence
a-week,
makes
two
shillings
a-month.
Fifty
boys
will
bring
a
hundred
shillings;
and
five
pounds
in
so
cheap
a
country,
are
sufficient
to
maintain
a
family,
where
a
bottle
of
wine
is
sold
for
a
penny,
an
English
shilling
loaf
for
three-half-pence;
a
sheep,
one
year
old,
for
five
or
six
shillings
(in
that
place
called
Abasys).
When
at
the
age
of
twenty-one
they
shall
be
disciplined
in
useful
learning,
they
will
be
exactly
like
birds
of
prey.
A
general
like
your
Highness
at
the
head
of
them,
or
one
of
your
sons
may
easily
then
find
game
for
them
in
the
neighbouring
country
of
the
Turks
and
Persians,
whose
rich
army
is
no
better
than
a
mob.
The
difficulty
is
in
the
beginning,
when
once
the
lost
end
of
the
yarn
is
found,
the
coil
of
it
may
easily
be
opened
as
the
wheel
goes
round,
and
then
it
may
be
wound
into
clues.
In
the
meantime,
the
wisdom
that
has
deserted
this
fine
country
will
come
back
of
itself,
and
make
it
flourishing,
thus
enlightened,
as
it
has
all
the
kingdoms
of
Europe.
"
He
added,
"Though
I
am
poor,
and
my
advice
blunt,
yet
if
your
Highness
will
listen
to
it,
you
will
surely
never
repent.
"
The
prince
was
all
attention
to
his
simple
way
of
giving
counsel,
and
said,
almost
at
every
word,
"Good,
true,
very
right.
"
Yet
he
could
not
check
his
avaricious
Asiatic
disposition,
insisting,
that
they
must
have
money
to
commence
so
great
a
work.
This
made
Emin
recollect
the
old
Armenian
proverb,
Gaili
gekhin
avitararan
cardatzin
asatz
vochkhary
hotten
antzav;
)
that
is,
when
they
were
preaching
the
gospel
over
the
head
of
a
wolf,
he
said,
A
flock
of
sheep
is
passing:
which
is
as
much
as
to
say,
a
man
cannot
change
his
nature.
From
that
single
meeting,
Emin
soon
found
of
what
metal
the
mighty
prince
was
made,
and
remembered
his
late
fathers
prophetical
hint,
when
he
wrote
from
Bengal
to
England,
That
Heraclius
was
not
a
soul
to
be
much
depended
on.
And
added,
"My
dear
son,
do
you
judge
him
to
be
like
the
princes
of
blessed
Europe?
Can
you
compare
a
tiger
to
an
angel?
Go
to
him,
and
remember
me,
when
I
have
departed
from
this
vain
world;
he
will
meditate
all
the
mischief
he
can
against
you.
But
never
fear,
God
is
with
you,
for
your
good
heart:
go
to
him;
he
will
never
be
able
to
injure
your
person.
"
When
Emin
hinted
his
being
poor,
or
a
soldier
of
fortune,
he
perceived
that
the
princes
countenance
changed
to
a
yellow
colour:
his
common
complexion
was
black,
mixed
with
green;
his
stature
was
short,
half
an
inch
taller
than
Emins;
but
he
was
well
made,
and
strong
in
bones
and
nerves.
Heraclius
had
been
one
of
the
greatest
men
living,
of
his
mind
could
have
been
turned
into
the
path
of
truth.
In
regard
to
the
character
of
the
people
Emin
agreed
with
him,
he
was
in
every
respect
the
first
man
among
them,
which
enabled
him
to
have
the
command
over
all.
The
first
conference
being
ended,
Emin
took
leave
and
went
to
his
lodgings.
A
few
days
after,
Revaz
Eshigu
Agasy
Bashy
(or
the
first
aid-du-camp)
was
sent
with
compliments
to
Emin,
with
orders
to
enlist
as
many
Armenians,
from
twenty
to
twenty-five
years
of
age,
as
would
enter
into
the
service;
news
being
received
that
Carim
Khan
had
overcome
all
his
competitors
in
the
kingdom
of
Persia,
and,
at
twelve
days
distance,
was
preparing
to
march
with
a
hundred
thousand
men
to
Tiffliz,
if
prince
Heraclius
would
not
consent
to
the
condition
brought
by
Carims
messengers
to
him;
namely,
to
send
his
daughter-in-law,
the
wife
of
Wakhtan
Mirza,
his
late
eldest
son
by
the
first
wife,
and
his
brother
Gorgin
Mirza,
the
hereditary
prince
of
Georgia,
or
second
son
to
prince
Heraclius,
together
with
his
son-in-law
prince
David,
and
twelve
other
noblemens
sons,
with
twelve
beautiful
Georgian
virgins
not
older
than
twelve
years.
