The traitor, therefore, had recourse to another expedient. He quitted his division, followed by a few persons, and riding with speed towards Dara precisely at the moment when that Prince was hastening to assist in the downfall of Morad-Bakcke, he exclaimed, while yet at some distance, ‘Mohbarek-bad, Hazaret, Salamet, Elhamd-ulellah: May you be happy!