Though
sorry
for
the
demand,
Emin
was
glad
with
all
his
heart
of
the
opportunity,
and
enlisted
800
stout
Armenians
in
six
days
time.
When
he
acquainted
the
prince,
he
told
him,
with
no
less
jealousy
than
surprize,
to
stop,
asking
his
advice
in
regard
to
Carims
demand?
Emin
said
to
him,
"Why
do
not
you
consult
your
nobles?"
The
prince
answered,
"I
have
consulted
them;
they
are
willing
to
submit,
and
have
made
me
almost
listen
to
their
advice;
alleging,
that
the
consequences
of
falling
out
with
the
king
of
Persia
may
bring
on
the
total
destruction
of
Georgia;
for
my
nobles
tell
me,
it
will
be
a
difficult
undertaking
to
stand
against
a
powerful
nation,
without
money,
artillery,
or
ammunition.
"
Emin
said,
"May
it
please
your
Highness,
the
character
I
have
heard
of
you
in
England,
differs
greatly
from
what
you
now
confess,
which
is
downright
pusillanimity:
your
agreeing
to
it
will
be
an
action
of
a
coromsak,
or
pimp,
not
of
a
prince,
to
take
with
your
own
hands
of
your
son
and
daughters,
and
those
of
your
subjects
innocent
children,
and
deliver
them
to
the
lusts
of
dogs
to
be
defiled!
-
Brute
beasts
would
not
be
guilty
of
such
an
action!
-
Let
them
come
-
let
us
die
first
-
let
us
not
see
that
horrid
day
with
an
open
eye.
You
conquered
with
a
handful
of
men
Azad
Khan;
the
Afghans
sold
him
for
300
tumans
not
long
ago
to
Carim,
who
was
twice
as
powerful.
-
Never
fear,
God
will
fight
for
us.
-
It
stands
against
reason
that
Carim
should
get
the
better
of
you;
his
inclination
is
to
debauch
your
family,
while
you
pray
for
the
peace
of
your
country.
"
Seeing
Emin
thus
exasperated,
the
prince
told
Ter
Philippus
(an
Armenian
secular
priest,
the
princes
grammar
master
in
the
Georgian
language),
to
say,
"The
prince
thanks
you
for
your
heroic
advice.
"
Indeed,
if
Emin
had
not
been
present,
the
princes
heart
would
have
fallen
like
a
tower
whose
foundation
is
undermined
and
perhaps
he
would
have
consented
to
Carims
unnatural
villanous
demand.
Within
twenty-four
hours,
Heraclius
wrote
a
short
sarcastical
letter
to
Carim,
and
despatched
the
messengers.
Not
many
days
after,
news
arrived
that
Zakiz
Khan,
Carims
brother,
had
revolted
in
Ispahan,
and
carried
all
the
inhabitants
of
that
great
city
to
the
mountains
of
Loristan;
which
had
obliged
Carim
to
march
with
his
whole
army
in
precipitation,
making
two
stages
in
one,
to
put
a
stop
to
his
rebellious
brothers
proceedings;
which
saved
Heraclius
from
becoming,
like
his
predecessors
father-in-law,
tributary
to
the
king
of
Persia.
This
lucky
event
made
Georgia
enjoy
peace
to
this
juncture.
Had
the
prince
complied
with
that
diabolical
condition
proposed
by
Carim
(and
he
had
very
great
merit
in
not
complying,
for
Emins
advice
was
but
wind
in
his
ears),
that
country,
as
well
as
the
Emerate
Georgians,
who
were
chiefly
made
free
from
the
subjection
of
the
Osmanlus
through
the
princes
wise
politics,
might
have
fallen
into
everlasting
slavery
to
those
two
Mahometan
nations,
as
they
had
before
fallen
for
a
period
of
about
130
years;
nor
would
they
have
been
so
happy
as
to
become
provinces
to
the
empire
of
the
mighty
Russians,
when
the
glorious
empress
Catherina
compassionately
accepted
those
two
small
principalities
under
her
august
and
most
auspicious
protection,
which,
very
fortunately
both
for
Heraclius
and
Solomon,
took
place
in
her
imperial
majestys
reign;
for
their
ancestors,
many
years
before,
namely,
the
princes
Archil,
Vaktang,
and
Bakar,
had
been
supplicating
that
court,
even
in
Peter
the
Greats
time,
but
could
not
effect
their
purpose
of
becoming
subjects
to
Russia,
and
were
obliged
to
live
and
die
there
in
grievous
anxiety;
whereas
her
benevolent
majesty
received
the
proposals
of
Heraclius
and
Solomon
with
pleasure
and
cheerfulness.
Who
knows,
but
in
time
to
come
the
Armenians
may
join
the
Georgians,
and
bring
a
formidable
army
into
the
field,
for
the
downfal
of
the
Mahomedan
kings.
But
to
speak
the
truth,
Emin
was
not
at
all
pleased
with
Carims
marching
back
from
Romia
to
Ispahan;
had
that
prince
come
to
Georgia,
he
might
have
acquired
the
glory
of
dying
honourably,
or
have
performed
service
sufficient
to
win
the
princes
heart,
and
thus
have
succeeded
in
his
main
design,
delivering
the
Armenians,
and
forming
a
respectable
alliance
with
Georgia,
and
then
becoming
tributary
to
a
Christian
power.
When
the
just-mentioned
news
was
authenticated,
the
prince
sent
Emin
orders
to
dismiss
all
the
new-raised
men
but
forty
of
them.
He
obeyed,
and
proposed
to
the
prince
to
let
him
have
the
command
of
about
1000
Georgian
horse,
to
fall
on
the
rear
of
Carims
army,
before
he
could
leave
Azarbaijan,
as
it
was
reported
that
he
was
on
a
hasty
march,
with
heavy
baggage,
and
could
not
possibly
reach
Arakistan
in
forty
days,
whereas
Emin
might
in
five
days
reach
it
with
light
troops;
besides,
the
Armenians
in
the
way
had
sent
a
promise
to
join
him,
and
he
was
sure
of
dispersing
that
rabble
of
an
army,
which,
with
Carim
at
the
head
of
them,
were
almost
defeated,
not
a
year
before,
by
a
body
of
300
Armenian
mountaineers;
and
they
would
have
gained
a
complete
victory,
if
Fataly
Khan
Avshar
their
general
had
stayed,
but
he
ran
away
with
15,
000
Kezelbashes:
which
Carim
hearing,
rallied
his
mob,
and
in
two
days,
with
the
loss
of
1500
men,
overcame
them
at
last,
and
put
them
all
to
the
sword.
The
Persian
stragglers
often
told
Emin,
some
days
after
he
came
to
Tiffliz,
that
if
those
300
Armenians
had
only
water
and
ammunition,
Carim
could
never
have
taken
them;
and
that
on
the
capitulation,
he
took
his
oath
upon
the
Koran
not
to
kill
them
who
surrendered.
Emin
with
great
sincerity
was
proceeding
with
his
proposals
to
serve
Heraclius,
not
minding
the
jealousy
of
his
heart,
and
imagining,
that
as
he
was
a
Christian,
he
might
overcome
it;
but
the
serpent
grew
bigger
and
bigger
every
day.
The
prince
told
him,
there
was
no
necessity
for
so
dangerous
an
undertaking;
and
said
to
the
secular
priest
Philippus,
that
Emins
heart
was
made
of
steel;
this
was
only
to
puff
him
up,
and
conceal
himself
from
Emin,
supposing
him
weak
enough
to
mistake
flattery
for
applause.
That
summer,
Heraclius
took
Emin
and
his
forty
men
with
him
to
the
fine
fields
of
Georgia,
where
they
passed
the
time
partly
in
bush-fighting
against
the
plundering
Lazguis,
and
partly
in
taking
pleasure.
The
prince
kept
him
always
in
his
company,
either
on
horseback
or
in
the
tent,
with
an
intention
to
pump
out
of
him
the
secret
of
making
money,
and
to
know
if
he
had
any,
or
was
really
poor.
He
complained
most
bitterly
of
those
hardy
inroaders
the
Lazguis,
and
said,
they
were
the
ruin
of
Georgia.
Emin
said,
"If
you
will
give
me
leave,
I
will
tell
you,
that
those
very
Lazguis
are
your
best
troops,
since
their
incursions
impoverish
the
country
of
your
nobles,
and
oblige
them
to
be
subservient
to
your
will.
You
may
very
easily
prevent
their
entering
the
country,
if
you
please;
you
suffer
their
coming,
and
take
no
notice
of
it
till
they
have
ruined
a
village
or
two,
and
made
the
inhabitants
captives;
then
you
set
out
with
your
household
troops,
and
a
pretended
zeal,
to
destroy
the
poor
creatures,
and
that
with
no
loss
of
your
own
men;
and
of
course
you
acquire
the
fame
of
a
conqueror;
the
nobles
grow
poor
and
exhausted,
and
are
obliged
in
spite
of
fate
to
submit
to
you;
while
you
think
yourself
in
the
right
to
keep
them
under,
by
paying
them
in
their
own
coin.
It
is
very
well
known
to
all,
that
when
Shah
Abbas
took
the
country
of
the
Cartuel
Georgians,
which
you
are
now
in
possession
of,
and
marched
to
Kakhet
Georgia,
which
is
your
Highnesss
own
hereditary
country,
the
poor
people
of
it
fled
to
Cartuel
for
shelter;
but
the
nobles,
instead
of
protecting
them
as
their
fellow
Christians,
took
and
sold
them
by
thousands
to
the
Turks,
till
they
almost
depopulated
Kakhet;
and,
on
the
other
hand,
both
countries
were
enslaved
by
the
Persians.
Shah
Sultan
Hussein,
the
last
king
of
the
Sophy
family,
being
killed,
and
the
Turks
and
Afghans
having
gotten
possession
of
the
kingdom
of
Persia,
prince
Buker
of
Cartuel,
your
uncle
by
the
mothers
side,
inviting
the
Pasha
of
Osmanlus
to
Tiffliz,
was
forced
to
fly
to
Russia,
and
the
Lazguis
over-ran
Kakhet.
Then
Nadir
Shah
comes
out
of
Khorasan,
delivers
the
whole
kingdom,
drives
the
Turks
away,
sends
for
your
father
king
Tahmuras,
who
died
in
Moscow,
and
by
whose
will
I
came
hither.
He
fearing
to
go
to
Nadir
Shah,
the
deliverer
of
Persia,
your
Highnesss
mother
Tamer
undertook
the
journey,
went
herself
to
Nadir,
and
obtained
the
rank
of
Vali,
or
feudatory,
for
her
husband
your
father.
After
the
destruction
of
Nadir,
when
no
hereditary
prince
was
to
be
found
in
Cartuel,
you
being
then
the
heir,
became
master
of
the
country,
and
recollecting
the
past
conduct
of
its
nobles,
and
their
former
unnatural
barbarity,
you
approved
that
method
to
revenge
yourself;
though
you
do
not
sell
their
subjects
to
the
Mahomedans,
as
they
do
yours,
you
let
the
Lazguis
do
the
business
for
you;
and
leave
the
world
to
say,
that
Heraclius
is
the
defender
of
the
Christian
faith,
and
the
protector
of
those
who
profess
it!
You
have
only
this
to
answer
before
God,
and
the
world
will
vouch
for
you,
that
you
have
sold
no
Christian
as
slaves
to
the
Mahomedans
like
the
nobles
of
Cartuel;
but
you
have
suffered
them
by
thousands
and
thousands
to
be
made
captives
by
the
Lazguis.
"
A
few
weeks
after
this
conversation,
Chouchol
Mussa,
a
man
seventy-eight
years
of
age,
a
captain
of
banditti
of
the
same
mountains,
at
the
head
of
200
hundred
of
them,
was
taken
alive,
mounted
on
a
mule
like
Mahomed;
and
when
he
was
brought
before
his
Christian
Highness,
he
was
in
hopes
of
escaping
the
sword
on
account
of
an
intimacy
with
him
and
his
father.
As
soon
as
he
found
that
he
must
lose
his
head,
he
spit
at
the
princes
face,
and
said
to
him,
"You,
that
pretend
to
defend
Christians,
can
you
deny
before
the
Supreme
Being
a
box
full
of
letters,
which
is
now
in
my
house,
both
from
you
and
from
your
father,
pointing
out
the
way
to
Cartuel
Georgia,
and
inciting
us
to
kill
and
enslave
its
inhabitants?
Do
not
you
remember
how
many
hundred
measures
of
wine
we
and
our
party
drank
in
your
house,
and
how
many
hundred
monds
(a
Georgian
measure
of
bread)
they
have
eaten
in
it?"
He
added,
That
besides
20,
000
slaves
sold
to
the
Turks,
that
he
had
for
his
part
at
different
times
debauched
416
beautiful
Georgian
virgins,
and
that
he
had
nothing
more
left
in
his
heart
to
wish
for.
Then
stretching
out
his
neck,
he
began
saying,
"Laila
ilalah"
and
so
forth.
His
head
was
struck
off
with
a
single
blow
of
a
sword.
All
the
while
Heraclius
was
grinning
at
the
nobles,
when
the
man
boasted
of
the
destruction
of
Christians;
and
he
might
not
have
been
executed,
if
he
had
not
spit
in
the
face
of
the
prince.
Thus
had
prince
Heraclius
maintained
to
himself,
and
kept
possession
of
both
the
Georgian
provinces,
Cartuel
and
Khaket,
for
thirty-nine
or
forty
years;
and
at
last
gave
them
up,
with
a
pretended
good-will,
to
the
management
of
the
Russians,
fearing,
very
justly,
that
after
his
death,
it
would
not
be
well
governed
by
any
one
of
his
numerous
children,
who
were
all
growing
up
to
manhood,
but
none
so
enterprizing
nor
so
active
as
himself.
He
one
day
proposed
to
Emin,
if
he
had
such
a
man
as
could
be
trusted
with
a
secret
of
great
consequence,
so
as
to
form
some
enterprize,
and
try
if
possible
to
take
by
surprize
the
fortified
town
of
Iravan
"If
that
be
done,
it
will
be
the
only
place
for
you
to
settle
in;
the
Armenians
will
come
to
you
in
crowds
from
all
parts,
hearing
that
Heraclius
is
the
author
of
the
plan,
and
is
a
friend
to
Emin;
there
is
no
doubt
of
our
becoming
invincible;
as
for
those
Khans
of
Persia,
they
are
but
schoolboys;
we
can
play
with
them
as
with
dolls.
"
Then
he
repeated
the
same
question
to
him.
Emin
answered,
"Yes.
"
The
prince
said,
"Who
is
he?"
Emin
said,
"I
am
the
very
man,
your
Highnesss
humble
servant.
"
Heraclius
asking
in
what
manner,
he
said,
"In
a
very
easy
manner;
please
to
send
a
file
of
twelve
men
to
stand
as
a
sham
guard
upon
me;
order
a
cryer
to
proclaim
in
the
city,
that
the
Armenian
Joseph
Emin,
having,
in
Russia,
forged
false
letters
in
the
names
of
the
nobles,
ministers,
and
generals,
in
recommendation
of
himself;
and
we
having
discovered
the
spuriousness
of
them,
have
commanded
the
prince
Heraclius
of
Georgia,
on
the
receipt
of
this,
to
secure
the
said
Emin
the
Armenian,
and
send
him
with
proper
guards,
over
the
same
mountains
of
Cowedous,
to
conduct
him
to
Moscow;
then
order
five
hundred
men
of
your
best
troops
to
come
from
Kakhet,
your
own
country;
deliver
him
to
their
charge,
and
command
them
to
take
him
to
Russia.
Having
given
me
a
letter
signed
and
sealed
by
your
own
hand,
to
shew
to
the
commander
of
the
five
hundred
men,
let
him
set
out
in
the
afternoon;
this
will
prevent
the
people
from
suspecting
any
thing;
and
when
about
midnight
I
shall
shew
it
to
the
officer,
he
will
learn
the
contents,
that
the
commander
with
his
troops
shall
be
entirely
under
my
command,
and
that
the
report
was
a
fiction;
that
he
is
to
follow
me
wherever
I
please
to
lead
him,
and
obey
me
to
the
last
drop
of
his
blood;
then
depend
on
it,
Iravan
will
be
no
longer
in
possession
of
the
cowardly
Husin
Aly
Khan,
who
has
but
seven
hundred
men
in
the
fort.
"
Upon
this,
the
suspicious
prince
was
struck
with
amazement,
hung
down
his
head,
putting
his
elbow
on
his
knee,
and
his
hand
upon
his
forehead,
but
did
not
speak
a
word
for
half
an
hour?
He
then
asked,
How
he
would
proceed
afterwards:
Emin
said,
"Sir,
there
is
no
occasion
to
trouble
yourself
farther;
your
business
is
to
command
so
far,
and
mine
is
to
obey.
I
will
take
the
oath
of
fidelity
to
your
Highness,
if
you
mistrust
me.
"
Then,
to
take
away
the
unnecessary
suspicion
which
appeared
in
his
face,
he
said,
"There
are
four
capital
religions
in
the
world,
from
its
creation
to
the
present
time;
the
first
is,
that
of
the
heathens,
who
swore
by
fire
and
water;
the
second
are
worshippers
of
God,
but
Jews,
who
take
oaths
on
the
Old
Testament;
the
third
swear
by
the
Holy
Gospel,
the
foundation
of
Christianity;
and
the
fourth
by
the
Koran
of
Mahomet.
No
man
can
be
out
of
these
four
faiths,
upon
which
I
will
take
an
oath,
and
proceed
on
the
expedition;
if
not,
the
empty
project
will
be
like
building
castles
in
the
air.
"
The
prince
said,
"He
firmly
believed
that
he
was
a
zealous
good
Christian;
but
that
to
venture
on
a
design
so
dangerous,
might
be
attended
with
bad
consequences.
"
Emin
could
not
help
laughing,
to
see
the
prince
departing
from
his
proposals,
and
contradicting
himself
without
sense
of
shame
or
honour;
and
he
thought
of
his
father
Hovsep,
who
knew
the
man
without
having
seen
him.
Then
the
prince
desired
Emin
to
send
his
head-man
Simon,
with
his
forty
servants,
to
Iravan,
to
inlist
in
Husin
Aly
Khans
service
and
continue
in
it
long
enough
to
become
well
acquainted
with
the
Khans
Armenian
troops
in
the
fort,
whom
by
some
means
he
might
entice
away.
Emin
would
by
no
means
undertake
so
base
a
business,
or
teach
his
countrymen
treachery;
neither
he
nor
they
were
Mahomedans,
to
proceed
in
that
wicked
way,
to
eat
a
mans
bread
and
salt,
and
instead
of
serving
him
to
cut
his
throat.
"Why
will
you
not
send,
"
said
he
to
the
prince,
"some
of
your
own
men,
whose
very
nature
is
made
up
of
treachery
and
cunning?"
The
prince
said,
"Husin
Aly
will
suspect
them;
as
for
your
servants,
who
are
Armenians,
they
may
say
their
master
is
poor,
and
has
no
money
to
support
them
and
that
necessity
brought
them
to
serve
Husin
Aly
Khan.
"
Emin
then
found
that
it
was
Heracliuss
design
they
should
be
dispersed;
he
could
not
help
saying
"Yes;
do
as
you
think
proper.
"
The
little
money
he
had
he
divided
among
them,
and
gave
them
permission
to
go
which
way
they
pleased
towards
Armenia,
not
losing
the
opportunity
of
writing
a
long
letter,
which
he
gave
to
his
servant
Simon,
to
carry
to
the
archbishop
Honan
or
Jonas,
of
the
monastery
of
St.
John
the
Baptist,
the
only
friend
of
Emins
among
so
many
thousand
ecclesiastics,
in
the
province
of
Moosh,
N.
W.
who
answered
him
very
kindly,
assuring
him,
if
he
would
come
away
from
Tiffliz,
with
about
fifty
Georgians,
and
that
by
the
consent
of
Heraclius,
in
order
that
the
Turks
might
know
he
was
Emins
friend,
four
thousand
men
would
be
ready
to
put
themselves
under
his
command;
but
without
Heracliuss
name
or
assistance,
it
could
not
be
done.
This
letter
he
carried
and
shewed
Heraclius,
as
he
did
every
letter
from
the
chiefs
of
Carabagh;
and
reported
every
small
negociation
or
correspondence
with
them,
to
be
before
hand
with
informers;
and
this
alone
secured
him
from
falling
a
victim
to
the
princes
incurable
jealousy.
No
sooner
had
his
wicked
followers
gone
to
give
him
intelligence
of
Emins
receiving
letters
from
his
poor
countrymen,
than
the
prince
told
them,
he
had
broken
the
seals
at
Emins
own
desire,
and
read
the
contents
himself
first;
and
he
many
times
declared
to
his
people,
that
Emin
was
an
honest
Armenian;
and,
if
he
had
not
been
a
dangerous
man,
by
writing
only,
and
without
money,
he
would
have
gained
the
minds
of
all
the
Armenians,
in
every
part
of
the
country.
Emin
in
his
second
letter
acquainted
him,
that
he
was
as
poor
as
Job;
and
the
bishop,
in
his
fatherly
answer,
told
him,
that
these
brave
Christians
had
sworn,
and
would
again
swear,
to
serve
under
him
for
ten
years,
without
expectation
of
pay;
and
that
if
they
took
a
rich
town,
the
booty
of
it
should
not
be
touched
by
them;
but
that
every
part
of
it
should
be
given
to
him,
provided
that
he
would
come
to
them
with
the
good-will
of
Heraclius.
To
all
these
proposals,
the
prince
grew
deafer
and
deafer
every
day,
and
was
very
watchful
to
find
some
pretence
to
lay
hold
of
Emin.
Simon
Catholicus,
the
successor
of
Jacob,
at
first
was
inclined
to
concur
with
Emin;
but
when
he
found
that
the
princes
heart
was
not
the
same
with
his
outward
behaviour
to
him,
whom
he
wanted
only
to
make
a
tool
of;
he
sent
a
letter
to
Heraclius,
to
signify
to
him
that
he
was
the
king
of
Armenia
and
Georgia,
and
that
he
would
do
best
to
send
the
imprudent
prince
to
the
place
whence
he
came;
thinking
to
be
in
favour
with
Heraclius
by
this
flattery,
not
looking
deep
enough
into
the
meaning
of
his
expression;
which
made
Heraclius
so
angry,
that
he
said
in
his
council
to
Philipus
the
grammarian,
and
to
all
the
nobles,
"Pray,
Sirs,
how
can
I
be
the
king
of
Armenia,
when
the
Catholicus
of
Etzmiatzin
advise
me
to
send
their
imprudent
prince
away?
How
can
Emin,
the
son
of
Joseph,
born
in
Ivah
in
the
city
of
Hamadan,
be
called
by
Simon
Patriarch
our
prince,
which
is
as
much
as
to
say,
hereditary
prince
of
Armenia?
What
do
you
think
of
this,
Sirs?"
Their
answer
was,
"May
it
please
your
Highness,
Simon
Catholicus
is
one
of
the
most
learned
men
of
the
age,
and
has
seen
a
great
deal
of
the
world;
ten
to
one
he
must
know
Emins
family
better
than
any
one,
else
he
would
not
have
entitled
him
our
prince.
Emin
must
have
been
a
sorcerer,
if
without
money,
beauty,
or
other
qualification,
he
could
possess
the
hearts
of
all
his
nation.
As
your
Highness
declares,
you
have
perused
every
one
of
their
letters,
the
very
direction
of
them
are
surprizing
-
To
Gods
Protected,
his
Majesty
Emin,
King
of
all
Armenia.
May
it
please
your
Highness,
necessity
has
no
law,
this
man
must
be
demolished,
or
put
out
of
the
way;
otherwise
Georgia
will
be
trampled
under
the
feet
of
the
Armenians
who
out-number
us
ten
to
one.
"
Secander
Aga,
a
Persian
Turk,
chief
of
the
clan
of
the
Cossacks
of
15,
000
men,
came
forwards,
making
his
speech,
and
giving
his
Mahomedan
opinion
in
the
case,
and
afterwards
offering
the
prince
500
tumans,
(equal
to
10,
000
rupees,
)
the
price
of
Emins
blood,
to
kill
the
Armenian
Gaur;
who,
if
he
should
succeed
in
the
smallest
degree,
would
be
another
Nadir
in
Asia.
"Have
not
you
all
seen,
when
the
prince
pitched
his
pavilion
with
a
body
of
four
thousand
troops
by
the
village
of
Mardhop,
and
went
in
every
evening
with
the
people
for
fear
of
a
surprize
from
the
Lazguis,
how
Emin,
with
forty
Armenians
never
stirred
for
a
fortnight
from
his
station?
Was
not
he
attacked
several
times
by
the
enemy
four
times
stronger
than
himself
in
number,
and
had
he
not
always
the
better
of
them?
My
own
clan,
your
Highness
subjects,
are
become
so
fond
of
him,
that
I
am
afraid
it
will
not
be
long
before
they
will
all
go
over
to
him;
in
short,
may
it
please
the
Valy
of
Gurjistan,
(or
feudatory
prince
of
Georgia,
)
to
take
care
of
that
great
Caffer.
"
Turkhan,
an
Armenian
merchant,
the
son
of
Agamal,
who
is,
to
his
great
shame,
an
old
acquaintance
of
Emins
father,
did
not
fail
to
give
his
envious
sentiments;
saying,
that
he
knew
Emin
in
Calcutta,
where,
with
all
the
strictness
of
his
father
and
four
uncles,
they
could
not
manage
him;
that
at
last
he
ran
away
from
that
place,
and
went
into
an
English
ship,
working
his
passage
to
England;
the
people
of
which
country,
famous
for
being
warlike,
seeing
him
spirited,
took
notice
of
him.
The
prince
said,
"I
know
all
that
by
his
own
writing:
all
you
have
said
is
more
to
his
honour
than
his
detriment
or
discredit:
nor
am
I
displeased
with
his
being
alert.
But
my
question
is,
How
comes
he
to
be
styled
prince?"
Turkhan,
and
the
other
Armenians,
said,
their
Catholicus,
according
to
the
rites
of
the
Armenian
church,
could
do
more
than
naming
a
person
prince,
-
he
could
make
a
king
of
him,
or
of
any
man
he
pleased,
provided
the
party
concerned
had
sufficient
talents
to
deserve
it.
All
they
wished,
was
to
send
him
away
from
the
person
of
his
Highness,
for
fear
of
any
accident,
since
he
had
not
a
field
large
enough
to
act
in,
ambitious
as
he
was.
Should
he
take
into
his
head
(which
God
avert)
some
violent
method,
it
might
draw
the
two
Christian
nations
into
miserable
calamity.
Thus
far
they
petitioned
his
Highness;
and
said,
"He
is
more
able
in
wisdom
to
judge
for
the
rest,
and
for
the
welfare
of
the
Christians.
"
The
poor
prince
did
not
know
what
to
say;
and,
after
a
long
pause,
told
them,
they
were
Haramzadas,
(or
base-born,
)
and
the
patriarch
just
as
bad;
who
some
time
recommended
Emin
as
a
faithfnl
servant
of
Christ,
adding,
that
for
all
the
world
he
would
not
wrong
his
trust,
or
disgrace
his
credential
from
the
Christian
nobles
of
Frankistan;
and
another
time,
would
be
glad
to
turn
him
out
of
my
house.
"It
is
my
opinion,
"
added
he,
"that
when
he
first
spoke
favourably
of
him,
he
was
in
expectation
of
some
great
present
from
him,
like
you
foolish
Armenians,
looking
upon
him,
as
a
god
who
would
give
you
lapfuls
of
gold;
but
when
he
found
Emin
was
a
soldier
only,
and
as
poor
as
Heraclius,
he
then
thought
proper
to
write
entirely
the
reverse.
It
is
my
firm
belief
that
God
has
sent
Emin
to
me,
who
is
sitting
innocently
in
his
house,
while
you
are
digging
a
pit
for
him;
and
I
am
in
great
fear,
that
you,
the
Armenian
priests,
and
the
Georgians,
will
teaze
me
so
much,
as
to
make
me
part
with
my
Emin
Aga,
whose
heart
is
as
clear
as
a
mirror.
As
for
you,
Turkhan,
merchant
of
Ispahan,
what
service
have
you
rendered
to
me
in
these
seven
years
past?
I
have
made
you
a
present
of
a
house
and
garden:
I
honoured
you
with
a
servant
and
horse;
yet
you
never,
in
all
that
time,
went
with
me
thirty
yards
from
the
gates
of
this
city
of
Tiffliz;
nor
are
you
carrying
on
a
trade
by
which
the
people
are
benefited
(the
custom-house):
my
poor
Emin
Aga
has
been
here
but
four
or
five
months,
yet
is
every
day
on
horseback
with
me,
and
has
fought
against
the
enemy
before
me
more
than
a
dozen
times;
and
at
my
word
of
command,
he
is
ready
to
run
through
sword
and
fire.
"
Then
he
began
a
severe
lecture
to
the
chief
of
the
Turkish
clan,
saying,
"You,
Secander
Aga!
are
you
so
rich
as
to
pay
500
tumans
to
shed
a
Christians
innocent
blood?
What
has
he
done
to
you?
is
he
guilty,
because
he
is
brave,
which
your
envious
malignant
hearts
cannot
bear
to
see?
We
are
Christians;
not
like
Mahometans,
who
kill
their
fathers,
and
murder
their
brothers.
Get
out
of
my
sight
all
of
you!
Father
Philipus,
go
tell
my
Emin
Aga
all
that
has
happened
here;
and
let
him
know
I
shall
be
very
glad
to
see
him
to-morrow
morning,
and
every
day,
without
ceremony.
"
Emin
hearing
all
this
from
father
Philip,
said,
"It
is
true,
the
prince
is
a
Christian:
but
it
is
a
pity
he
is
alone:
those
wicked
men
will
effect
their
design
at
last.
"
